Adaptation of the length scale and amplitude of the Bicoid gradient profile to achieve robust patterning in abnormally large Drosophila melanogaster embryos

Development (Cambridge)

Volumn 141, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 124-135

  Cheung, David ^a   Miles, Cecelia ^b,c   Kreitman, Martin ^b   Ma, Jun ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN S HOSPITAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

^c AUGUSTANA COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bicoid; Canalization; Length constant; Morphogen gradient; Robust patterning; Size scaling

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; MORPHOGEN; MORPHOGEN GRADIENT BICOID; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EGG SIZE; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FLUORESCENCE; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; GENE EXPRESSION; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE; NONHUMAN; OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STEADY STATE;

BICOID; CANALIZATION; LENGTH CONSTANT; MORPHOGEN GRADIENT; ROBUST PATTERNING; SIZE SCALING;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BODY PATTERNING; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; HOMEODOMAIN PROTEINS; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 84890449669     PISSN: 09501991     EISSN: 14779129     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/dev.098640     Document Type: Article

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