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Bicoid gradient formation and function in the Drosophila pre-syncytial blastoderm

Bicoid (Bcd) protein distributes in a concentration gradient that organizes the anterior/posterior axis of the Drosophila embryo. It has been understood that bcd RNA is sequestered at the anterior pole during oogenesis, is not translated until fertilization, and produces a protein gradient that func...

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Autores principales: Ali-Murthy, Zehra, Kornberg, Thomas B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4786422/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26883601
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.13222