Cap-Dependent Translational Inhibition Establishes Two Opposing Morphogen Gradients in Drosophila Embryos
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Cap-Dependent Translational Inhibition Establishes Two Opposing Morphogen Gradients in Drosophila Embryos
In the early Drosophila embryo, asymmetric distribution of transcription factors, established as a consequence of translational control of their maternally derived mRNAs, initiates pattern formation . For instance, translation of the uniformly distributed maternal hunchback (hb) mRNA is inhibited at the posterior to form an anterior-to-posterior protein concentration gradient along the longitud...
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عنوان ژورنال: Current Biology
سال: 2006
ISSN: 0960-9822
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2006.08.093