Characterization of the Drosophila segment determination morphome.

ABSTRACT: Here we characterize the expression of the full system of genes which control the segmentation morphogenetic field of Drosophila at the protein level in one dimension. The data used for this characterization are quantitative with cellular resolution in space and about 6 min in time. We present the full quantitative profiles of all 14 segmentation genes which act before the onset of gastrulation. The expression patterns of these genes are first characterized in terms of their average or typical behavior. At this level, the expression of all of the genes has been integrated into a single atlas of gene expression in which the expression levels of all genes in each cell are specified. We show that expression domains do not arise synchronously, but rather each domain has its own specific dynami

SUBMITTER: Surkova S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2254320 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature