| Value |
500
μm
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| Organism |
Fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster |
| Reference |
Drocco JA, Grimm O, Tank DW, Wieschaus E. Measurement and perturbation of morphogen lifetime: effects on gradient shape. Biophys J. 2011 Oct 19 101(8):1807-15. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2011.07.025. p.1808 left column 2nd paragraphPubMed ID22004733
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| Primary Source |
St Johnston D, Driever W, Berleth T, Richstein S, Nüsslein-Volhard C. Multiple steps in the localization of bicoid RNA to the anterior pole of the Drosophila oocyte. Development. 1989 107 Suppl:13-9 AND Little SC, Tkacik G, Kneeland TB, Wieschaus EF, Gregor T. The formation of the Bicoid morphogen gradient requires protein movement from anteriorly localized mRNA. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar9(3):e1000596. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1000596.PubMed ID2483989, 21390295
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| Comments |
"[A Bicoid] gradient arises from
maternally deposited mRNA at the anterior pole, within
3 h after fertilization, in a syncytial embryo 500µm in
length (primary sources). During these first 3 h, the embryo undergoes
14 synchronous nuclear divisions, and cellularization begins
after the last division." |
| Entered by |
Uri M |
| ID |
109193 |