Taking a pause to reflect on morphogenesis

Abbie Saunders; Hilary L Ashe

doi:10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.009

Taking a pause to reflect on morphogenesis

Cell. 2013 May 23;153(5):941-3. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.009.

Authors

Abbie Saunders¹, Hilary L Ashe

Affiliation

¹ University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.

PMID: 23706731
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2013.05.009

Abstract

Enhancers have been intensely studied as the sequences determining spatial and temporal gene expression during development. Lagha et al. now put the focus back on the promoter as the critical element coordinating gene expression across a cell population.

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MeSH terms

Animals
Drosophila melanogaster / embryology*
Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
Embryo, Nonmammalian / metabolism*
RNA Polymerase II / metabolism*
Transcription, Genetic*

Substances

RNA Polymerase II