Antagonistic interactions between Wingless and decapentaplegic responsible for dorsal-ventral pattern in the Drosophila leg
Antagonistic interactions between Wingless and decapentaplegic responsible for dorsal-ventral pattern in the Drosophila leg
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DOI:
10.1126/science.273.5280.1373
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发表时间:
1996-09-06
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56.9
通讯作者:
Cohen, SM
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作者:
Brook, WJ;Cohen, SM
Subdivision of the limb primordia of Drosophila into anterior and posterior compartments triggers cell interactions that pattern the legs and wings. A comparable compartment-based mechanism is used to pattern the dorsal-ventral axis of the wing. Evidence is presented here for a mechanism based on cell interaction, rather than on compartment formation, that distinguishes dorsal from ventral in the leg. Mutual repression by Wingless and Decapentaplegic signaling systems generates a stable regulatory circuit by which each gene maintains its own expression in a spatially restricted domain. Compartment-independent patterning mechanisms may be used by other organisms during development.