Decodificación de la posición en el tubo neural en desarrollo a partir de gradientes morfógenos antiparalelas

Marcin Zagorski1, Yoji Tabata2, Nathalie Brandenberg2

  • 1Institute of Science and Technology IST Austria, 3400 Klosterneuburg, Austria.

Science (New York, N.Y.)
|July 1, 2017
PubMed
Resumen

El patrón del tubo neural se basa en gradientes morfógenos. Este estudio revela un mapa de decodificación y una red de transcripción que minimiza los errores, asegurando la formación de patrones precisos en los tejidos en desarrollo.

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