Determination of spatial domains of zygotic gene expression in the Drosophila embryo by the affinity of binding sites for the bicoid morphogen

Driever, Wolfgang, Thoma, Gudrun, Nüsslein-Volhard, Christiane·1989·Nature

DOI 10.1038/340363a0

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Authors: Driever, W., Thoma, G., & Nüsslein-Volhard, C.
Venue: Nature
Publisher: Springer Science and Business Media LLC
Published: 1989-08
Volume: 340
Issue: 6232
Pages: 363-367
ISSN: 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
1476-4687
DOI: 10.1038/340363a0
OpenAlex: W2014366092
Cited by: 428
References: 0
FWCI: 11.78
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: closed

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