Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 106, No. 51 (Dec. 22, 2009), pp. 21695-21700 (6 pages) Bicoid (Bcd) is the anterior determinant in Drosophila.

Princeton researchers have developed a new method to better understand how an embryo's basic molecular makeup helps ensure that the embryo's development occurs reliably every time. "In summary, our ...

In early embryos, a concentration gradient of the Bicoid protein affects pattern formation. Studies of living embryos reveal a surprising level of accuracy in the Bicoid gradient. But is it accurate ...

Bicoid is one of the important Drosophila maternal genes involved in the control of embryo polarity and larvae segmentation. To clone and characterize the rice bicoid-related genes, one cDNA clone, ...

Using fruit flies as a model to study embryo formation, scientists report that molecular breakdown of a protein called Bicoid is vital to normal head-to-tail patterning of the insect's offspring. The ...

The members of the evolutionarily conserved Hox-gene complex, termed Hox genes, are required for specifying segmental identity during embryogenesis in various animal phyla. The Hox3 genes of winged ...

The front cover of "Generation and Interpretation of Morphogen Gradients" features a Drosophila embryo two hours after fertilization, with nuclei at the surface fluorescently labeled for Bicoid ...

CINCINNATI – Using fruit flies as a model to study embryo formation, scientists report in Nature Cell Biology that molecular breakdown of a protein called Bicoid is vital to normal head-to-tail ...