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ArticleeLife2017

Decoding temporal interpretation of the morphogen Bicoid in the early

Anqi Huang, Christopher Amourda, Shaobo Zhang, Nicholas S Tolwinski, Timothy E Saunders

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Article in eLife, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 67 papers.

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67citing papers in PubMed
5.6field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

67 citing papers in PubMed, 118 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Optogenetic Signaling Activation in Zebrafish Embryos.Journal of visualized experiments : JoVE · 2023
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Anqi HuangMechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0003-0551-1160
Christopher AmourdaMechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-5173-0159
Shaobo ZhangMechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.
Nicholas S TolwinskiDivision of Science, Yale-NUS College, Singapore, Singapore.
Timothy E SaundersMechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, Singapore, Singapore.ORCID 0000-0001-5755-0060
National University of Singapore · SGAgency for Science, Technology and Research · SG

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Morphogen gradients provide essential spatial information during development. Not only the local concentration but also duration of morphogen exposure is critical for correct cell fate decisions. Yet, how and when cells temporally integrate signals from a morphogen remains unclear. Here, we use optogenetic manipulation to switch off Bicoid-dependent transcription in the early

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AnimalsBody PatterningDrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsOptogeneticsSurvival AnalysisTime FactorsTrans-Activatorsbcd protein, DrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsHomeodomain ProteinsTrans-Activatorsdevelopmental biologyD. melanogastermorphogenoptogeneticspattern formationstem cellstemporal interpretation

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PMID28691901
PMCPMC5515579
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