3 minutes to precisely measure morphogen concentration

A feed-forward relay integrates the regulatory activities of Bicoid and Orthodenticle via sequential binding to suboptimal sites

(2018) Rhea R. Datta et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

Information Integration and Energy Expenditure in Gene Regulation

(2016) Javier Estrada et al.   CELL

Precision of Readout at the hunchback Gene: Analyzing Short Transcription Time Traces in Living Fly Embryos

(2016) Jonathan Desponds et al.   PLoS Computational Biology

New methods to image transcription in living fly embryos: the insights so far, and the prospects

(2016) Teresa Ferraro et al.   Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews-Developmental Biology

Zygotic Genome Activation Triggers the DNA Replication Checkpoint at the Midblastula Transition

(2015) Shelby A. Blythe et al.   CELL

Combining protein and mRNA quantification to decipher transcriptional regulation

(2015) Heng Xu et al.   NATURE METHODS

Enhancer additivity and non-additivity are determined by enhancer strength in the Drosophila embryo

(2015) Jacques P Bothma et al.   eLife

The Berg-Purcell Limit Revisited

(2014) Kazunari Kaizu et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

Kinetic competition during the transcription cycle results in stochastic RNA processing

(2014) Antoine Coulon et al.   eLife

Live Imaging of Bicoid-Dependent Transcription in Drosophila Embryos

(2013) Tanguy Lucas et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

Studies of morphogens: keep calm and carry on

(2013) A. Stathopoulos et al.   DEVELOPMENT

SGNS2: a compartmentalized stochastic chemical kinetics simulator for dynamic cell populations

(2012) Jason Lloyd-Price et al.   BIOINFORMATICS

A System of Repressor Gradients Spatially Organizes the Boundaries of Bicoid-Dependent Target Genes

(2012) Hongtao Chen et al.   CELL

Precision of Hunchback Expression in the Drosophila Embryo

(2012) Michael W. Perry et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The role of Bicoid cooperative binding in the patterning of sharp borders in Drosophila melanogaster

(2012) Francisco J.P. Lopes et al.   DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY

A Linear Framework for Time-Scale Separation in Nonlinear Biochemical Systems

(2012) Jeremy Gunawardena   PLoS One

Morphogen Gradients: From Generation to Interpretation

(2011) Katherine W. Rogers et al.   Annual Review of Cell and Developmental Biology

Multiple enhancers ensure precision of gap gene-expression patterns in the Drosophila embryo

(2011) M. W. Perry et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Temporal Coordination of Gene Networks by Zelda in the Early Drosophila Embryo

(2011) Chung-Yi Nien et al.   PLoS Genetics

High Mobility of Bicoid Captured by Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy: Implication for the Rapid Establishment of Its Gradient

(2010) Asmahan Abu-Arish et al.   BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL

The Bicoid Morphogen System

(2010) Aude Porcher et al.   CURRENT BIOLOGY

The time to measure positional information: maternal Hunchback is required for the synchrony of the Bicoid transcriptional response at the onset of zygotic transcription

(2010) A. Porcher et al.   DEVELOPMENT

Versatile P[acman] BAC libraries for transgenesis studies in Drosophila melanogaster

(2009) Koen J T Venken et al.   NATURE METHODS

Anterior-posterior positional information in the absence of a strong Bicoid gradient

(2009) A. Ochoa-Espinosa et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Canalization of Gene Expression in the Drosophila Blastoderm by Gap Gene Cross Regulation

(2009) Manu et al.   PLOS BIOLOGY

Caudal, a key developmental regulator, is a DPE-specific transcriptional factor

(2008) T. Juven-Gershon et al.   GENES & DEVELOPMENT

The zinc-finger protein Zelda is a key activator of the early zygotic genome in Drosophila

(2008) Hsiao-Lan Liang et al.   NATURE