Engineering models to scale

• Autores: Aaron J. Dy, James J. Collins
• Localización: Cell, ISSN 0092-8674, Vol. 165, Nº. 3, 2016, págs. 516-517
• Idioma: inglés
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  • Developing organisms can regulate and scale patterns to achieve consistent proportions despite immense changes in size. In this issue, Cao et al. build a model system, using engineered E. coli, to understand how regulatory dynamics can produce pattern scaling without the need for a morphogen gradient