Developmental BiologybioRxiv
A Facilitated Diffusion Mechanism Establishes the Drosophila Dorsal Gradient
Sophia N Carrell, MIchael D O'Connell, Amy E Allen…·Gregory Reeves
The paper shows that Dorsal (dl) accumulates on the ventral side of Drosophila embryos through facilitated diffusion of the dl/Cactus complex, establishing the dorsal-ventral gradient.
DOI 10.1242/dev.155549