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From morphogen to morphogenesis and back

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  • Darren Gilmour

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory)

  • Martina Rembold

    (Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne
    Present address: European Molecular Biology Organization, 69117 Heidelberg, Germany.)

  • Maria Leptin

    (European Molecular Biology Laboratory
    Institute for Genetics, University of Cologne)

Abstract

A long-term aim of the life sciences is to understand how organismal shape is encoded by the genome. An important challenge is to identify mechanistic links between the genes that control cell-fate decisions and the cellular machines that generate shape, therefore closing the gap between genotype and phenotype. The logic and mechanisms that integrate these different levels of shape control are beginning to be described, and recently discovered mechanisms of cross-talk and feedback are beginning to explain the remarkable robustness of organ assembly. The 'full-circle' understanding of morphogenesis that is emerging, besides solving a key puzzle in biology, provides a mechanistic framework for future approaches to tissue engineering.

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  • Darren Gilmour & Martina Rembold & Maria Leptin, 2017. "From morphogen to morphogenesis and back," Nature, Nature, vol. 541(7637), pages 311-320, January.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:541:y:2017:i:7637:d:10.1038_nature21348
    DOI: 10.1038/nature21348
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