Establishement of the dorso-ventral pattern during embryonic development of drosophila melanogasater: a logical analysis

Journal of Theoretical Biology
L SanchezDenis Thieffry

Abstract

This report focuses on dorso-ventral patterning in the segmented region of the Drosophila melanogaster embryo. According to the concept of positional information, this pattern results from the different response of cells to the Dorsal-protein morphogen. This protein shows a distribution gradient along the dorso-ventral axis, with the highest concentration on the ventral side. Using the generalized logical formalism developed by R. Thomas and co-workers, the different cellular responses were analysed in terms of the intracellular loops between the regulatory genes. Two positive loops were found to be involved, each constituting a switch which can be acted upon by the Dorsal morphogen to determine the different cell types that make up the embryonic dorso-ventral pattern. The novelty in this use of generalized logical formalism is the employment of a multilevel variable to represent a morphogen gradient. The proposed model accounts for the essential qualitative effects of the Dorsal gradient in the dorso-ventral determination process. Three main conclusions may be drawn. Firstly, the gene twist needs to have two functional threshold concentrations, one for autoactivation and the other for activation of the gene snail. Secondly, th...Continue Reading

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