title: Modeling pattern formation: counting to two in the Drosophila egg.
abstract: The EGF receptor pathway patterns the Drosophila egg and specifies the position of its dorsal appendages. A new mathematical analysis of this patterning network has highlighted its crucial features and provided novel insights into the spatial and temporal kinetics controlling patterning.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular Genetics, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel.
authors.forename: Naama
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Barkai
authors.forename: Ben-Zion
authors.initials: BZ
authors.lastname: Shilo
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D004330:Drosophila / Q000196:embryology*; D047108:Embryonic Development; D066246:ErbB Receptors / Q000502:physiology; D010063:Ovum / Q000648:ultrastructure*
chemical_list: D066246:ErbB Receptors