title: Taking a pause to reflect on morphogenesis.
abstract: Enhancers have been intensely studied as the sequences determining spatial and temporal gene expression during development. Lagha et al. now put the focus back on the promoter as the critical element coordinating gene expression across a cell population.
authors.affiliation: University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PT, UK.
authors.forename: Abbie
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Saunders
authors.forename: Hilary L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Ashe
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000196:embryology* / Q000235:genetics*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism*; D012319:RNA Polymerase II / Q000378:metabolism*; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
chemical_list: D012319:RNA Polymerase II