title: Developmental Biology: Decapentaplegic Controls Growth at a Distance.
abstract: Decapentaplegic has long been thought to be a morphogen that controls patterning and growth in Drosophila wings, but hard evidence for the requisite long-range action has only now come from two new studies.
authors.affiliation: The Francis Crick Institute, Mill Hill Laboratory, The Ridgeway, London NW7 1AA, UK. Electronic address: jp.vincent@crick.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Jean-Paul
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.affiliation: The Francis Crick Institute, Mill Hill Laboratory, The Ridgeway, London NW7 1AA, UK.
authors.forename: Ruta
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ziukaite
authors.affiliation: The Francis Crick Institute, Mill Hill Laboratory, The Ridgeway, London NW7 1AA, UK.
authors.forename: Cyrille
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Alexandre
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019521:Body Patterning; D015509:Developmental Biology; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D015398:Signal Transduction; D014921:Wings, Animal
chemical_list: D029721:Drosophila Proteins