Precision in a rush: Trade-offs between reproducibility and steepness of the hunchback expression pattern.
PLoS Comput Biol
; 14(10): e1006513, 2018 10.
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ABSTRACT
Fly development amazes us by the precision and reproducibility of gene expression, especially since the initial expression patterns are established during very short nuclear cycles. Recent live imaging of hunchback promoter dynamics shows a stable steep binary expression pattern established within the three minute interphase of nuclear cycle 11. Considering expression models of different complexity, we explore the trade-off between the ability of a regulatory system to produce a steep boundary and minimize expression variability between different nuclei. We show how a limited readout time imposed by short developmental cycles affects the gene's ability to read positional information along the embryo's anterior posterior axis and express reliably. Comparing our theoretical results to real-time monitoring of the hunchback transcription dynamics in live flies, we discuss possible regulatory strategies, suggesting an important role for additional binding sites, gradients or non-equilibrium binding and modified transcription factor search strategies.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Factores de Transcripción
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Regulación del Desarrollo de la Expresión Génica
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Proteínas de Drosophila
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Proteínas de Unión al ADN
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Drosophila melanogaster
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Modelos Genéticos
Tipo de estudio:
Prognostic_studies
Límite:
Animals
Idioma:
En
Revista:
PLoS Comput Biol
Asunto de la revista:
BIOLOGIA
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INFORMATICA MEDICA
Año:
2018
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Francia