Synthetic mammalian pattern formation driven by differential diffusivity of Nodal and Lefty

Nodal-Lefty signaling combines a short-range activator and a long-range inhibitor for axis formation and left-right patterning. Here the authors reconstitute a synthetic biology activator-inhibitor circuit of Nodal-Lefty to drive pattern formation in mammalian cells.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Ryoji Sekine, Tatsuo Shibata, Miki Ebisuya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-12-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-07847-x