Cooperative DNA‐binding by Bicoid provides a mechanism for threshold‐dependent gene activation in the Drosophila embryo

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• Publication year

  1998

• Venue

  EMBO Journal

• Publication date

  1998-10-15

• Fields of study

  Biology, Medicine

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  DOI 10.1093/emboj/17.20.5998PMID 9774343PMCID PMC1170926
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