PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Hamaratoglu, Fisun
AU  - Basler, Konrad
AU  - Affolter, Markus
TI  - Confronting Morphogen Gradients: How Important Are They for Growth?
AID  - 10.1126/scisignal.294pe67
DP  - 2009 Oct 27
TA  - Science Signaling
PG  - pe67--pe67
VI  - 2
IP  - 94
4099  - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/2/94/pe67.short
4100  - http://stke.sciencemag.org/content/2/94/pe67.full
SO  - Sci. Signal.2009 Oct 27; 2
AB  - Morphogens are crucial for regulating the patterning and the growth of organs. In the developing fly wing, graded distributions of the morphogens Decapentaplegic and Wingless are essential for tissue patterning, but when it comes to growth, evidence suggests that it may not be so.