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Kinetic sculpting of the seven stripes of the Drosophila even-skipped gene.


ABSTRACT: We used live imaging to visualize the transcriptional dynamics of the Drosophila melanogaster even-skipped gene at single-cell and high-temporal resolution as its seven stripe expression pattern forms, and developed tools to characterize and visualize how transcriptional bursting varies over time and space. We find that despite being created by the independent activity of five enhancers, even-skipped stripes are sculpted by the same kinetic phenomena: a coupled increase of burst frequency and amplitude. By tracking the position and activity of individual nuclei, we show that stripe movement is driven by the exchange of bursting nuclei from the posterior to anterior stripe flanks. Our work provides a conceptual, theoretical and computational framework for dissecting pattern formation in space and time, and reveals how the coordinated transcriptional activity of individual nuclei shapes complex developmental patterns.

SUBMITTER: Berrocal A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7864633 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Kinetic sculpting of the seven stripes of the Drosophila <i>even-skipped</i> gene.

Berrocal Augusto A   Lammers Nicholas C NC   Garcia Hernan G HG   Eisen Michael B MB  

eLife 20201210


We used live imaging to visualize the transcriptional dynamics of the <i>Drosophila melanogaster even-skipped</i> gene at single-cell and high-temporal resolution as its seven stripe expression pattern forms, and developed tools to characterize and visualize how transcriptional bursting varies over time and space. We find that despite being created by the independent activity of five enhancers, <i>even-skipped</i> stripes are sculpted by the same kinetic phenomena: a coupled increase of burst fr  ...[more]

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