Morphogen Gradient in a Leaf Primordium (IMAGE)

National Institutes of Natural Sciences

Morphogen Gradient in a Leaf Primordium

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AN3 expression is visualized by using green fluorescent protein, GFP. Long-range gradient of AN3 can be seen from base (left) to tip (right), which was achieved by a simple diffusion-based model in the growing leaf.

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