The people behind the papers – Matthew Fischer and Leslie Pick

2025/12/15 · 1 voice
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology · #Developmental Biology and Gene Regulation #Genetic Syndromes and Imprinting #Genomics and Chromatin Dynamics

paper · pdf · doi:10.1242/dev.205429

openalex publication_date 2025/12/15 · openalex created_date 2025/12/19 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/31

Abstract

The striped gene expression pattern of the pair-rule genes along the Drosophila embryo requires tight coordination by regulatory elements. In a recent study, Fischer et al. reveal that regulatory elements with overlapping functions show compensatory mechanisms in driving the expression of two pair-rule genes: eve and ftz. To find out more, we spoke to first author Matthew Fischer and corresponding author Leslie Pick, Professor at the University of Maryland, USA.

Citations

• Compensatory action of different types of cis -regulatory elements buffers the striped expression of Drosophila pair-rule genes

Discussions

• To learn more about this work and the people behind it, we talked to first author Matthew Fischer and corresponding author Leslie Pick, Professor at the University of Maryland, USA. doi.org/10.1242/d [bsky, 1 points, 0 comments]

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