A mechanism for the sharp transition of
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Yasushi Saka; James C Smith
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Article
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2007
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BioMed Central
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English
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## Background One way in which positional information is established during embryonic development is through the graded distribution of diffusible morphogens. Unfortunately, little is known about how cells interpret different concentrations of morphogen to activate different genes or how thresholds