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Aberrant splicing and altered spatial expression patterns in fruitless mutants of Drosophila melanogaster.
Genetics - 1 Feb 2000
Goodwin S F, Taylor B J, Villella A, Foss M, Ryner L C, Baker B S, Hall J C
Abstract excerpt
The fruitless (fru) gene functions in Drosophila males to establish the potential for male sexual behaviors. fru encodes a complex set of sex-specific and sex-nonspecific mRNAs through the use of multiple promoters and alternative pre-mRNA processing. The male-specific transcripts produced from the distal (P1) fru promoter are believed to be responsible for its role in specifying sexual behavior and are only...
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