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Domina (Dom), a new Drosophila member of the FKH/WH gene family, affects morphogenesis and is a suppressor of position-effect variegation.
Mechanisms of development - 1 Aug 2000
Strödicke M, Karberg S, Korge G
Abstract excerpt
Domina (Dom) is a novel member of the FKH/WH transcription factor gene family of Drosophila. Two alternatively polyadenylated Dom transcripts of 2.9 and 3.9 kb encode a 719-amino-acid protein with a FKH/WH domain and a putative acidic transactivation domain. Dom is mainly expressed in the central and peripheral nervous system. Homozygous mutants show rough eyes, irregular arrangement of bristles, extended wings,...
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