Article
Regulation of Drosophila neural development by a putative secreted protein.
Differentiation; research in biological diversity - 1 Dec 1992
Okano H, Hayashi S, Tanimura T, Sawamoto K, Yoshikawa S, Watanabe J, Iwasaki M, Hirose S, Mikoshiba K, Montell C
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila strawberry (sty) locus was isolated by P-element insertion mutagenesis in a screen for mutations affecting eye development. Analysis of the mutant phenotype and the putative expression pattern of the sty gene suggested that it has multiple functions. Mutations in the sty gene lead to irregular spacing of ommatidia, an increase in the number of photoreceptor cells, as well as abnormal axonal...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Chromosome Mapping
- Drosophila
- Eye Abnormalities
- Gene Expression Regulation
- Microscopy, Electron
- Microscopy, Electron, Scanning
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutagenesis, Insertional