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Positional cloning of silkworm white egg 2 (w-2) locus shows functional conservation and diversification of ABC transporters for pigmentation in insects.
Genes to cells : devoted to molecular & cellular mechanisms - 1 Apr 2011
Tatematsu Ken-ichiro, Yamamoto Kimiko, Uchino Keiro, Narukawa Junko, Iizuka Tetsuya, Banno Yutaka, Katsuma Susumu, Shimada Toru, Tamura Toshiki, Sezutsu Hideki, Daimon Takaaki
Abstract excerpt
The white, scarlet and brown genes of Drosophila melanogaster encode three half-type ATP-binding cassette (ABC) transporters. In Drosophila, precursors of ommochromes and pteridines are transported by White/Scarlet and White/Brown heterodimers, respectively. The white egg 2 (w-2) mutant of the silkworm, Bombyx mori, has white eggs and eyes because of lack of ommochrome granules in the serosa and eyes. Here, we...
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