Article
The serendipity alpha gene encodes a membrane-associated protein required for the cellularization of the Drosophila embryo.
Genes & development - 1 Jun 1990
Schweisguth F, Lepesant J A, Vincent A
Abstract excerpt
The Drosophila serendipity alpha (sry alpha) gene is specifically transcribed at the blastoderm stage, from nuclear cycle 11 to the onset of gastrulation, in all somatic nuclei. This pattern of transcription and a zygotic cellularization defect observed in embryos homozygous for Df(3R)X3F, a deficiency covering the sry locus, suggest that sry alpha plays a role in the cellularization of the syncytial blastoderm...
Topics
- Animals
- Blastoderm
- DNA Transposable Elements
- Drosophila
- Genes
- Immunohistochemistry
- Membrane Proteins
- Phenotype