Article
Retrotransposon-induced ectopic expression of the Om(2D) gene causes the eye-specific Om(2D) phenotype in Drosophila ananassae.
Molecular & general genetics : MGG - 1 Dec 1994
Yoshida K, Juni N, Awasaki T, Tsuriya Y, Shaya N, Hori S H
Abstract excerpt
Optic morphology (Om) mutations in Drosophila ananassae map to at least 22 loci, which are scattered throughout the genome. Om mutations are all semidominant, neomorphic, nonpleiotropic, and associated with the insertion of a retrotransposon, tom. We have found that the Om(2D) gene encodes a novel protein containing histidine/proline repeats, and is ubiquitously expressed during embryogenesis. The Om(2D) RNA is...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Cell Death
- Cell Differentiation
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Eye
- Eye Proteins
- Larva