Article
The Drosophila homolog of the human transcription factor TEF-1, scalloped, is essential for normal taste behavior.
Journal of neurogenetics - 1 Dec 1993
Inamdar M, Vijayraghavan K, Rodrigues V
Abstract excerpt
The scalloped (sd) locus of Drosophila melanogaster encodes a protein with a novel DNA binding domain bearing a high degree of similarity to the human transcription factor TEF-1 (Campbell et al., 1992). We demonstrate that sd mutants show defects in response to a number of taste stimuli. Higher s...
Topics
- Alleles
- Animals
- Chemotaxis
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Drosophila melanogaster
- Food Preferences
- Genotype
- Humans
- Larva
- Nervous System Physiological Phenomena
- Neurons
- Nuclear Proteins
- Smell
- TEA Domain Transcription Factors
- Taste
- Transcription Factors