The Drosophila gene alien is expressed in the muscle attachment sites during embryogenesis and encodes a protein highly conserved between plants, Drosophila and vertebrates.

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We have found a novel gene (alien) that is expressed exclusively in the muscle attachment sites (apodemes) during embryogenesis in Drosophila. Antibodies raised against the Alien protein enable us to follow the developing attachments from state 11/12 until stage 16/17. The coding region of the Drosophila alien gene is highly conserved to a gene of unknown function, isolated from a plant (Loo et at., 1995), and to...

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