Article
A genetic screen of the Drosophila X chromosome for mutations that modify Deformed function.
Genetics - 1 Dec 1998
Florence B, McGinnis W
Abstract excerpt
We have screened the Drosophila X chromosome for genes whose dosage affects the function of the homeotic gene Deformed. One of these genes, extradenticle, encodes a homeodomain transcription factor that heterodimerizes with Deformed and other homeotic Hox proteins. Mutations in the nejire gene, which encodes a transcriptional adaptor protein belonging to the CBP/p300 family, also interact with Deformed. The other...
Topics
- Animals
- Drosophila
- Drosophila Proteins
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
- Genes, Insect
- Genetic Testing
- Homeodomain Proteins
- Male
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- X Chromosome
