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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-10-29
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
In Drosophila melanogaster, aeroplane (ae) is a regulatory allele of teashirt (tsh), and the mutant wing posture phenotype of homozygous ae flies is caused by a defect in the hinge region of the wing, whereby the base of the wing at the proximal ventral radius is fused to the thorax in the region of the pleural wing process. The apparent paralysis of the wings and the drooping halteres are caused by an I-element insertion into a 3' noncoding sequence of tsh. The cis-acting regulatory element interrupted by the I element is required, to drive tsh expression in the regions of the developing adult that give rise to proximal wing and haltere tissues. Loss of this expression results in the fusion of the proximal structures of the wing and halteres to the thoracic cuticle. Further characterization of this tsh regulatory motif has now identified an additional enhancer activity directing tsh expression in tissues forming portions of the midgut. Subdivision of this midgut enhancer activity has identified putative negatively acting motifs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0831-2796
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
44
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
919-28
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
The drosophila aeroplane mutant is caused by an I-element insertion into a tissue-specific teashirt enhancer motif.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, The University of Calgary, AB, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't