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11818064

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-1-30
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
The Drosophila genes reaper, head involution defective (hid), and grim all reside at 75C on chromosome three and encode related proteins that have crucial functions in programmed cell death (reviewed in ). In this report, we describe a novel grim-reaper gene, termed sickle, that resides adjacent to reaper. The sickle gene, like reaper and grim, encodes a small protein which contains an RHG motif and a Trp-block. In wild-type embryos, sickle expression was detected in cells of the developing central nervous system. Unlike reaper, hid, and grim, the sickle gene is not removed by Df(3L)H99, and strong ectopic sickle expression was detected in the nervous system of this cell death mutant. sickle very effectively induced cell death in cultured Spodoptera Sf-9 cells, and this death was antagonized by the caspase inhibitors p35 or DIAP1. Strikingly, unlike the other grim-reaper genes, targeted sickle expression did not induce cell death in the Drosophila eye. However, sickle strongly enhanced the eye cell death induced by expression of either an r/grim chimera or reaper.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0960-9822
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
22
pubmed:volume
12
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
131-5
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2002
pubmed:articleTitle
Drosophila sickle is a novel grim-reaper cell death activator.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biology, Amherst, MA 01003, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't