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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2002-12-31
pubmed:abstractText
The mammalian NAB proteins have been identified previously as potent co-repressors of the EGR family of zinc finger transcription factors. Drosophila NAB (dNAB), like its mammalian counterparts, binds EGR1 and represses EGR1-mediated transcriptional activation from a synthetic promoter. In contrast, dNAB does not bind the Drosophila EGR-related protein klumpfuss. dnab RNA is expressed exclusively in a subset of neuroblasts in the embryonic and larval central nervous system (CNS), as well as in several larval imaginal disc tissues. Here, we describe the creation of targeted deletion mutations in the dnab gene and the identification of additional, EMS-induced dnab mutations by genetic complementation analysis. Null alleles in dnab cause larval locomotion defects and early larval lethality (L1-L2). A putative hypomorphic allele in dnab instead causes early adult lethality due to severe locomotion defects. In the dnab -/- CNS, axon outgrowth/guidance and glial development appear normal; however, a subset of eve+ neurons forms in reduced numbers. In addition, mosaic analysis in the eye reveals that dnab -/- clones are either very small or absent. Similarly, dNAB overexpression in the eye causes eyes to be very small with few ommatidia. These dramatic eye-specific phenotypes will prove useful for enhancer/suppressor screens to identify dnab-interacting genes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
1058-8388
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 2002 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
226
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
67-81
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Alleles, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Central Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Cloning, Molecular, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Early Growth Response Protein 1, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Embryo, Nonmammalian, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Gene Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Immediate-Early Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Models, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Neurons, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Photoreceptor Cells, Invertebrate, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Recombination, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Transcription, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Transcription Factors, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Transcriptional Activation, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Transfection, pubmed-meshheading:12508226-Two-Hybrid System Techniques
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
Drosophila NAB (dNAB) is an orphan transcriptional co-repressor required for correct CNS and eye development.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Pathology, Washington University, Saint Louis, Missouri 63110, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't