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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
22
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-12-26
pubmed:abstractText
The homeotic gene Ultrabithorax (Ubx) specifies metameric identities in multiple tissues of the thorax and abdomen in Drosophila melanogaster. Alternatively spliced Ultrabithorax mRNAs encode five protein isoforms that differ in internal sequences immediately adjacent to a homeodomain DNA-binding motif. Each of these proteins is phosphorylated in vivo at multiple serine and threonine residues. An extensive panel of monoclonal antibodies was raised against the Ultrabithorax proteins, including antibodies specific for individual isoforms and antibodies that discriminated between different phosphorylation states. Characterization of these antibodies provided insights into shared and isoform-specific features of Ultrabithorax protein structure that may be functionally important. Immunohistochemical staining experiments demonstrated that each isoform is expressed in a different stage- and tissue-specific pattern and suggested that Ultrabithorax protein phosphorylation is also developmentally regulated. These results support the hypothesis that alternative splicing and phosphorylation modulate developmentally specific functions of the Ubx gene.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0027-8424
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
88
pubmed:geneSymbol
Ubx
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
9924-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-9
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1991
pubmed:articleTitle
Immunochemical dissection of the Ultrabithorax homeoprotein family in Drosophila melanogaster.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, Stanford University School of Medicine, CA 94305-5307.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't