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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
1988-3-10
pubmed:abstractText
We are examining the development of the segmental body pattern of Drosophila by immunolocalization of engrailed, a developmental regulatory protein that maintains segmental subdivisions in the embryo, and is expressed in a spatially restricted (striped) manner that persists while the body pattern is being established and refined. A regulatory network among pair-rule segmentation genes establishes the striped pattern of engrailed expression. In general, mutations in particular pair-rule genes affect either even- or odd-numbered engrailed stripes. For example, fushi tarazu or odd-paired mutations delete even-numbered stripes, whereas paired mutations delete odd-numbered stripes. An analysis of engrailed expression in other mutants, including even-skipped odd-skipped double mutants, indicates that some pair-rule genes play a rule in establishing the correct width and position of engrailed stripes. Overall, the changes in engrailed pattern have consequences for final embryonic body pattern. Thus, the pair-rule loci, acting through engrailed, establish an early, general outline of body pattern. However, in several pair-rule mutants, engrailed patterns are dynamic, suggesting that as later events build upon this general rule to form the final body pattern, adjustments are made in response to the earlier pair-rule defect--that is, the pattern regulates.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0890-9369
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1212-25
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1987
pubmed:articleTitle
Establishment and refinement of segmental pattern in the Drosophila embryo: spatial control of engrailed expression by pair-rule genes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of California, San Francisco 94143.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't