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6430568

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1984-8-24
pubmed:abstractText
The locus fushi tarazu appears to be involved in the establishment of the segmentation pattern of the Drosophila embryo. The cuticle of ftz mutant embryos is missing structures in alternating segments such that only half the normal number of segments are present. We have localized ftz+ transcripts in tissue sections of wild-type Drosophila embryos by in situ hybridization. Transcripts from the ftz+ gene were first detected during nuclear cleavage prior to cell formation. During the last two nuclear divisions ftz+ transcription becomes gradually restricted such that at the cellular blastoderm stage the ftz+ transcripts are localized in seven evenly spaced bands of cells. The size of each band is similar to the size of the segment primordia at the blastoderm. By the time segmentation becomes morphologically distinct ftz+ transcripts are no longer detected. These results suggest that the ftz+ gene plays a key role in the determination of the segmentation pattern in the embryo.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0092-8674
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
37
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
833-41
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1984
pubmed:articleTitle
Spatial distribution of transcripts from the segmentation gene fushi tarazu during Drosophila embryonic development.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't