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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6488
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-8-30
pubmed:databankReference
pubmed:abstractText
We report here the identification of a unique vertebrate nuclear receptor, Tlx, which is expressed exclusively in the neuroepithelium of the embryonic brain. Sequence comparison reveals striking similarity to the product of the Drosophila terminal/gap gene tailless (tll), which is expressed in the embryonic brain and is required for brain development in flies. In vitro DNA-binding assays demonstrated that Tlx and Tll proteins share a target gene specificity that is unique among the nuclear receptor superfamily. Ectopic expression of Tlx in fly embryos caused a repression of segmentation comparable to that elicited by Tll. The similarities in structure, expression pattern, target gene specificity and phenotypes in transgenic flies suggest conservation of genetic programs upstream and downstream of this Tlx/Tll class of nuclear receptors during embryogenesis.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0028-0836
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
4
pubmed:volume
370
pubmed:geneSymbol
tll
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
375-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Amino Acid Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Chick Embryo, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-DNA, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-DNA-Binding Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Recombinant Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Repressor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8047143-Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationship between Drosophila gap gene tailless and a vertebrate nuclear receptor Tlx.
pubmed:affiliation
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, La Jolla, California 92037.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't