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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-5-30
pubmed:abstractText
We characterized the embryonic expression pattern and mutant phenotypes of the Drosophila gene argos, which encodes a secreted protein with an epidermal growth factor motif. The argos null mutation caused an increase in chordotonal (Ch) organs in both the thoracic and the abdominal segments, whereas overexpression of the argos gene resulted in a decrease in these organs. We showed that the argos transcripts are expressed transiently in the cells surrounding the Ch organ precursor and that the gene rhomboid (rho), which is involved in the regulation of the number of Ch organs, acts epistatically to argos in this event. Our findings suggest that argos plays a role in Ch organ precursor formation and regulates the final number of Ch organs.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0012-1606
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
10
pubmed:volume
175
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
37-49
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Abdomen, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Brain, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Drosophila Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Eye Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Genes, Insect, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Head, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Heat-Shock Response, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Immunohistochemistry, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-In Situ Hybridization, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Membrane Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Mutation, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Nerve Tissue Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Peripheral Nervous System, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Phenotype, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-RNA, Messenger, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Sense Organs, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Thorax, pubmed-meshheading:8608867-Tissue Distribution
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
The function of the Drosophila argos gene product in the development of embryonic chordotonal organs.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Molecular Neurobiology, University of Tsukuba, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article