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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-6-20
pubmed:abstractText
Mutations in the Drosophila dunce gene, the structural gene for a cAMP-specific phosphodiesterase (PDE), disrupt normal learning and memory and lead to female sterility. Our experiments address a long-standing question in the genetic dissection of learning and memory of whether dnc is involved in physiological processes underlying learning. Conditional expression of dunce transgenes in dnc adults shortly before training significantly improves learning over nontransgenic controls. Remarkably, behavioral rescue was also observed after induction of a transgene carrying a rat counterpart of dunce. Induction of the transgenes in adult dnc females confers partial rescue of the female sterility phenotype. These data are consistent with a major physiological requirement for the gene's activity in the learning process and show that a rat counterpart can substitute functionally for the Drosophila gene.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0270-6474
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
15
pubmed:geneSymbol
dnc
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
3490-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7751924-3',5'-Cyclic-AMP Phosphodiesterases, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Animals, Genetically Modified, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Base Sequence, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Cell Line, Transformed, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Crosses, Genetic, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-DNA Transposable Elements, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Drosophila, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Fertility, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Gene Expression, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Genes, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Genotype, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Heat-Shock Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Infertility, Female, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Learning, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Male, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Memory, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Molecular Sequence Data, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Mutagenesis, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:7751924-Restriction Mapping
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Conditional rescue of the dunce learning/memory and female fertility defects with Drosophila or rat transgenes.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Cell Biology, Baylor College of Medicine Houston, Texas 77030, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't