Transcription pattern of the Drosophila segmentation gene hairy

Segmentation of the Drosophila embryo requires expression of the pair-rule genes, mutations of which cause reiterated deletions in alternate segments along the antero-posterior body axis. We find that transcripts of one such gene, hairy, accumulate in eight distinct regions of the early embryo. This...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1985-01, Vol.318 (6045), p.439-445
Main Authors: Ingham, P.W, Howard, K.R, Ish-Horowicz, D
Format: Article
Language:English
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Biological and medical sciences
DESARROLLO EMBRIONARIO
DEVELOPPEMENT EMBRYONNAIRE
DROSOPHILA
Drosophilidae
EMBRION
EMBRYO
EMBRYON
EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
GENE
GENES
Humanities and Social Sciences
Molecular and cellular biology
Molecular genetics
multidisciplinary
RNA
Science
Transcription. Transcription factor. Splicing. Rna processing
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Summary:Segmentation of the Drosophila embryo requires expression of the pair-rule genes, mutations of which cause reiterated deletions in alternate segments along the antero-posterior body axis. We find that transcripts of one such gene, hairy, accumulate in eight distinct regions of the early embryo. This pattern of expression is compared with that of another pair-rule gene, fushi tarazu, and its dependence on maternally expressed genes is described.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/318439a0