Primary structure and expression of a product from cut, a locus involved in specifying sensory organ identity in Drosophila

In the absence of cut gene activity in Drosophila, external sensory organs are transformed into chordotonal organs. Here we show that the cut locus encodes a large protein containing a homoeodomain and is expressed in nuclei of cells in external sensory organs but not in cells within chordotonal org...

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Published in:Nature (London) 1988-06, Vol.333 (6174), p.629-635
Main Authors: Blochlinger, K, Bodmer, R, Jack, J, Jan, L.Y, Jan, Y.N
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Biochemistry
Biological and medical sciences
Biotechnology
Cellular biology
Drosophila
Drosophila - anatomy & histology
Drosophila - embryology
Drosophila - genetics
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gene expression
Genes
Genes, Homeobox
Genetic engineering
Genetic technics
Genetics
Medical research
Methods. Procedures. Technologies
Molecular and cellular biology
Molecular cloning
Molecular genetics
Molecular Sequence Data
Morphogenesis
peripheral nerves
receptors
structure
Transcription, Genetic
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Summary:In the absence of cut gene activity in Drosophila, external sensory organs are transformed into chordotonal organs. Here we show that the cut locus encodes a large protein containing a homoeodomain and is expressed in nuclei of cells in external sensory organs but not in cells within chordotonal organs.
ISSN:0028-0836
1476-4687
DOI:10.1038/333629a0