Publication Date:
1991-05-10
Description:
The Drosophila homeobox segmentation gene fushi tarazu (ftz) is expressed in a seven-stripe pattern during early embryogenesis. This characteristic pattern is largely specified by the zebra element located immediately upstream of the ftz transcriptional start site. The FTZ-F1 protein, one of multiple DNA binding factors that interacts with the zebra element, is implicated in the activation of ftz transcription, especially in stripes 1, 2, 3, and 6. An FTZ-F1 complementary DNA has been cloned by recognition site screening of a Drosophila expression library. The identity of the FTZ-F1 complementary DNA clone was confirmed by immunological cross-reaction with antibodies to FTZ-F1 and by sequence analysis of peptides from purified FTZ-F1 protein. The predicted amino acid sequence of FTZ-F1 revealed that the protein is a member of the nuclear hormone receptor superfamily. This finding raises the possibility that a hormonal ligand affects the expression of a homeobox segmentation gene early in embryonic development.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Lavorgna, G -- Ueda, H -- Clos, J -- Wu, C -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 1991 May 10;252(5007):848-51.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Biochemistry, National Cancer Institute, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/1709303" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Amino Acid Sequence
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Animals
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Base Sequence
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Blotting, Northern
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Blotting, Southern
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Blotting, Western
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Chromosome Mapping
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Cloning, Molecular
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Drosophila Proteins
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Drosophila melanogaster
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Fushi Tarazu Transcription Factors
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Gene Expression Regulation
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Genes, Homeobox
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*Homeodomain Proteins
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Insect Hormones/*chemistry
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Molecular Sequence Data
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Open Reading Frames
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RNA/analysis
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Receptors, Steroid/genetics
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Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid
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Transcription, Genetic
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Zinc Fingers
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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