Title

Pair-rule genes cooperate to activate en stripe 15 and refine its margins during germ band elongation in the D-melanogaster embryo

Authors

Authors

D. T. Kuhn; J. M. Chaverri; D. A. Persaud;A. Madjidi

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Abbreviated Journal Title

Mech. Dev.

Keywords

Drosophila embryogenesis; caudal segments; gene expression patterns; pair rule genes; developmental genes; hairy; runt; paired; fushi tarazu; even-skipped; odd-skipped; engrailed; DROSOPHILA EMBRYOS; SEGMENTATION GENE; FUSHI-TARAZU; EXPRESSION; PROTEIN; Developmental Biology

Abstract

Patterns of gene expression have been well documented during embryogenesis for the Drosophila melanogaster trunk segments. The same is not the case for the terminal segments. Here, gene expression patterns are followed during embryogenesis in the caudal segments (A8-A10 and the anal plate), with special attention paid to the novel regulation of engrailed (en). Chosen for this study are the pair-rule genes even-skipped (eve), Sushi tarazu (ftz), runt (run), hairy (h), paired (prd) and odd-skipped (odd), and the segment polarity gene (en). The results demonstrate a progressive and coupled translocation of gene expression distally for all genes studied, suggesting that the most posterior segments are determined later than trunk segments. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.

Journal Title

Mechanisms of Development

Volume

95

Issue/Number

1-2

Publication Date

1-1-2000

Document Type

Article

Language

English

First Page

297

Last Page

300

WOS Identifier

WOS:000088607200036

ISSN

0925-4773

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