<Emphasis Type="Italic">odd-skipped</Emphasis> homologs function during gut development in<Emphasis Type="Italic"> C. elegans</Emphasis> |
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Authors: | Martin?S?Buckley Johnnie?Chau Pamela?E?Hoppe Email author" target="_blank">Douglas?E?CoulterEmail author |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Biology, Saint Louis University, 3507 Laclede Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63103-2010, USA;(2) Department of Genetics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO 63110, USA;(3) Present address: Department of Biochemistry, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;(4) Present address: Biomedical Sciences Training Program, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA |
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Abstract: | Genes in the odd-skipped (odd) family encode a discrete subset of C2H2 zinc finger proteins that are widely distributed among metazoan phyla. Although the initial member (odd) was identified as a Drosophila pair-rule gene, various homologs are expressed within each of the three germ layers in complex patterns that suggest roles in many pathways beyond segmentation. To further investigate the evolutionary history and extant functions of genes in this family, we have initiated a characterization of two homologs, odd-1 and odd-2, identified in the genome of the nematode, Caenorhabditis elegans. Sequence comparisons with homologs from insects (Drosophila and Anopheles) and mammals suggest that two paralogs were present within an ancestral metazoan; additional insect paralogs and both extant mammalian genes likely resulted from gene duplications that occurred after the split between the arthropods and chordates. Analyses of gene function using RNAi indicate that odd-1 and odd-2 play essential and distinct roles during gut development. Specific expression of both genes in the developing intestine and other cells in the vicinity of the gut was shown using GFP-reporters. These results indicate primary functions for both genes that are most like those of the Drosophila paralogs bowel and drumstick, and support a model in which gut specification represents the ancestral role for genes in this family.Edited by C. Desplan |
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