Genetic control of the developmental program of L-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase isozymes in Drosophila melanogaster: Identification of a cis-acting temporal element affecting GPDH-3 expression |
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Authors: | Glenn C. Bewley |
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Abstract: | The complete developmental program of glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase in wild type Drosophila is described with respect to activity, isozyme expression, and GPDH-specific CRM. Variants of this developmental program have been isolated from natural populations which affect the rate of accumulation of only the GPDH-3 isozyme in both the larval and adult stages of development. This activity variation segregates as a single gene which is tightly linked to the structural element on Chromosome II, exhibits cis-control, and is tissue specific in expression. This gene meets all the criteria for temporal regulatory genes. |
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Keywords: | temporal genes GPDH isozymes regulation development, Drosophila |
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