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Title: Cloning, expression, and regulation of tissue-specific genes in Drosophila

Abstract

The family of esterase genes was studied in various Drosophilia species. These genes are classified as tissue-specific and housekeeping ones. The expression of tissue-specific esterases in the male reproductive system of Drosophilia species from the virilis and melanogaster groups was thoroughly examined. Modifier genes controlling activity level, time of synthesis, and distribution in cells of the tissue-specific esterase isozyme from the ejaculatory bulb were revealed. The structural gene coding of this enzyme was isolated, cloned, and sequenced. This gene was shown to be similar in different Drosophilia species; the transcriptional level of tissue specificity of this gene was determined. The possibility of transformating the tissue-specific gene into a housekeeping one was demonstrated. In different Drosophilia species, this gene can be expressed in different parts of the reproductive system. In transgenic males carrying the gene of another species, the foreign gene is expressed as in the donor. 68 refs., 11 figs.

Authors:
 [1]
  1. Institute of Gene Biology, Moscow (Russian Federation)
Publication Date:
OSTI Identifier:
125445
Resource Type:
Journal Article
Journal Name:
Russian Journal of Genetics
Additional Journal Information:
Journal Volume: 31; Journal Issue: 8; Other Information: PBD: Aug 1995; TN: Translated from Genetika; 31: No. 8, 1029-1042(1995)
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
55 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE, BASIC STUDIES; GENES; DNA-CLONING; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; TRANSCRIPTION; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS; GENETIC MAPPING; DROSOPHILA; MALE GENITALS; ESTERASES; GENE REGULATION; DNA SEQUENCING; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; DNA HYBRIDIZATION

Citation Formats

Korochkin, L I. Cloning, expression, and regulation of tissue-specific genes in Drosophila. United States: N. p., 1995. Web.
Korochkin, L I. Cloning, expression, and regulation of tissue-specific genes in Drosophila. United States.
Korochkin, L I. 1995. "Cloning, expression, and regulation of tissue-specific genes in Drosophila". United States.
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abstractNote = {The family of esterase genes was studied in various Drosophilia species. These genes are classified as tissue-specific and housekeeping ones. The expression of tissue-specific esterases in the male reproductive system of Drosophilia species from the virilis and melanogaster groups was thoroughly examined. Modifier genes controlling activity level, time of synthesis, and distribution in cells of the tissue-specific esterase isozyme from the ejaculatory bulb were revealed. The structural gene coding of this enzyme was isolated, cloned, and sequenced. This gene was shown to be similar in different Drosophilia species; the transcriptional level of tissue specificity of this gene was determined. The possibility of transformating the tissue-specific gene into a housekeeping one was demonstrated. In different Drosophilia species, this gene can be expressed in different parts of the reproductive system. In transgenic males carrying the gene of another species, the foreign gene is expressed as in the donor. 68 refs., 11 figs.},
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url = {https://www.osti.gov/biblio/125445}, journal = {Russian Journal of Genetics},
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place = {United States},
year = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995},
month = {Tue Aug 01 00:00:00 EDT 1995}
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