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Transcription profiling of Drosophila EcR-dependent gene expression in MB neurons at the onset of axon pruning

ABSTRACT: This study identifies genes that show EcR-dependent gene expression in MB neurons at the onset of axon pruning. Experiment Overall Design: A dominant negative form of the ecdysone receptor (EcRDN) was expressed in MB neurons by OK107-GAL4. Animals were staged at 0 and 5 hours relative to puparium formation. RNA was isolated from MB neurons labeled with mCD8::GFP driven by OK107-GAL4 by laser capture microdissection, labeled and hybridized to Affymetrix Drosophila Genome Arrays. These microarrays were compared to RNA isolated from y,w animals at similar time points.

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila melanogaster

SUBMITTER: Eric Hoopfer

PROVIDER: E-GEOD-10013 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Genomic analysis of Drosophila neuronal remodeling: a role for the RNA-binding protein Boule as a negative regulator of axon pruning.

Hoopfer Eric D ED Penton Andrea A Watts Ryan J RJ Luo Liqun L

The Journal of neuroscience : the official journal of the Society for Neuroscience 20080601 24

Drosophila mushroom body (MB) gamma neurons undergo axon pruning during metamorphosis through a process of localized degeneration of specific axon branches. Developmental axon degeneration is initiated by the steroid hormone ecdysone, acting through a nuclear receptor complex composed of USP (ultraspiracle) and EcRB1 (ecdysone receptor B1) to regulate gene expression in MB gamma neurons. To identify ecdysone-dependent gene expression changes in MB gamma neurons at the onset of axon pruning, we u ...[more]

PMID: 18550751

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Transcription profiling of Drosophila EcR-dependent gene expression in MB neurons at the onset of axon pruning

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Genomic analysis of Drosophila neuronal remodeling: a role for the RNA-binding protein Boule as a negative regulator of axon pruning.

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