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Differential requirements for the Pax6(5a) genes eyegone and twin of eyegone during eye development in Drosophila.

ABSTRACT: In eye development the tasks of tissue specification and cell proliferation are regulated, in part, by the Pax6 and Pax6(5a) proteins respectively. In vertebrates, Pax6(5a) is generated as an alternately spliced isoform of Pax6. This stands in contrast to the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, which has two Pax6(5a) homologs that are encoded by the eyegone and twin of eyegone genes. In this report we set out to determine the respective contributions that each gene makes to the development of the fly retina. Here we demonstrate that both eyg and toe encode transcriptional repressors, are expressed in identical patterns but at significantly different levels. We further show, through a molecular dissection of both proteins, that Eyg makes differential use of several domains when compared to Toe and that the number of repressor domains also differs between the two Pax6(5a) homologs. We predict that these results will have implications for elucidating the functional differences between closely related members of other Pax subclasses.

SUBMITTER: Yao JG

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2702218 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Differential requirements for the Pax6(5a) genes eyegone and twin of eyegone during eye development in Drosophila.

Yao Jih-Guang JG Weasner Bonnie M BM Wang Lan-Hsin LH Jang Chuen-Chuen CC Weasner Brandon B Tang Chiou-Yang CY Salzer Claire L CL Chen Chun-Hong CH Hay Bruce B Sun Y Henry YH Kumar Justin P JP

Developmental biology 20080104 2

In eye development the tasks of tissue specification and cell proliferation are regulated, in part, by the Pax6 and Pax6(5a) proteins respectively. In vertebrates, Pax6(5a) is generated as an alternately spliced isoform of Pax6. This stands in contrast to the fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster, which has two Pax6(5a) homologs that are encoded by the eyegone and twin of eyegone genes. In this report we set out to determine the respective contributions that each gene makes to the development of th ...[more]

PMID: 18275947

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Differential requirements for the Pax6(5a) genes eyegone and twin of eyegone during eye development in Drosophila.

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Differential requirements for the Pax6(5a) genes eyegone and twin of eyegone during eye development in Drosophila.

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