Domesticated gag Gene of Drosophila LTR Retrotransposons Is Involved in Response to Oxidative Stress.

ABSTRACT: Drosophila melanogaster is one of the most extensively used genetic model organisms for studying LTR retrotransposons that are represented by various groups in its genome. However, the phenomenon of molecular domestication of LTR retrotransposons has been insufficiently studied in Drosophila, as well as in other invertebrates. The present work is devoted to studying the role of the domesticated gag gene, Gagr, in the Drosophila genome. The Gagr gene has been shown to be involved in the response to stress caused by exposure to ammonium persulfate, but not in the stress response to oligomycin A, zeomycin, and cadmium chloride. Ammonium persulfate tissue specifically activates the expression of Gagr in the tissues of the carcass, but not in the

SUBMITTER: Makhnovskii P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7231272 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature