| RRC ID |
352
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| Author |
Hirota Y, Sawamoto K, Takahashi K, Ueda R, Okano H.
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| Title |
The transmembrane protein, Tincar, is involved in the development of the compound eye in Drosophila melanogaster.
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| Journal |
Dev Genes Evol
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| Abstract |
We previously cloned and characterized the Drosophila gene, tincar (tinc), which encodes a novel protein with eight putative transmembrane domains. Here, we have studied the expression pattern and functions of tinc during developmental processes. tinc mRNA is expressed in the central and peripheral nervous systems, and midgut during embryogenesis. In the third-instar larval eye disc, tinc mRNA is strongly expressed in all the differentiating ommatidial cells within and in the vicinity of the morphogenetic furrow. Loss-of-function analysis using the RNA-interference method revealed severe defects of eye morphogenesis during the late developmental stages. Our results suggested that tinc may have an indispensable role in the normal differentiation of ommatidial cells.
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| Volume |
215(2)
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| Pages |
90-6
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| Published |
2005-2-1
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| DOI |
10.1007/s00427-004-0452-y
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| PMID |
15654626
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| MeSH |
Animals
Cell Differentiation
Drosophila Proteins / genetics
Drosophila Proteins / physiology*
Drosophila melanogaster / embryology*
Drosophila melanogaster / genetics
Drosophila melanogaster / growth & development
Eye / cytology
Eye / embryology*
Eye / growth & development
Membrane Proteins / genetics
Membrane Proteins / physiology*
RNA Interference
RNA, Messenger / analysis
RNA, Messenger / metabolism
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| IF |
1.339
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| Times Cited |
2
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WOS Category
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EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY
CELL BIOLOGY
DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY
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| Resource |
| Drosophila |
7723R-1
7723R-3 |
