RRC ID 78996
著者 Tanaka K, Minami R, Kimura KI.
タイトル A narrow gene encoding an extracellular matrix is involved in the formation of the footpad hairs in Drosophila melanogaster.
ジャーナル MicroPubl Biol
Abstract Drosophila melanogaster is an insect that can walk on smooth surfaces, and its tarsal segments bear a pair of footpads that are equipped with spatulate-shaped hairs (setae). We found that narrow B ( nw B ) mutants, an allele of the nw gene, were unable to climb smooth surfaces, due to the destruction of the footpad hair tips. The mutant hair tips were damaged during molting from the pupal cuticle at eclosion. Thus, the nw gene encoding a secretory protein that serves as an extracellular matrix is implicated in the formation of the footpad hairs.
巻・号 2023
公開日 2023-1-1
DOI 10.17912/micropub.biology.000804
PMID 37090156
PMC PMC10119690
リソース情報
ショウジョウバエ DGRC#105809 DGRC#101514 DGRC#103727 DGRC#108068