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The alcohol dehydrogenase gene is nested in the outspread locus of Drosophila melanogaster

McNabb, S., Grieg, S. and Davis, Terence ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2780-0262 1996. The alcohol dehydrogenase gene is nested in the outspread locus of Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 143 (2) , pp. 897-911.

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Abstract

This report describes the structure and expression of the outspread (osp) gene of Drosophila melanogaster. Previous work showed that chromosomal breakpoints associated with mutations of the osp locus map to both sides of the alcohol dehydrogenase gene (Adh), suggesting that Adh and the adjacent gene Adh' are nested in osp. We extended a chromosomal walk and mapped additional osp mutations to define the maximum molecular limit of osp as 119 kb. We identified a 6-kb transcript that hybridizes to osp region DNA and is altered or absent in osp mutants. Accumulation of this RNA peaks during embryonic and pupal periods. The osp cDNAs comprise two distinct classes based on alternative splicing patterns. The 5′ end of the longest cDNA was extended by PCR amplification. When hybridized to the osp walk, the 5′ extension verifies that Adh and Adh' are nested in osp and shows that osp has a transcription unit of ≥74 kb. In situ hybridization shows that osp is expressed both maternally and zygotically. In the ovary, osp is transcribed in nurse cells and localized in the oocyte. In embryos, expression is most abundant in the developing visceral and somatic musculature.

Item Type: Article
Date Type: Publication
Status: Published
Schools: Medicine
Subjects: Q Science > QH Natural history > QH426 Genetics
R Medicine > R Medicine (General)
Publisher: Genetics Society of America
ISSN: 0016-6731
Last Modified: 14 Dec 2022 07:22
URI: https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/63600

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