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Functional and bioinformatics analyses reveal conservation of cis‐regulatory elements between sciaridae and drosophilidae

Functional and bioinformatics analyses reveal conservation of cis‐regulatory elements between... The sciarid DNA puff C4 BhC4‐1 gene is amplified and transcribed in salivary glands at the end of the larval stage. In transgenic Drosophila, the BhC4‐1 promoter drives transcription in prepupal salivary glands and in the ring gland of late embryos. A bioinformatics analysis has identified 162 sequences similar to distinct regions of the BhC4‐1 proximal promoter, which are predominantly located either in 5′ or 3′ regions or introns in the Drosophila melanogaster genome. A significant number of the identified sequences are found in the regulatory regions of Drosophila genes that are expressed in the salivary gland. Functional assays in Drosophila reveal that the BhC4‐1 proximal promoter contains both a 129 bp (−186/−58) salivary gland enhancer and a 67 bp (−253/−187) ring gland enhancer that drive tissue specific patterns of developmentally regulated gene expression, irrespective of their orientation. genesis 46:43–51, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Genesis: the Journal of Genetics and Development Wiley

Functional and bioinformatics analyses reveal conservation of cis‐regulatory elements between sciaridae and drosophilidae

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Wiley
Copyright
Copyright © 2008 Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
ISSN
1526-954X
eISSN
1526-968X
DOI
10.1002/dvg.20364
pmid
18196600
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Abstract

The sciarid DNA puff C4 BhC4‐1 gene is amplified and transcribed in salivary glands at the end of the larval stage. In transgenic Drosophila, the BhC4‐1 promoter drives transcription in prepupal salivary glands and in the ring gland of late embryos. A bioinformatics analysis has identified 162 sequences similar to distinct regions of the BhC4‐1 proximal promoter, which are predominantly located either in 5′ or 3′ regions or introns in the Drosophila melanogaster genome. A significant number of the identified sequences are found in the regulatory regions of Drosophila genes that are expressed in the salivary gland. Functional assays in Drosophila reveal that the BhC4‐1 proximal promoter contains both a 129 bp (−186/−58) salivary gland enhancer and a 67 bp (−253/−187) ring gland enhancer that drive tissue specific patterns of developmentally regulated gene expression, irrespective of their orientation. genesis 46:43–51, 2008. © 2008 Wiley‐Liss, Inc.

Journal

Genesis: the Journal of Genetics and DevelopmentWiley

Published: Jan 1, 2008

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