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Dynamic developmental expression of smallminded, a Drosophila gene required for cell division

Dynamic developmental expression of smallminded, a Drosophila gene required for cell division
Dynamic developmental expression of smallminded, a Drosophila gene required for cell division
Here we describe the expression pattern of the smallminded (smid) gene during Drosophila development and investigate the phenotype of a null mutant. In situ hybridisation reveals the ubiquitous expression of smid transcript throughout early embryonic stages until the extended germ band stage, after which expression becomes localised to the neurogenic ectoderm and gonad. Post-embryonic expression is restricted to tissues engaged in the developmental programme of the adult fly: the re-enlarged neuroblasts; imaginal discs; histoblast nests; and precursors of adult muscles. The correlation of smid expression with mitotic activity suggests a cell cycle function which is confirmed by the observed phenotype of a smid null mutant characterised by an abnormally small CNS, due to defective mitosis of post-embryonic neuroblasts and their subsequent death by apoptosis.
neuroblast, neurogenesis, cell cycle, aaa superfamily, cdc48, apoptosis
0925-4773
33-43
Long, Antony R.
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Wilkins, Joanna C.
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Shepherd, David
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Long, Antony R.
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Wilkins, Joanna C.
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Shepherd, David
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Long, Antony R., Wilkins, Joanna C. and Shepherd, David (1998) Dynamic developmental expression of smallminded, a Drosophila gene required for cell division. Mechanisms of Development, 76 (1-2), 33-43. (doi:10.1016/S0925-4773(98)00110-5).

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Here we describe the expression pattern of the smallminded (smid) gene during Drosophila development and investigate the phenotype of a null mutant. In situ hybridisation reveals the ubiquitous expression of smid transcript throughout early embryonic stages until the extended germ band stage, after which expression becomes localised to the neurogenic ectoderm and gonad. Post-embryonic expression is restricted to tissues engaged in the developmental programme of the adult fly: the re-enlarged neuroblasts; imaginal discs; histoblast nests; and precursors of adult muscles. The correlation of smid expression with mitotic activity suggests a cell cycle function which is confirmed by the observed phenotype of a smid null mutant characterised by an abnormally small CNS, due to defective mitosis of post-embryonic neuroblasts and their subsequent death by apoptosis.

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Published date: 1 August 1998
Keywords: neuroblast, neurogenesis, cell cycle, aaa superfamily, cdc48, apoptosis

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Local EPrints ID: 56086
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/56086
ISSN: 0925-4773
PURE UUID: 3ffae565-b5df-47b9-919b-55ad6f124c35

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Date deposited: 21 Aug 2008
Last modified: 15 Mar 2024 10:59

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Author: Antony R. Long
Author: Joanna C. Wilkins
Author: David Shepherd

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