Differential expression of the Drosophila zinc finger gene jim in the follicular epithelium

Authors
Doerflinger, H Lepesant, JA Yanicostas, C
Citation
H. Doerflinger et al., Differential expression of the Drosophila zinc finger gene jim in the follicular epithelium, MECH DEVEL, 86(1-2), 1999, pp. 177-182
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Cell & Developmental Biology
Journal title
MECHANISMS OF DEVELOPMENT
ISSN journal
09254773 → ACNP
Volume
86
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
177 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0925-4773(199908)86:1-2<177:DEOTDZ>2.0.ZU;2-S
Abstract
The Drosophila gene jim was identified by an enhancer trap line showing asy mmetric dorso-ventral expression in the follicular epithelium. It gives ris e to the jim-1 and jim-2 transcripts that contain distinct 5'-UTRs but enco de the same nine C2H2 zinc finger protein. From stage 10A onward, jim-1 RNA is transcribed in squamous cells while jim-2 RNA is specific to all non-an tero-dorsal columnar cells as the result of repression in antero-dorsal cel ls by the DER pathway. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights re served.