The expression of esterase S gene of Drosophila virilis in Drosophila melanogaster. Academic Article

abstract

• Drosophila melanogaster was transformed with the esterase S gene from Drosophila virilis. This gene is strongly activated in ejaculatory bulbs of mature males of Drosophila virilis. The closely related gene from Drosophila melanogaster is activated in ejaculatory ducts. The tissue- and stage-specific expression of incomplete genomic copy of the esterase S gene integrated into the Drosophila melanogaster genome is the same as in Drosophila virilis. These data show that tissue and stage specificity is determined by relatively small 5' regulatory region of the esterase S gene. The comparison between deduced amino-acid sequences of the esterase S of Drosophila virilis and esterase 6 of Drosophila melanogaster was performed. These sequences revealed 50% homology.

authors

• Panin, Vladislav

published proceedings

• FEBS Lett

author list (cited authors)

• Sergeev, P. V., Panin, V. M., Pavlova, G. V., Kopantseva, M. R., Shostak, N. G., Bashkirov, V. N., Georgiev, G. P., & Korochkin, L. I.

citation count

• 9

complete list of authors

• Sergeev, PV||Panin, VM||Pavlova, GV||Kopantseva, MR||Shostak, NG||Bashkirov, VN||Georgiev, GP||Korochkin, LI

publication date

• February 1995

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• FEBS Letters  Journal

keywords

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Animals
• Animals, Genetically Modified
• Base Sequence
• Drosophila
• Drosophila Melanogaster
• Esterases
• Female
• Gene Expression Regulation, Enzymologic
• Genes, Insect
• Male
• Molecular Sequence Data
• RNA, Messenger
• Regulatory Sequences, Nucleic Acid
• Sequence Alignment
• Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
• Tissue Distribution
• Transfection

PubMed Central ID

• 7875329

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1016/0014-5793(95)00102-f

start page

• 194

end page

• 196

volume

• 360

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(95)00102-f