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La translocación nuclear del extradentículo requiere un homotórax, que codifica una proteína del homeodomaín
G E Rieckhof1, F Casares, H D Ryoo
1Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032, USA.
Cell
|November 5, 1997
Resumen
El gen homotórax (hth) es esencial para el patrón corporal de la mosca de la fruta mediante la regulación de los genes Hox. Su homólogo de ratón, Meis1, puede rescatar estas mutaciones, revelando un mecanismo conservado para la regulación del gen Hox.
Área de la Ciencia:
- Biología del desarrollo Biología del desarrollo.
- Genética La genética.
- Biología molecular La biología molecular.
Sus antecedentes:
- Los genes Hox modelan el plan corporal en muchos animales.
- La función de los genes Hox a menudo depende de cofactores como el Extradenticle (EXD).
- El papel del homotórax (hth) en la función del gen Hox no estaba claro.
Objetivo del estudio:
- Para investigar el papel del homotórax (hth) en la función del gen Hox en Drosophila melanogaster.
- Para identificar el mecanismo molecular por el cual hth regula la actividad de Hox.
- Para determinar si los homólogos de hth en mamíferos existen y están conservados funcionalmente.
Principales métodos:
- Análisis genético de mutantes hth en Drosophila.
- Pruebas bioquímicas para estudiar las interacciones proteína-proteína.
- Ensayos funcionales en cultivos celulares y embriones de Drosophila para probar el rescate por genes de mamíferos.
Principales resultados:
- Se requiere homotórax (hth) para la actividad del gen Hox en el desarrollo de la mosca de la fruta.
- hth es esencial para la localización nuclear del cofactor Hox Extradenticle (EXD).
- El gen de ratón Meis1, un homólogo de hth, puede rescatar fenotipos mutantes de hth e inducir la translocación nuclear EXD.
Conclusiones:
- Meis1 es un homólogo funcional de Drosophila hth.
- Un mecanismo conservado que implica la interacción directa entre HTH / MEIS1 y EXD regula la actividad de Hox a través de la translocación nuclear EXD.
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