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Heterokaryon Technique for Analysis of Cell Type-specific Localization
Published on: March 11, 2011
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エクストラデンティクルの核転位には,エクストラデンティクルに関連するホメオドメインタンパク質をコードするホモトラクスが必要です
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
まとめ
ホモトラクス (hth) 遺伝子は,ホックス遺伝子を調節することによってフルーツフライの体パターニングに不可欠です. そのマウスホモログであるMeis1は,hth変異を救出し,Hox遺伝子調節のための保存されたメカニズムを明らかにすることができます.
科学分野:
- 発達生物学 発達生物学とは
- 遺伝学 遺伝学とは
- 分子生物学は分子生物学である.
背景:
- ホックス遺伝子は,多くの動物における身体の計画パターンです.
- ホックス遺伝子の機能は,エクストラデンチクル (EXD) のようなコファクターに依存することが多い.
- ホックス遺伝子機能におけるホモトラクス (hth) の役割は不明であった.
研究 の 目的:
- ドロソフィラ・メラノガスターにおけるホックス遺伝子機能におけるホモトラクス (hth) の役割を調査する.
- hthがホックス活性を調節する分子機構を特定する.
- hthの哺乳類の同類体が存在し,機能的に保存されているかどうかを決定する.
主な方法:
- ドロソフィラのhth変異体の遺伝子解析.
- タンパク質とタンパク質の相互作用を研究するための生化学的測定法.
- 細胞培養とドロソフィラ胚における機能的測定法で,哺乳類の遺伝子による救済をテストする.
主要な成果:
- ホモトラクス (hth) はフルーツフライの発達におけるホックス遺伝子の活性のために必要である.
- hthは,ホックス共因子Extradenticle (EXD) の核の局所化に不可欠である.
- hthのホモログであるマウス遺伝子Meis1は,hthの変異フェノタイプを救出し,EXD核転位を誘発することができます.
結論:
- Meis1は,Drosophila hth.の機能的なホモログである.
- HTH/MEIS1とEXDの間の直接的な相互作用を含む保存されたメカニズムは,EXDの核転位を通じてHoxの活動を調節します.
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