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Measuring and Altering Mating Drive in Male Drosophila melanogaster
Published on: February 15, 2017
一种男性辅助腺,调节雌性D. melanogaster的生殖行为
P S Chen1, E Stumm-Zollinger, T Aigaki
1Institute of Zoology, University of Zürich, Switzerland.
Cell
|July 29, 1988
概括
果中的雄性辅助腺体产生一种,降低雌性受体力,促进产卵. 这种由36个氨基酸组成的,通过测序和克隆来识别,在生殖行为中起着关键作用.
科学领域:
- 生殖生物学 生殖生物学
- 分子内分泌学分子内分泌学
- 德洛索菲拉黑虫研究 研究 科研
背景情况:
- 雄性Drosophila melanogaster的辅助腺体合成和分泌影响雌性生殖行为的化合物.
- 众所周知,一种特定的可以抑制女性的性感受力,并刺激卵置.
- 这种通常在交配期间被转移,但当直接服用时可以发挥生物活性.
研究的目的:
- 描述负责抑制雌性性感受性和刺激Drosophila melanogaster中的卵置的.
- 为了确定这种生殖的氨基酸序列和前体结构.
- 为了识别编码的基因及其染色体位置.
主要方法:
- 从男性辅助腺体中净化生物活性.
- 净化的氨基酸测序.
- 以寡核酸为导向的cDNA克隆,以确定前体序列和mRNA特征.
- 在现场杂交以将基因定位在聚烯染色体上.
主要成果:
- 活性由36个氨基酸组成.
- 它被合成为前体,具有19个残留物的N-终端疏水信号序列.
- 前体被一个短的mRNA编码,这种短mRNA只能在男性辅助腺体中发现.
- 编码这种的基因位于聚染色体上的70A位置.
结论:
- 来自男性辅助腺的一种特定的36氨基酸显著影响了Drosophila melanogaster中的女性生殖行为.
- 分子特征揭示了前体结构和组织特异性基因表达,突出显示了生殖信号的复杂性.
- 基因局部化为进一步对生殖行为调节的遗传研究提供了基础.
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