Stage‐specific mechanisms regulate the expression of the dopa decarboxylase gene duringDrosophiladevelopment
作者:
R. B. Hodgetts,
W. C. Clark,
R. D. Gietz,
B. A. Sage,
J. D. O'Connor,
期刊:
Archives of Insect Biochemistry and Physiology
(WILEY Available online 1986)
卷期:
Volume 3,
issue S1
页码: 97-104
ISSN:0739-4462
年代: 1986
DOI:10.1002/arch.940030711
出版商: Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company
关键词: enzyme induction;Drosophila;steroid hormone;20‐hydroxyecdysone
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractTranscripts of the dopa decarboxylase (Ddc) gene accumulate within 4 h of the administration of 20‐OH‐ecdysone to mature larvae ofDrosophila.The increase can be explained as the sum of a direct steroid effect, independent of protein synthesis, and an indirect effect, dependent on proteins synthesized after an increase in the hormone titer. By contrast, the peaks of DDC activity in embryos, and perhaps in the first two larval instars and in imaginal discs as well, cannot be ascribed to any direct steroid effects. In fact, a decreasing hormone titer might be required before the Ddc gene can be expressed at these stages. The stage‐specific differences in the molecular mechanisms regulating Ddc gene activity may be reflected in the phenotype of an activity variant,Ddc+4. Molecular studies now underway on the variant Ddc gene might help us to understand the complex multifunctional region that we believe lies upstream of the gene and regulates its expression during develo
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