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PMID:9927461
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Liu, X, Kiss, I and Lengyel, JA (1999) Identification of genes controlling malpighian tubule and other epithelial morphogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster. Genetics 151:685-95 |
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| Abstract |
The Drosophila Malpighian tubule is a model system for studying genetic mechanisms that control epithelial morphogenesis. From a screen of 1800 second chromosome lethal lines, by observing uric acid deposits in unfixed inviable embryos, we identified five previously described genes (barr, fas, flb, raw, and thr) and one novel gene, walrus (wal), that affect Malpighian tubule morphogenesis. Phenotypic analysis of these mutant embryos allows us to place these genes, along with other previously described genes, into a genetic pathway that controls Malpighian tubule development. Specifically, wal affects evagination of the Malpighian tubule buds, fas and thr affect bud extension, and barr, flb, raw, and thr affect tubule elongation. In addition, these genes were found to have different effects on development of other epithelial structures, such as foregut and hindgut morphogenesis. Finally, from the same screen, we identified a second novel gene, drumstick, that affects only foregut and hindgut morphogenesis. |
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| Keywords |
Animals; Drosophila melanogaster/embryology; Drosophila melanogaster/genetics; Epithelium/embryology; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Genes, Insect; Malpighian Tubules/embryology; Morphogenesis/genetics |
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