Drosophila regulatory factor X is an embryonic type I sensory neuron marker also expressed in spermatids and in the brain of Drosophila

C Vandaele; M Coulon-Bublex; P Couble; B Durand

doi:10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00340-9

Drosophila regulatory factor X is an embryonic type I sensory neuron marker also expressed in spermatids and in the brain of Drosophila

Mech Dev. 2001 May;103(1-2):159-62. doi: 10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00340-9.

Authors

C Vandaele¹, M Coulon-Bublex, P Couble, B Durand

Affiliation

¹ Centre de Génétique Moléculaire et Cellulaire U.M.R. 5534, Laboratoire des Mécanismes Moléculaires et Cellulaires du Développement, Université Claude Bernard Lyon I, 43, Boulevard du 11 Novembre 1918, F-69622 Villeurbanne, France.

PMID: 11335126
DOI: 10.1016/s0925-4773(01)00340-9

Abstract

We report the expression pattern of a Drosophila transcription factor, Drosophila regulatory factor X (dRFX), which belongs to the RFX winged-helix transcription factor family. dRFX is distributed in type I sensory neuron lineage of the peripheral nervous system throughout Drosophila development and thus represents the first described type I lineage characteristic marker in Drosophila. In addition, dRFX is also detected in the brain throughout development and in spermatids in adult flies.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Animals
Brain / embryology*
Brain / metabolism*
Cell Lineage
DNA-Binding Proteins / biosynthesis*
Drosophila / embryology*
Gene Expression
Immunohistochemistry
In Situ Hybridization
Male
Nervous System / embryology
Neurons / metabolism*
Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors
Spermatids / metabolism*
Time Factors
Transcription Factors / biosynthesis*

Substances

DNA-Binding Proteins
Regulatory Factor X Transcription Factors
Transcription Factors