NEGATIVE CONTROL OF PHOTORECEPTOR DEVELOPMENT IN DROSOPHILA BY THE PRODUCT OF THE YAN GENE, AN ETS DOMAIN PROTEIN

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LAI, ZC [1 ]
RUBIN, GM [1 ]
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[1] UNIV CALIF BERKELEY,DEPT MOLEC & CELL BIOL,BERKELEY,CA 94720
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10.1016/0092-8674(92)90430-K
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Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
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Loss-of-function mutations in the yan gene result in the differentiation of supernumerary photoreceptors in the Drosophila eye. The yan gene encodes a protein with an ETS DNA-binding domain that accumulates in the nuclei of undifferentiated cells during the early stages of eye development. Our data suggest that yan functions as a cell-autonomous negative regulator of photoreceptor development; in the presumptive R7 and cone cells, yan appears to act antagonistically to the proneural signal mediated by sevenless and Ras1.
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