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Cloning and characterization of two vertebrate homologs of the Drosophila eyes absent gene.
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Genome research [Genome Res] 1997 Feb; Vol. 7 (2), pp. 128-41. - Publication Year :
- 1997
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Abstract
- The Drosophila eyes absent (eya) gene plays an essential role in the events that lead to proper development of the fly eye and embryo. Here we report the analysis of two human and two mouse homologs of the fly eya gene. Sequence comparison reveals a large domain of approximately 270 amino acids in the carboxyl terminus of the predicted mammalian proteins that shows 53% identity between the fly sequence and all of the vertebrate homologs. This Eya-homology domain is of novel sequence, with no previously identified motifs. RNA hybridization studies indicate that the mouse genes are expressed during embryogenesis and in select tissues of the adult. Both mouse Eya genes are expressed in the eye, suggesting that these genes may function in eye development in vertebrates as eya does in the fly. The mouse Eya2 gene maps to chromosome 2 in the region syntenic with human chromosome 20q13, and the mouse Eya2 gene maps to chromosome 4 in the region syntenic with human chromosome 1p36. Our findings support the notion that several families of genes (Pax-6/eyeless, Six-3/sine oculis, and Eya) play related and critical roles in the eye for both files and vertebrates.
- Subjects :
- Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Base Sequence
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 20
Conserved Sequence
DNA, Complementary genetics
Eye growth & development
Eye metabolism
Gene Expression Regulation
Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental
Humans
Mice
Mice, Inbred C57BL
Molecular Sequence Data
Sequence Homology, Amino Acid
Cloning, Molecular
Drosophila genetics
Drosophila Proteins
Eye Proteins genetics
Genes, Insect
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 1088-9051
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Genome research
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 9049631
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1101/gr.7.2.128