A putative sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate co-transporter from Drosophila melanogaster

Autor: Bryce MacIver, Angela McCahill, Mary Bownes, Kevin Leaper, Stephen Pathirana
Rok vydání: 2000
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Zdroj: Development Genes and Evolution. 210:207-211
ISSN: 1432-041X
0949-944X
DOI: 10.1007/s004270050305
Popis: We have isolated and sequenced a cDNA encoding a predicted 524 amino acid protein from a Drosophila melanogaster ovarian library. Sequence comparisons suggest that this protein encodes a sodium-dependent inorganic phosphate co-transporter similar to a sequence isolated from a rat brain library. In situ hybridisation to messenger RNA in ovaries shows strong expression in germarium at stage 2 of oogenesis. Expression is then weak in follicle cells until stage 10, when high transcript levels are seen in the nurse cells and transferred to the oocyte. This presumably reflects functions in oogenesis and the production of stored mRNAs for use in embryogenesis.
Databáze: OpenAIRE