Drosophila myb is required for the G2/M transition and maintenance of diploidy
| Autor: | Siau Min Fung, Alisa L. Katzen, Harmon Bp, J M Bishop, Jacob T. Jackson, G. Ramsay |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 1998 |
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DNA Replication
G2 Phase animal structures Cell division Cell Survival Mutant DNA Mutational Analysis Molecular Sequence Data Mitosis Polyploidy Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-myb Proto-Oncogene Proteins Genetics Endoreduplication Animals Wings Animal MYB Amino Acid Sequence Cell Nucleus biology Sequence Homology Amino Acid fungi Cell Cycle Temperature biology.organism_classification Diploidy Drosophila melanogaster Phenotype Mutation Trans-Activators Ectopic expression Cell Division Developmental Biology Research Paper |
| Popis: | The myb proto-oncogenes are thought to have a role in the cell division cycle. We have examined this possibility by genetic analysis in Drosophila melanogaster, which possesses a single myb gene. We have described previously two temperature-sensitive, recessive lethal mutants in Drosophila myb (Dm myb). The phenotypes of these mutants revealed a requirement for myb in diverse cellular lineages throughout the course of Drosophila development. We now report a cellular explanation for these findings by showing that Dm myb is required for both mitosis and prevention of endoreduplication in wing cells. Myb apparently acts at or near the time of the G2/M transition. The two mutant alleles of Dm myb produce the same cellular phenotype, although the responsible mutations are located in different functional domains of the gene product. The mutant phenotype can be partially suppressed by ectopic expression of either cdc2 or string, two genes that are known to promote the transition from G2 to M. We conclude that Dm myb is required for completion of cell division and may serve two independent functions: promotion of mitosis, on the one hand, and prevention of endoreduplication when cells are arrested in G2, on the other. |
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