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ArticleHereditas2022

Regulatory modules mediating the complex neural expression patterns of the homeobrain gene during Drosophila brain development.

Kirsten Hildebrandt, Dieter Kolb, Christine Klöppel, Petra Kaspar, Fabienne Wittling, Olga Hartwig, Jannic Federspiel, India Findji, Uwe Walldorf

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Article in Hereditas, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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9 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Kirsten Hildebrandt *Developmental Biology, Saarland University, Building 61, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Dieter Kolb *Developmental Biology, Saarland University, Building 61, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Christine KlöppelDevelopmental Biology, Saarland University, Building 61, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Petra KasparDevelopmental Biology, Saarland University, Building 61, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Fabienne WittlingDevelopmental Biology, Saarland University, Building 61, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Olga HartwigDevelopmental Biology, Saarland University, Building 61, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Jannic FederspielDevelopmental Biology, Saarland University, Building 61, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
India FindjiDevelopmental Biology, Saarland University, Building 61, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
Uwe WalldorfDevelopmental Biology, Saarland University, Building 61, 66421, Homburg/Saar, Germany. uwe.walldorf@uks.eu.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3989-4844
Saarland University · DEHelmholtz Institute for Pharmaceutical Research Saarland · DEHeidelberg University · DE

Funding

Resource Component: Acquisition, maintenance and distribution of Drosophila stocksP40OD018537 · OD · TRUSTEES OF INDIANA UNIVERSITY · PI Annette L. Parks · 2014 to 2026
$13.5M
NIH HHS P40 OD018537
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe homeobox gene homeobrain (hbn) is located in the 57B region together with two other homeobox genes, Drosophila Retinal homeobox (DRx) and orthopedia (otp). All three genes encode transcription factors with important functions in brain development. Hbn mutants are embryonic lethal and characterized by a reduction in the anterior protocerebrum, including the mushroom bodies, and a loss of the supraoesophageal brain commissure.

resultsIn this study we conducted a detailed expression analysis of Hbn in later developmental stages. In the larval brain, Hbn is expressed in all type II lineages and the optic lobes, including the medulla and lobula plug. The gene is expressed in the cortex of the medulla and the lobula rim in the adult brain. We generated a new hbn

conclusionThe complex expression of Hbn in the developing brain is regulated by several specific enhancers within the hbn locus. Each enhancer fragment drives hbn expression in several specific cell lineages, and with largely overlapping patterns, suggesting the presence of shadow enhancers and enhancer redundancy. Specific enhancer deletion strains generated by gene targeting display developmental defects in the brain. This analysis opens an avenue for a deeper analysis of hbn regulatory elements in the future.

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DrosophilaDrosophila ProteinsAnimalsBrainEnhancer Elements, GeneticGene Expression Regulation, DevelopmentalHomeodomain ProteinsDrosophila Proteinshbn protein, DrosophilaHomeodomain ProteinsEnhancerGene targetingHomeobrain (Hbn)Transcription factor

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PMID34983686
PMCPMC8728971
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