Developmental Genetics Laboratory, Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Mill Hill Laboratories, London, UK.
EMBO J. 1986 Jul;5(7):1659-65. doi: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1986.tb04409.x.
Mutations of the segmentation gene Krüppel (Kr) cause deletions of contiguous sets of body segments from the middle region of the Drosophila embryo. We have monitored expression in situ of three other genes implicated in the establishment of the body plan, namely hairy (h), fushi tarazu (ftz) and engrailed (en), in mutant Kr embryos. Our results show that the pattern of expression of all three genes depends upon Kr activity and are consistent with a hierarchical model of segmentation gene activity. In addition, we find that the initial expression of the homoeotic selector gene Ultrabithorax(Ubx) follows a novel pattern in Kr embroys indicating a close integration of the spatial control of homoeotic and segmantation gene expression.
基因突变会导致果蝇胚胎中段连续的身体部位缺失。我们监测了另外三个与身体形态建立有关的基因 hairy(h)、fushi tarazu(ftz)和 engrailed(en)在突变 Kr 胚胎中的原位表达。我们的结果表明,这三个基因的表达模式都依赖于 Kr 的活性,并且与一个分层次的基因活性模型一致。此外,我们发现同源异形选择基因 Ultrabithorax(Ubx)的最初表达在 Kr 胚胎中呈现出一种新的模式,这表明同源异形和分段基因表达的空间控制紧密结合。