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- Title
Expression of Caenorhabditis elegans RNA-directed RNA polymerase in transgenic Drosophila melanogaster does not affect morphological development.
- Authors
Duan, Guowen; Saint, Robert; Helliwell, Chris; Behm, Carolyn; Waterhouse, Peter; Gordon, Karl
- Abstract
Drosophila melanogaster, along with all insects and the vertebrates, lacks an RdRp gene. We created transgenic strains of Drosophila melanogaster in which the rrf- 1 or ego- 1 RdRp genes from C. elegans were placed under the control of the yeast GAL4 upstream activation sequence. Activation of the gene was performed by crossing these lines to flies carrying the GAL4 transgene under the control of various Drosophila enhancers. RT-PCR confirmed the successful expression of each RdRp gene. The resulting phenotypes indicated that introduction of the RdRp genes had no effect on D. melanogaster morphological development.
- Subjects
CAENORHABDITIS elegans; RNA polymerases; GENE expression; DROSOPHILA melanogaster; TRANSGENES; PHENOTYPES; INSECT development; MORPHOLOGY
- Publication
Transgenic Research, 2010, Vol 19, Issue 6, p1121
- ISSN
0962-8819
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s11248-010-9372-y