bHLH54F
bHLH transcription factor - earliest specific regulator of caudal visceral mesoderm development
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Gene model reviewed during 5.50
1.3 (northern blot)
There is only one protein coding transcript and one polypeptide associated with this gene
242 (aa)
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Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
HLH54F transcripts are detected only in embryos on northern blots. They are first detected by in situ hybridization at the cellular blastoderm stage at the posterior end of the mesoderm anlage. After gastrulation, these cells move out of the mesoderm layer and enter the space between the germ band and the posterior midgut anlage. They then separate in to two lateral populations. By the end of germ band retraction, they are distributed throughout the trunk region of the embryo. They begin to ensheath the midgut after it fuses. These cells are thought to be visceral mesoderm. 11 groups of cells within the somatic mesoderm also express HLH54F transcripts. They may correspond to clusters from which muscle progenitors segregate.
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2-86.8
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HLH54F is required not only for the survival of the caudal visceral mesoderm, but also for the initia specification and, in this context, for the correct migratory properties of these cells.
HLH54F is required for the specification and migration of longitudinal gut muscle founders from the caudal mesoderm.