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Citation	Koizumi, K., Stivers, C., Brody, T., Zangeneh, S., Mozer, B., Odenwald, W.F., Higashi, S., Furuhara, K., Ota, K., Iwasaki, K., Ozaki, T., Kobayashi, H., Higashida, H. (2001). A search for Drosophila neural precursor genes identifies ran. Dev. Genes Evol. 211(2): 67--75. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID	FBrf0135723
Publication Type	Research paper
PubMed ID	11455416
PubMed Abstract	The Drosophila ran gene has been isolated in a differential cDNA screen designed to identify genes that are dynamically expressed in embryonic neuroblasts. The guanine triphosphate (GTP)-binding Ran protein, a member of the Ras superfamily, has been shown to participate in a variety of transport related processes in other organisms. Drosophila ran codes for a 216 amino acid (aa) protein that shares 78% and 86% identity with the yeast and human Ran proteins, respectively. Database searches have identified a second Drosophila ran gene, ran-like. The predicted Ran-like protein shares 59% identity with its isoform. Embryo in situ mRNA localization of ran and ran-like expression reveals that both are maternally expressed; however zygotic ran expression is restricted to central nervous system (CNS) neuroblasts undergoing late lineage formation, while ran-like expression is detected in the developing trachea and salivary gland. To investigate the significance of ran-restricted CNS expression, we have targeted its misexpression to different temporal windows of CNS development. In addition, a dominant-negative mutant form of ran was targeted to the developing CNS and to the larval eye/antenna imaginal disc to assess the role of ran-dependent functions. Embryonic CNS misexpression of the mutant, but not wild-type, ran results in larval death. Neither wild-type nor mutant ran misexpression had any detectable effect on embryonic CNS lineage specification, nuclear transport of a number of CNS-specific transcription factors or axonal guidance. However, expression of the dominant-negative mutant ran in the developing eye/antenna disc did result in a severe adult eye phenotype marked by apoptosis of photoreceptor, cone and pigment cells.
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Language of Publication	Japanese
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Publication Type	Journal
Abbreviation	Dev. Genes Evol.
Title	Development genes and evolution
Publication Year	1996-
ISBN/ISSN	0949-944X
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Alleles (12)
	BacA\p35^GMR.PH Ran^{G19V.Q69L.Scer\UAS} Ran^Scer\UAS.cKa Scer\GAL4^dpp.blk1 Scer\GAL4^elav.PLu Scer\GAL4^GMR.PF Scer\GAL4^h-1J3 Scer\GAL4^nub.PK Scer\GAL4^pros.PMG Scer\GAL4^sev.EP.M Scer\GAL4^unspecified w^+mC
Constructs (9)
	P{GAL4-dpp.blk1} P{GAL4-elav.L} P{GAL4-ninaE.GMR} P{GAL4-pros.MG} P{GMRP35} P{nub-GAL4.K} P{sevEP-GAL4.M} P{UAS-ran.G19V.Q69L} P{UAS-ran.K}
Genes (12)
	BacA\p35 cas eve futsch hb nub pros Ran Ran-like Scer\GAL4 sev w
Insertions (1)
	P{GawB}h^1J3