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Citation Tokusumi, T., Russell, M., Gajewski, K., Fossett, N., Schulz, R.A. (2007). U-shaped protein domains required for repression of cardiac gene expression in Drosophila.  Differentiation 75(2): 166--174. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID FBrf0191835
Publication Type Research paper
PubMed ID 17316386
PubMed Abstract U-shaped is a zinc finger protein that functions predominantly as a negative transcriptional regulator of cell fate determination during Drosophila development. In the early stages of dorsal vessel formation, the protein acts to control cardioblast specification, working as a negative attenuator of the cardiogenic GATA factor Pannier. Pannier and the homeodomain protein Tinman normally work together to specify heart cells and activate cardioblast gene expression. One target of this positive regulation is a heart enhancer of the D-mef2 gene and U-shaped has been shown to antagonize enhancer activation by Pannier and Tinman. We have mapped protein domains of U-shaped required for its repression of cardioblast gene expression. Such studies showed GATA factor interacting zinc fingers of U-shaped are required for enhancer repression, as well as three small motifs that are likely needed for co-factor binding and/or protein modification. These analyses have also allowed for the definition of a 253 amino acid interval of U-shaped that is essential for its nuclear localization. Together, these findings provide molecular insights into the function of U-shaped as a negative regulator of heart development in Drosophila.
DOI 10.1111/j.1432-0436.2006.00120.x
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