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Citation	Mihaly, J., Barges, S., Sipos, L., Maeda, R., Cleard, F., Hogga, I., Bender, W., Gyurkovics, H., Karch, F. (2006). Dissecting the regulatory landscape of the Abd-B gene of the bithorax complex. Development 133(15): 2983--2993. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID	FBrf0193405
Publication Type	Research paper
PubMed ID	16818450
PubMed Abstract	The three homeotic genes of the bithorax complex (BX-C), Ubx, abd-A and Abd-B control the identity of the posterior thorax and all abdominal segments. Large segment-specific cis-regulatory regions control the expression of Ubx, abd-A or Abd-B in each of the segments. These segment-specific cis-regulatory regions span the whole 300 kb of the BX-C and are arranged on the chromosome in the same order as the segments they specify. Experiments with lacZ reporter constructs revealed the existence of several types of regulatory elements in each of the cis-regulatory regions. These include initiation elements, maintenance elements, cell type- or tissue-specific enhancers, chromatin insulators and the promoter targeting sequence. In this paper, we extend the analysis of regulatory elements within the BX-C by describing a series of internal deficiencies that affect the Abd-B regulatory region. Many of the elements uncovered by these deficiencies are further verified in transgenic reporter assays. Our results highlight four key features of the iab-5, iab-6 and iab-7 cis-regulatory region of Abd-B. First, the whole Abd-B region is modular by nature and can be divided into discrete functional domains. Second, each domain seems to control specifically the level of Abd-B expression in only one parasegment. Third, each domain is itself modular and made up of a similar set of definable regulatory elements. And finally, the activity of each domain is absolutely dependent on the presence of an initiator element.
DOI	10.1242/dev.02451
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Language of Publication	English
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Publication Type	Journal
Abbreviation	Development
Title	Development
Publication Year	1987-
ISBN/ISSN	0950-1991
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Aberrations (1)
	Df(3R)abd-A^iab4,5-DB
Alleles (29)
	Abd-B^blt Abd-B^cMa.P1\loxP Abd-B^cMa.R73 Abd-B^Fab-3,5 Abd-B^Fab-6,7.1 Abd-B^Fab-6,7.2 Abd-B^iab-5,6.J81 Abd-B^iab-5,6.J82 Abd-B^iab-6,7.IH Abd-B^iab-7.280 Abd-B^iab7-R73.M Abd-B^iab7-R73 Abd-B^J82.blt Abd-B^P1\loxP Abd-B^Δ330.iab-7 Abd-B^ΔHS.iab-6 Ecol\lacZ^2.1PP.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^2.8XN.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^3.4E.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^3.6XH.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^3H.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^4.4E.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^4.4H.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^7.5H.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^7.8H.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^11.9X.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^11X.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^13.8Ecl.Ubx Ecol\lacZ^Ubx.PQ
Constructs (16)
	P{Abd-B^cMa.P1\loxP} P{Abd-B^cMa.R73} P{bluetail} P{Ubx-lacZ.2.1PP} P{Ubx-lacZ.2.8XN} P{Ubx-lacZ.3.4E} P{Ubx-lacZ.3.6XH} P{Ubx-lacZ.3H} P{Ubx-lacZ.4.4E} P{Ubx-lacZ.4.4H} P{Ubx-lacZ.7.5H} P{Ubx-lacZ.7.8H} P{Ubx-lacZ.11.9X} P{Ubx-lacZ.11X} P{Ubx-lacZ.13.8Ecl} P{Ubx-lacZ.Q}
Genes (4)
	abd-A Abd-B Ecol\lacZ Ubx
Insertions (4)
	P{(-FRT)lacZ.HP}abd-A^HCJ200 P{bluetail}Abd-B^blt P{bluetail}Abd-B^J82.blt P{PZ}Abd-B⁰⁵⁶⁴⁹
Natural transposons (1)
	P-element