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Citation	Grönke, S., Bickmeyer, I., Wunderlich, R., Jäckle, H., Kühnlein, R.P. (2009). Curled encodes the Drosophila homolog of the vertebrate circadian deadenylase Nocturnin. Genetics 183(1): 219--232. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID	FBrf0209041
Publication Type	Research paper
PubMed ID	19581445
PubMed Abstract	Drosophila melanogaster curled, one of the first fly mutants described by T. H. Morgan >90 years ago, is the founding member of a series of curled wing phenotype mutants widely used as markers in fruit fly genetics. The expressivity of the wing phenotype is environmentally modulated, suggesting that the mutation affects the metabolic status of cells rather than a developmental control gene. However, the molecular identity of any of the curled wing marker mutant genes is still unknown. In a screen for starvation-responsive genes, we previously identified the single fly homolog of the vertebrate nocturnin genes, which encode cytoplasmic deadenylases that act in the post-transcriptional control of genes by poly(A) tail removal of target mRNAs prior to their degradation. Here we show that curled encodes Drosophila Nocturnin and that the gene is required at pupal stage for proper wing morphogenesis after eclosion of the fly. Despite the complex ontogenetic expression pattern of the gene, curled is not expressed in the developing wing, and wing-specific curled knockdown mediated by RNAi does not result in the curled wing phenotype, indicating a tissue-nonautonomous, systemic mode of curled gene function. Our study not only presents an entry point into the functional analysis of invertebrate nocturnins but also paves the way for the identification of the still elusive Nocturnin target mRNAs by genetic suppressor screens on the curled wing phenotype.
DOI	10.1534/genetics.109.105601
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Language of Publication	English
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Publication Type	Journal
Abbreviation	Genetics
Title	Genetics
Publication Year	1916-
ISBN/ISSN	0016-6731
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Aberrations (1)
	Df(3R)M86D
Alleles (42)
	cu¹ cu² cu³ cu⁴ cu⁵ cu^+t12.2 cu^GD8898 cu^GE22476rv cu^{RC.Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP} cu^{RE.Scer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP-EGFP} cu^stop12.2 cu^unspecified Scer\GAL4¹⁰ Scer\GAL4^30A Scer\GAL4^386Y Scer\GAL4^A9 Scer\GAL4^Act5C.PI Scer\GAL4^btl.PS Scer\GAL4^burs.PP Scer\GAL4^Bx-MS1096-KE Scer\GAL4^C-765 Scer\GAL4^C805 Scer\GAL4^Ccap.PP Scer\GAL4^da.G32 Scer\GAL4^dimm-929 Scer\GAL4^drl-PGAL8 Scer\GAL4^drm.7.1 Scer\GAL4^Eh.2.4 Scer\GAL4^elav-C155 Scer\GAL4^fat Scer\GAL4^hs.2sev Scer\GAL4^Lsp2.PH Scer\GAL4^Mhc.PW Scer\GAL4^nrv2.PS Scer\GAL4^per.PK Scer\GAL4^r4 Scer\GAL4^Sgs3.PD Scer\GAL4^vg.PM Scer\GAL4^yolk Scer\GAL4^αTub84B.PL T:Avic\GFP^EGFP w^+mC
Constructs (25)
	P{?EP} P{Act5C-GAL4} P{burs-GAL4.P} P{Ccap-GAL4.P} P{cu^+12.2} P{cu^stop12.2} P{drm-GAL4.7.1} P{EP} P{GAL4-btl.S} P{GAL4-da.G32} P{GAL4-Eh.2.4} P{GAL4-Hsp70.sev} P{GAL4-Mhc.W} P{GAL4-per.BS} P{GAL4-vg.M} P{GawB} P{GD8898} P{Lsp2-GAL4.H} P{nrv2-GAL4.S} P{r4-GAL4} P{Sgs3-GAL4.PD} P{tubP-GAL4} P{UAS-cu-RC.EGFP} P{UAS-cu-RE.EGFP} P{yolk-GAL4}
Genes (5)
	CG18577 cu Scer\GAL4 SdhC w
Insertions (13)
	P{?EP}cu³ P{EP}GE22476 P{GAL4}A9 P{GAL4}fat P{GawB}10 P{GawB}30A P{GawB}386Y P{GawB}C-765 P{GawB}dimm⁹²⁹ P{GawB}drl^PGAL8 P{GawB}elav^C155 P{GawB}l(2)C805^C805 P{GawB-ΔKE}Bx^MS1096-KE
Natural transposons (1)
	P-element