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Citation	Di Cara, F., Cavaliere, D., Galliero, V., Polito, L.C., Digilio, F.A. (2010). Expressional and functional analysis of the male-specific cluster mst36F during Drosophila spermatogenesis. Insect Mol. Biol. 19(6): 807--813. (Export to RIS)
FlyBase ID	FBrf0212329
Publication Type	Research paper
PubMed ID	20726908
PubMed Abstract	mst36Fa and mst36Fb are two male-specific genes that are part of a novel gene family recently characterized in Drosophila melanogaster. The genes are strictly clustered and show an identical tissue and temporal expression pattern limited to the male germline. Here we demonstrate that the transcription of these two genes, which is triggered by different cis regulatory elements, responds to the same testisspecific factors encoded by the aly and can class meiotic arrest genes. RNA interference was used to decrease expression of these two genes. We obtained a reduction of fertility in the transgenic adult males compared to the wild type. These data suggest that the Mst36Fa and Mst36Fb proteins may have an important role in the production of functional sperm.
DOI	10.1111/j.1365-2583.2010.01033.x
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Language of Publication	English
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Publication Type	Compendium
Abbreviation	Insect Mol. Biol.
Title	Insect Molecular Biology
Publication Year	1992-
ISBN/ISSN	0307-6975
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Alleles (20)
	achi^pingpong aly¹ aly⁵ comr^z1340 mia¹ Mst36Fa^{70.T:Ecol\lacZ} Mst36Fa^{260.T:Ecol\lacZ} Mst36Fa^{308.T:Ecol\lacZ} Mst36Fa^{510.T:Ecol\lacZ} Mst36Fa^{dsRNA.Sym.Scer\UAS} Mst36Fb^{80.T:Ecol\lacZ} Mst36Fb^{150.T:Ecol\lacZ} Mst36Fb^{dsRNA.Sym.Scer\UAS} sa¹ Scer\GAL4^aly Scer\GAL4^{bam.T:Hsim\VP16} Scer\GAL4^da.G32 Scer\GAL4^nos.PG Scer\GAL4^αTub84B.PL topi^Z3-2139
Constructs (12)
	P{bam-GAL4:VP16} P{GAL4-da.G32} P{GAL4-nos.NGT} P{Mst36Fa-lacZ.70} P{Mst36Fa-lacZ.260} P{Mst36Fa-lacZ.308} P{Mst36Fa-lacZ.510} P{Mst36Fb-lacZ.80} P{Mst36Fb-lacZ.150} P{Sym-UAS-Mst36Fa.2960} P{Sym-UAS-Mst36Fb.2934} P{tubP-GAL4}
Genes (12)
	achi aly can comr mia Mst36Fa Mst36Fb nht sa Scer\GAL4 T:Ecol\lacZ topi
Natural transposons (1)
	P-element
Sequence features (4)
	Mst36Fa_lacZ3 Mst36Fa_lacZ5 Mst36Fb_LacZ2 Mst36Fb_LacZ3