slp, sloppy-paired, sloppy paired, FD7, FoxG
transcription factor - forkhead domain - has combined characteristics of a gap, pair rule and segment polarity gene - regulates embryonic segmentation, ventral fate specification in the retina, and temporal patterning of the neuroblasts that produce medulla neurons
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AlphaFold produces a per-residue confidence score (pLDDT) between 0 and 100. Some regions with low pLDDT may be unstructured in isolation.
Low-frequency RNA-Seq exon junction(s) not annotated.
Gene model reviewed during 5.47
2.2 (northern blot)
There is only one protein coding transcript and one polypeptide associated with this gene
445 (aa)
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The testis specificity index was calculated from modENCODE tissue expression data by Vedelek et al., 2018 to indicate the degree of testis enrichment compared to other tissues. Scores range from -2.52 (underrepresented) to 5.2 (very high testis bias).
Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm anlage in statu nascendi
Comment: reported as ventral nerve cord anlage
Comment: rows D, E, F
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
Comment: reported as procephalic ectoderm primordium
slp2 protein is first detected in seven stripes at late gastrulation. Secondary stripes arise during germband extension.
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polyclonal
wg signalling induces striped expression of slp1/slp2 in the mesoderm, providing striped mesodermal domains competent to respond to subsequent slp1/slp2-independent wg signals that induce somatic muscle and heart progenitors. In wg expressing ectodermal cells, slp1/slp2 is an integral component in an autocrine feedback loop of wg signalling.
slp2 is an activator of wg and a repressor of en and through these activities the distribution of slp2 defines en-competent cells (lacking slp2 protein) and wg-competent cells (containing slp2 protein). The localised expression of slp2 is required to maintain the proper anterior border of the en stripes and restrict wg expression to one side of the en/hh domain.
slp1 and slp2 are regulated by a common enhancer region upstream of slp1. slp1/slp2 act as a head-specific gap gene in addition to the function as a pair-rule and segment polarity gene in the trunk. slp1 plays a predominent role in head formation while slp2 is largely dispensible. slp1/slp2 expression depends on bcd, suggesting that the slp genes are candidates for gene X. Head specific expression of the slp genes is generated in response to complex interactions between the anterior, terminal and dorsoventral systems.
Co-crystal structure of the HNF-3/fork head DNA-recognition motif resembles histone H5.
One of seven genes identified on basis of sequence similarity to the 110 amino acid forkhead domain that is conserved in the rodent hepatocyte enriched nuclear transcription factor.
Embryonic lethal. Embryos lack parts of naked cuticle of T2, A1, A3, A5 and A7 in an irregular fashion. No effect of ftz expression.