lincRNA.S4061
transcription factor - zinc finger - panneural repressor of non-neural cell fate - Escargot and Scratch regulate neural commitment by antagonizing Notch activity in sensory organs
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Gene model reviewed during 5.46
Tissue-specific extension of 3' UTRs observed during later stages (FBrf0218523, FBrf0219848); all variants may not be annotated
6.5 (northern blot)
664 (aa)
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Comment: reference states >6.5 hr AEL
Comment: reported as dorsal/lateral sensory complexes
Comment: reference states 4-12 hr AEL
scrt is first expressed in the embryo in S1 neuroblasts. It is expressed in most cells of the CNS by stage 12, with the strongest expression in a group of 5-7 cells per abdominal hemisegment arranged in a crescent.
The scrt transcript is expressed in neuronal precursor cells. In northern blots, the 6.5 kb scrt transcript is detected in 4-12 hour embryos, but not in 0-4 hour embryos. By in situ hybridization, scrt transcript is detected at stage 8 in a single row of ectodermal cells flanking the ventral midline. These cells then delaminate and contribute to the first three rows of stage 1 neuroblasts in the central nervous system. Subsequently, all stage 1 neuroblasts and then later neuroblasts, express scrt. The ganglion mother cells and postmitotic neurons also express scrt. In the peripheral nervous system, scrt is expressed first in the sensory mother cells, then in secondary precursor cells, and finally in postmitotic neurons. In third instar larvae, scrt is expressed in neuronal cells of the wing disc, in cells posterior to the morphogenetic furrow of eye-antennal discs, in neuronal precursor cells in the leg disc, and in many cells in the brain and the ventral nerve cord. scrt transcript is also detected in developing neurons of the pupal wing.
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3-8.4
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Source for identity of: scrt CG1130
Source for merge of: scrt BcDNA:RH71479
Source for merge of: scrt anon-WO02059370.57
Source for merge of scrt BcDNA:RH71479 was a shared cDNA ( date:030728 ).
Source for merge of scrt anon-WO02059370.57 was sequence comparison ( date:051113 ).
dsRNA has been made from templates generated with primers directed against this gene. RNAi of scrt results in reduced arborization of ddaD and ddaE neurons, defects in dendrite morphogenesis and reproducible defects in da dendrite development.
RNAi generated by PCR using primers directed to this gene causes a cell growth and viability phenotype when assayed in Kc167 and S2R+ cells.
Area matching Drosophila EST AI107456.
Candidate gene for quantitative trait (QTL) locus determining bristle number.
Molecular and phenotypic analysis suggests that scrt functions as a transcription factor and promotes neuronal cell fates by suppressing expression of genes promoting non-neuronal fates.
Gene named after the scratched mutant phenotype in the eye and the five zinc fingers of the encoded product.