klumpfuss, l(3)10052, l(3)09036
transcription factor - zinc finger - early growth response family - involved in determination of the identities of secondary precursor cells within neuroblast lineages in the central nervous system - a genetic cascade involving klumpfuss, nab and castor specifies the abdominal leucokinergic neurons in the Drosophila CNS
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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.
Gene model reviewed during 5.56
Gene model reviewed during 5.46
Stop-codon suppression (UAA) postulated; FBrf0216884.
Gene model reviewed during 5.44
4.9, 4.5 (northern blot)
750 (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: 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
Comment: low level of expression
Comment: high level of expression
klu expression never observed in cone cells or bristle groups. During the early stages of interommatidial PCD (24â 28 h APF), adjoining secondary pigment cell and tertiary pigment cell precursors began to show differing levels of klu mRNA; this difference is even more dramatic at stages of maximal PCD (28â 30 h).
klu transcripts are expressed in a complex and dynamic pattern throughout much of larval and imaginal development. The imaginal disc pattern is described in detail. Early in third instar larvae, expression is observed in the prospective wing area of the wing disc. Shortly thereafter, it is restricted to the prospective margin and hinge of the wing. About the same time, expression is observed in the anlagen of the notum and scutellum. Expression is observed in most proneural clusters at or shortly after the time of ac expression. klu expression in these regions precedes the appearance of SOPs and is not continued in the SOPs themselves. Expression in leg discs also starts early in the third instar. The klu expression domain occupies a wedge-like sector encompassing about 1/3 of the circumference of the leg disc. Expression is in rings corresponding to the anlagen of the leg segments. Expression in the antennal and dorsal prothoracic discs also occurs in concentric domains. In eye discs, expression starts behind the morphogenetic furrow and extends through the whole anlage. Expression in the larval brain is restricted to the neuroblasts and the proliferation zone of the optic lobes.
klu transcripts are detected from early stages onward with a peak at 10-12 hours of embryogenesis.
Comment: late stage 11
Comment: late stage 11
Comment: late stage 11
Comment: late stage 11
Comment: late stage 11
Comment: late stage 11
Comment: late stage 11
Comment: late stage 11
Comment: veins 3 and 4
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klu functions to maintain the identity of type II neuroblasts in the larval brain.
klu is both required and sufficient for programmed cell death in the pupal retina and is differentially expressed in the cells that choose the life or death cell fate.
Candidate gene for sex comb tooth number quantitative trait locus.
Identification: Enhancer trap screen designed to discover genes involved in the cellular aspects of defense mechanisms, as well as in melanotic tumor formation processes linked to blood cell disregulation.
klu is required for proper specification and differentiation in a variety of cells, including the sensory organ mother cells and those of the distal parts of tarsal segments.
klu functions to differentiate between the identities of two secondary precursor cells within one neuroblast lineage.
klu acts to specify the identity of ganglion mother cell GMC4-2b and to make it distinct from GMC4-2a.
Phenotypic analysis and genetic interaction studies indicate that the klu gene product is involved in at least two steps of bristle development.
Source for merge of: klu l(3)09036
The original gene name "klumpfuss" (klu) was changed to "klu transcription factor" (klu) to eliminate its potentially offensive association with human conditions.
"klumpfuss", meaning "club-foot", is named on the basis of the leg defects found in mutants.