FlyBase Recombinant Construct Report: P{Mef2-LexA-VP16.247}

General Information

Symbol

P{Mef2-LexA-VP16.247}

FlyBase ID

FBtp0070099

Feature type

transgenic_transposable_element

Component Allele(s)

Ecol\lexA^{VP16.Mef2.247}

Also Known As

MB247-lexA, 247-LexA, mb247-LexA::VP16, 247-LexA::VP16, MB-LexA

Size

Expression Data

Associated insertion(s)

2 available

Molecular map

Description and Uses

Construct components

Component allele Ecol\lexA^{VP16.Mef2.247}

Transgenic product class

Component

Use(s)

Regulatory region(s)

Mef2

Encoded product / tool

lexA::VP16

binary expression system - driver

Description

The 247bp Mef2 mushroom body enhancer regulates expression of a lexA::VP16 driver.

(Pitman et al., 2011)

Sequence Data

Sequence (FB)

Associated Sequence Data

DDBJ / EMBL / GenBank

DNA Sequence

Extent

Segments and Size

Total Size

Left end

Right end

Segments

Num

Orientation

Symbol

Reference

Phenotypic Data

Component Allele

Phenotypic Data

Ecol\lexA^{VP16.Mef2.247}

Phenotypic Class Phenotype Manifest In Detailed Description

Expression Data

Reporter Expression

distribution deduced from reporter (Gal4 UAS)

Stage

Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)

Reference

larval stage

larval Kenyon cell

(Awasaki et al., 2011)

third instar larval stage

larval Kenyon cell

(Mohamed et al., 2023)

P-stage

Kenyon cell

(Awasaki et al., 2011)

adult stage

Kenyon cell

(Perisse et al., 2013)

Additional Information

Statement

Reference

Drives expression in Kenyon cells.

(FlyBase Curators, 2017)

Marker for

Kenyon cell

(Perisse et al., 2013)

Reflects expression of

Mef2

(Perisse et al., 2013, Awasaki et al., 2011)

Reporter construct used in assay

Progenitors and Descendants

progenitor(s)

descendant(s)

Comments

Stocks (1)

Stocks containing insertion(s) of this recombinant construct

Bloomington

606105

w^*; l(2)*^*/CyO; P{Mef2-LexA-VP16.247}3/TM6B, Tb¹

External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 0 )

Synonyms and Secondary IDs (15)

Reported As

Symbol Synonym

247-LexA

(Stern et al., 2019, Owald et al., 2015, Perrat et al., 2013, Pitman et al., 2011)

247-LexA::VP16

(Perisse et al., 2016, Perisse et al., 2013, Pitman et al., 2011)

247-lexA

(Huetteroth et al., 2015)

MB-LexA

(Weiss and Donlea, 2021, Perrat et al., 2013)

MB247

(Awasaki et al., 2011)

MB247-LEXA

(Li et al., 2020)

MB247-LEXA::VP16

(Li et al., 2020)

MB247-LexA

(Dopp et al., 2026, Thornton-Kolbe et al., 2025, Mohammad et al., 2024, Mohamed et al., 2023, Kaldun et al., 2021, Zolin et al., 2021, Amin et al., 2020, Elkahlah et al., 2020, Senapati et al., 2019, Yamazaki et al., 2018, Sutcliffe et al., 2017, Cohn et al., 2015, Tabuchi et al., 2015)

MB247-LexA-VP16

(Slater et al., 2015)

MB247-LexA::VP16

(Huang et al., 2016, Zhang et al., 2013, Awasaki et al., 2011)

MB247-LexAVP16

(Thornton-Kolbe et al., 2025)

MB247-lexA

(Manoim et al., 2022, Liu et al., 2016, Haynes et al., 2015)

P{Mef2-LexA-VP16.247}

(FlyBase, 1992-)

mb247-LexA

(Weber et al., 2025, Bielopolski et al., 2019, Lin et al., 2014, Pech et al., 2013)

mb247-LexA::VP16

(Lin et al., 2014, Pech et al., 2013)

Secondary FlyBase IDs

References (39)

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