Squid Pax-6 and eye development

被引：154

作者：

Tomarev, SI

Callaerts, P

Kos, L

Zinovieva, R

Halder, G

Gehring, W

Piatigorsky, J

机构：

[1] UNIV BASEL, BIOZENTRUM, DEPT CELL BIOL, CH-4056 BASEL, SWITZERLAND

[2] NATL CTR HUMAN GENOME RES, LAB GENET DIS RES, BETHESDA, MD 20892 USA

来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA | 1997年 / 94卷 / 06期

关键词：

Pax-6; olfactory organ; evolution mollusc; crystallin;

D O I：

10.1073/pnas.94.6.2421

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

Pax-6 in vertebrates and its homolog eyeless in Drosophila are known to be essential for eye development. Here we investigate the role of Pax-6 in eye development in another major systematic group, molluscs. We demonstrate that alternatively spliced RNAs derived from a single Pax-6 gene in the squid (Loligo opalescens) are expressed in the embryonic eye, olfactory organ, brain, and arms. Despite significant sequence differences between squid Pax-6 and Drosophila eyeless in the region outside the paired- and homeodomains, squid Pax 6 is able to induce the formation of ectopic eyes in Drosophila. Our results support the idea that Pax-6 related genes are necessary for eye and olfactory system formation throughout the animal kingdom.

引用

页码：2421 / 2426

页数：6

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