title: Organization and expression of the Drosophila FMRFamide-related prohormone gene.
abstract: The Drosophila FMRFamide gene is comprised of two exons separated by a 2.8-kb intervening sequence. The first exon consists of the 5' untranslated region and is spliced to the initiator methionine codon. The second exon encodes the prohormone and the 3' untranslated region of the mRNA. The promoter region contains a TATA box 30 nucleotides upstream from a consensus transcription start site. Immunohistochemical studies using antibodies generated against synthetic peptides and in situ hybridization histochemistry define a set of about 40 neurons in the brain and ventral ganglia that express the prohormone gene.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, CA 94305.
authors.forename: A C
authors.initials: AC
authors.lastname: Chin
authors.forename: E R
authors.initials: ER
authors.lastname: Reynolds
authors.forename: R H
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Scheller
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D001923:Brain Chemistry; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D004330:Drosophila / Q000235:genetics*; D019835:FMRFamide; D015870:Gene Expression; D007447:Invertebrate Hormones / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009479:Neuropeptides / Q000235:genetics*; D009693:Nucleic Acid Hybridization; D010446:Peptide Fragments / Q000235:genetics; D011498:Protein Precursors / Q000235:genetics*
chemical_list: D007447:Invertebrate Hormones; D009479:Neuropeptides; D010446:Peptide Fragments; D011498:Protein Precursors; D019835:FMRFamide