The Drosophila sgs3 gene: an in-vivo test of intron function.
An intronless Drosophila melanogaster sgs3 "glue" gene from the Formosa strain was constructed and inserted by P element transformation into a strain carrying an sgs3 variant that produces a larger mRNA and protein. By comparing both the RNAs and proteins produced by the two alleles we show that the intron has no detectable effect on sgs3 expression.
D000818:Animals; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D005796:Genes; D007438:Introns; D014176:Protein Biosynthesis; D011506:Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism; D014158:Transcription, Genetic
D011506:Proteins; D012313:RNA