title: Comparative analysis of the sequence and structure of two Drosophila melanogaster genes encoding vitelline membrane proteins.
abstract: Two Drosophila melanogaster vitelline membrane protein-encoding genes (VM), located at polytene band positions 26A and 34C, have been cloned and comparatively characterized at the nucleotide level. Sequence analysis of genomic and cDNA clones for the two genes, VM26A.1 and VM34C.1, indicates that both are similarly organized with a central highly conserved domain [Scherer et al., Dev. Biol. 130 (1988) 786-788] which is flanked by unrelated regions, and that both genes lack introns. Comparison of the upstream regions reveals that both VM genes contain a hepatmeric element identical to one associated with the D. melanogaster yolk protein-encoding genes (YP). This heptamer occurs in the specific 5' flanking region responsible for ovarian temporal- and tissue-specific control in both VM and YP genes. A putative chorion transcription factor 2 site is also associated with an upstream control element of VM26A.1, but not with any sequenced portion of VM34C.1.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, MA 02167.
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Scherer
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Harris
authors.forename: M K
authors.initials: MK
authors.lastname: White
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Steel
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: W H
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Petri
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D018076:DNA, Complementary; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics*; D004527:Egg Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D015183:Restriction Mapping; D012689:Sequence Homology, Nucleic Acid; D014817:Vitelline Membrane
chemical_list: D018076:DNA, Complementary; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004527:Egg Proteins; D008565:Membrane Proteins; C085505:Vm34Ca protein, Drosophila; C035651:vitelline membrane proteins