saliva, a new Drosophila gene expressed in the embryonic salivary glands with homologues in plants and vertebrates.
saliva (slv) transcription begins at the salivary gland placodes and continues on throughout development as salivary glands invaginate and reach their final location and morphology. saliva is located cytogenetically in 76A/B, and encodes a 226-amino-acid protein with four hydrophobic domains. A Northern blot detects a 1.6-kb transcript throughout development. Database similarity searches reveal homology to proteins from Caenorhabditis, Lilium, Medicago and mouse.
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Departament de Genetica, Universitat de Valencia, Doctor Moliner 50, E-46100, Burjassot, Spain.
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D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D018076:DNA, Complementary / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000737:chemistry / Q000196:embryology / Q000235:genetics*; D004625:Embryo, Nonmammalian / Q000378:metabolism; D018507:Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; D017344:Genes, Insect / Q000235:genetics*; D017343:Genes, Plant / Q000235:genetics*; D017403:In Situ Hybridization; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D010944:Plants / Q000235:genetics; D012469:Salivary Glands / Q000196:embryology* / Q000378:metabolism; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides / Q000235:genetics*; D016415:Sequence Alignment; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D017386:Sequence Homology, Amino Acid; D014714:Vertebrates / Q000235:genetics*
D018076:DNA, Complementary; D018744:DNA, Plant; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D012471:Salivary Proteins and Peptides; C116549:slv protein, Drosophila