Translating available food into the number of eggs laid by Drosophila melanogaster.
In Drosophila and other insects egg production is related to the nutrients available. Somehow the nutritional status of the environment is translated into hormonal signs that can be "read" by each individual egg chamber, influencing the decision to either develop into an egg or die. We have shown that BR-C is a control gene during oogenesis and that the differential expression of BR-C isoforms plays a key role in controlling whether the fate of the egg chamber is to develop or undergo apoptosis.
Terashima
Jun
J
Institute of Cell and Molecular Biology, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH9 3JR, United Kingdom.
Bownes
Mary
M
D000821:Animal Feed; D000818:Animals; D017209:Apoptosis; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000235:genetics; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D009752:Nutritional Status / Q000502:physiology*; D009865:Oocytes / Q000166:cytology; D009866:Oogenesis / Q000235:genetics; D010058:Oviposition / Q000502:physiology*; D014157:Transcription Factors / Q000235:genetics; D016335:Zinc Fingers
C102117:Br protein, Drosophila; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; D014157:Transcription Factors