title: A basic-HLH transcription factor, HLH54F, is highly expressed in the prothoracic gland in the silkworm Bombyx mori and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
abstract: We describe our findings on HLH54F, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene that was highly expressed in the prothoracic gland, an organ producing the insect steroid ecdysone. HLH54F was uncovered by the use of an expressed sequence tag database of the silkworm Bombyx mori. It was also highly expressed in the prothoracic gland of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
authors.affiliation: Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
authors.forename: Toshiki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Namiki
authors.forename: Ryusuke
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Niwa
authors.forename: Atsushi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Higuchi
authors.forename: Takuji
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yoshiyama
authors.forename: Kazuei
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mita
authors.forename: Hiroshi
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kataoka
mesh_terms: D000595:Amino Acid Sequence; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D012831:Bombyx / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics*; D003001:Cloning, Molecular; D029721:Drosophila Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000235:genetics*; D004331:Drosophila melanogaster / Q000033:anatomy & histology* / Q000235:genetics*; D020224:Expressed Sequence Tags; D005786:Gene Expression Regulation; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C111284:HLH54F protein, Drosophila