A basic-HLH transcription factor, HLH54F, is highly expressed in the prothoracic gland in the silkworm Bombyx mori and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.
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.
Namiki
Toshiki
T
Department of Integrated Biosciences, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan.
Niwa
Ryusuke
R
Higuchi
Atsushi
A
Yoshiyama
Takuji
T
Mita
Kazuei
K
Kataoka
Hiroshi
H
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
D051792:Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Proteins; D029721:Drosophila Proteins; C111284:HLH54F protein, Drosophila