Tubular Organs
Tracheal Development DT LT DB
Dysfusion (Dys) is a bHLH-PAS Protein bHLHPAS-1PAS-2
Dysfusion Is Expressed In Fusion Cells DT DB LT Btl-GAL4, UAS-lacZ Dys
dys Mutants dys 3 dys 2 bHLHPAS-1PAS-2 Mab 2A12 WTdys
How dys expression is regulated? How Dys:Tgo regulates down-stream target genes?
Dysfusion is Expressed in Mutiple Cell Types
Identify dys Enhancer
Identify dys Fusion Cell Enhancer
How dys expression is regulated? Is dys auto-regulated by Dys:Tgo? N283-GFP,dys/Tm3, twi-gal4, UAS-GFP C1.7-GFP, dys/TM3, twi-gal4, UAS-GFP Is dys regulated by esg? esg/cyo, twi-gal4, UAS-GFP; N283 esg/cyo, twi-gal4, UAS-GFP; C1.7 Identify other transcription factors binding sites in dys enhancer. Identify dys fusion cells enhancer in C1.7 and G1.7 Ongoing……
Summary of dys Function N TC GTG members only (Protein trafficking) Trachealess (Migration) CG13196, E-cadherin (cell adhesion) CG15252 (unknown function) Tgo Dys Tgo Dys Tgo Dys Identified dys Targets
Two TCGTG Sites are Required to Activates CG13196
Two TCGTG Sites of CG13196 are Conserved
Two TCGTG Sites are Required to Activates CG15252
Two TCGTG Sites of CG15252 are Conserved
Potential Co-activator of Dys:Tgo is Required to Turn on Gene Expression in Additional Fusion Cells
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