Isolation and structure of a rhodopsin gene from D. melanogaster.

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Cell. 1985 Apr;40(4):851-8. doi: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-7-r145

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Isolation and structure of a rhodopsin gene from D. melanogaster. Zuker LabRubin Lab

Zuker CS, Cowman AF, Rubin GM

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Using a novel method for detecting cross-homologous nucleic acid sequences we have isolated the gene coding for the major rhodopsin of Drosophila melanogaster and mapped it to chromosomal region 92B8-11. Comparison of cDNA and genomic DNA sequences indicates that the gene is divided into five exons. The amino acid sequence deduced from the nucleotide sequence is 373 residues long, and the polypeptide chain contains seven hydrophobic segments that appear to correspond to the seven transmembrane segments characteristic of other rhodopsins. Three regions of Drosophila rhodopsin are highly conserved with the corresponding domains of bovine rhodopsin, suggesting an important role for these polypeptide regions.

PMID: 2580638 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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Isolation and structure of a rhodopsin gene from D. melanogaster.

Note: Research in this publication was not performed at Janelia.

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PMID: 2580638 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]