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Transcription profiling of Drosophila testes, heads, ovaries and whole gonadectomized males to analyze transcription patterns in the testes

ABSTRACT: In order to analyze transcription pattern in Drosophila testes, we performed competitive hybridizations of testes-derived cDNA against the cDNAs obtained from heads, ovaries, and whole gonadectomized males.

ORGANISM(S): Drosophila simulans

SUBMITTER: Lyudmila Mikhaylova

PROVIDER: E-TABM-273 | biostudies-arrayexpress |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress

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Analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster testes transcriptome reveals coordinate regulation of paralogous genes.

Mikhaylova Lyudmila M LM Nguyen Kimberly K Nurminsky Dmitry I DI

Genetics 20080501 1

Gene duplications have been broadly implicated in the generation of testis-specific genes. To perform a comprehensive analysis of paralogous testis-biased genes, we characterized the testes transcriptome of Drosophila melanogaster by comparing gene expression in testes vs. ovaries, heads, and gonadectomized males. A number of the identified 399 testis-biased genes code for the known components of mature sperm. Among the detected 69 genes downregulated in testes, a large fraction is required for ...[more]

PMID: 18493055

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Transcription profiling of Drosophila testes, heads, ovaries and whole gonadectomized males to analyze transcription patterns in the testes

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Analysis of the Drosophila melanogaster testes transcriptome reveals coordinate regulation of paralogous genes.

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