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SUBMITTER: Neufeld TP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC52896 | biostudies-other | 1991 Nov
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Neufeld T P TP Carthew R W RW Rubin G M GM
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 19911101 22
The seven in absentia (sina) gene of Drosophila encodes a nuclear protein required for normal eye development. In Drosophila melanogaster, the sina gene is located within an intron of the Rh4 opsin gene. We examine here the nucleotide sequences and chromosomal arrangements of these genes in Drosophila virilis. An interspecies comparison between D. melanogaster and D. virilis reveals that the protein-coding sequences of the sina and Rh4 genes are highly conserved, but the relative chromosomal pos ...[more]