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GAL4-responsive UAS- tau as a tool for studying the anatomy and development of the Drosophila central nervous system
Heinz SassKei ItoJoachim UrbanStephan SchneuwlyAlois Hofbauersubject
Central Nervous SystemSaccharomyces cerevisiae ProteinsHistologyTransgenetau ProteinsBiologyProteomicsPathology and Forensic MedicineAnimals Genetically ModifiedFungal ProteinsUpstream activating sequenceGenes ReporterComplementary DNAmental disordersAnimalsEnhancer trapGenetic TestingTranscription factorNeuronsRegulation of gene expressionMetamorphosis BiologicalAntibodies MonoclonalGene Expression Regulation DevelopmentalCell BiologyAnatomyDNA-Binding ProteinsEnhancer Elements GeneticCytoplasmCattleDrosophilaTranscription Factorsdescription
To improve the quality of cytoplasmic labelling of GAL4-expressing cells in Drosophila enhancer-trap and transgenic strains, a new GAL4-responsive reporter UAS-tau, which features a bovine tau cDNA under control of a yeast upstream activation sequence (UAS), was tested. Tau, a microtubule-associated protein, is distributed actively and evenly into all cellular processes. Monoclonal anti-bovine Tau antibody reveals the axonal structure of the labelled cells with detail similar to that of Golgi impregnation. We demonstrate that the UAS-tau system is especially useful for studying processes of differentiation and reorganisation of identified neurones during postembryonic development.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997-09-11 | Cell and Tissue Research |