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Table 4 Brain cDNA clones matched with previously reported Drosophila genes

From: Survey of transcripts in the adult Drosophila brain

Gene

Accession number

Location

Reference

Frequenin gene

AF171701

CNS and PNS of adults and embryos

[45]

Ferritin subunit 1 gene

AF171703

Fat body and gut of larvae, present in all stages and increased with iron supplementation

[46]

Tyrosine kinase gene

AF171705

Not specified

-

Glutamine synthase gene

AF171706

Mitochondrial

 
 

AF171717

  

Rab-related protein 4 gene

AF171708

Endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi (rats expression highest in brain)

[47,48]

S-adenosylmethionine decarboxylase gene

AF171712

Polyamine synthesis, presumably in every cell, highest in 24 and 48 h larvae

[49]

Twinstar gene

AF171714

Male germ line and larvae throughout development

[50,51]

CCATT box transmembrane domain gene

AF171715

Not specified

-

Geranylgeranyl transferase gene

AF171718

Not specified

-

ADP-robosylation factor class II gene

AF171722

Uniformly distributed ubiquitous in all adult body segments

[52,53]

Virus-like particle

AF171727

Long gland and ovipositor in adults

[54]

Rot gene

AF171731

Not specified

-

DNA-binding protein erect wing

AF171732

Throughout embryonic development and enriched in adult head

[55]

Membrane-associated protein gene

AF171736

Uniform in embryonic development

[56]

BBC-1 gene

AF171739

Not specified

-

Vimar gene

AF171743

Midgut and hindgut, visceral mesoderm, CNS, and PNS in embryos

[57]

Metallothionein gene

AF171741

Alimentary canal and lower in other tissues of larvae

[58]

Nicotinic acetylcholine receptor gene

AF171702

Brain and CNS predominantly in late embryos and adult head

[59,60,61]

Burdock retrotransposon gag protein gene

AF171716

Not specified

-

Transposable element to copia mgd3 retroposon

AF171724

Varies with Drosophila populations

[62,63]

 

AF171725

  

Heat-shock gene hsp 27

AF171728

CNS, sperm, and oocytes, present in all stages, highest in white prepupae

[64,65]

Alpha 1,2 mannosidase gene

AF171730

Embryonic PNS, adult eye, and wing

[66]

GTP cyclohydrolase I

AF171733

Embryo nuclear, adult eye and head

[67,68]

Teashirt gene

AF171735

Epidermis and mesoderm during development

[69]

 

AF171759

  

49 kD phosphoprotein

AF171737

Photoreceptors

[70]

 

AF171738

  

Alcohol dehydrogenase related gene

AF171740

Not specified

-

Vacuolar-ATPase gene

AF171742

Uniform expression in all stages

[71]

Micropia-Dm11 3' flanking DNA

AF171746

Not specified

-

 

AF171748

  

RM62 RNA helicase

AF171749

Not specified

-

ADP/ATP translocase

AF171704

Not specified

-

Ubiquitin protein gene

AF171707

Tissue-general, all life stages

[72]

Calmodulin gene

AF171711

CNS and mushroom bodies of adults

[73]

 

AF171781

  

TRIP-1 homolog gene

AF171713

Not specified

-

 

AF171726

  

Bnb gene for development

AF171729

Mesectoderm and presumptive epidermis, after dorsal closure periphery of nervous system including glia that may establish longitudinal neuropile scaffolding, embryonic CNS

[74]

 

AF171751

  

B(2)gcn gene

AF171754

Not specified

-

Diacylglycerol kinase gene

AF171720

Eye-specific in adult nervous system, muscles, compound eye,

[75,76]

 

AF171721

brain cortex, fibrillar muscle, and tubular muscle

 
 

AF171755

  
 

AF171756

  

Gene from heat-shock locus 93D

AF171760

Constitutive monitoring the 'health' of translation machinery, presumably in every cell

[77,78]

Cytochrome c oxidase gene

AF171709

Mitochondrial

 
 

AF171710

  
 

AF171719

  
 

AF171723

  
 

AF171734

  
 

AF171752

  

BM40 gene

AF171872

Not specified

-

Histone H3.3 gene

AF171745

Gonads and somatic tissue, uniform distribution in polytene chromosomes

[79,80]

Acetylcholine receptor-related protein

AF171747

CNS

[81]

Hu-li tai shao gene

AF171750

Ovarian ring canal

[82]

Laminin receptor gene

AF171753

Neural tissue

[83]

eIF-2 alpha-subunit

AF171758

Expressed throughout embryos, and CNS in later stages

[84,85]

Gerceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase-2 gene

AF171757

Evenly distributed, expressed in all stages

[86]

CNS-specific Noe gene

AF171772

CNS

[87]

 

AF171796

  
 

AF171818

  
 

AF171848

  
 

AF171780

  

Medea-B gene

AF171807

Not specified

-

Phospholipase C norpA gene

AF171840

Retina and body of adults

[88]

Recq helicase 5 gene

AF171784

DNA repair, recombination, and replication

[89]

  1. Each previously identified gene is listed with its accession number from the Drosophila brain study. Location information is as reported by the indicated reference.