A basic-HLH transcription factor, HLH54F, is highly expressed in the prothoracic gland in the silkworm Bombyx mori and the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster

Biosci Biotechnol Biochem. 2009 Mar 23;73(3):762-5. doi: 10.1271/bbb.80737. Epub 2009 Mar 7.

Abstract

We describe our findings on HLH54F, a basic helix-loop-helix transcription factor gene that was highly expressed in the prothoracic gland, an organ producing the insect steroid ecdysone. HLH54F was uncovered by the use of an expressed sequence tag database of the silkworm Bombyx mori. It was also highly expressed in the prothoracic gland of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amino Acid Sequence
  • Animals
  • Base Sequence
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / chemistry
  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors / genetics*
  • Bombyx / anatomy & histology*
  • Bombyx / genetics*
  • Cloning, Molecular
  • Drosophila Proteins / chemistry
  • Drosophila Proteins / genetics*
  • Drosophila melanogaster / anatomy & histology*
  • Drosophila melanogaster / genetics*
  • Expressed Sequence Tags
  • Gene Expression Regulation*
  • Molecular Sequence Data

Substances

  • Basic Helix-Loop-Helix Transcription Factors
  • Drosophila Proteins
  • HLH54F protein, Drosophila