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The irregular chiasm C-roughest locus of Drosophila, which affects axonal projections and programmed cell death, encodes a novel immunoglobulin-like protein.

The axonal projection mutations irregular chiasm C of Drosophila melanogaster comap and genetically interact with the roughest locus, which is required for programmed cell death in the developing retina. We cloned the genomic region in 3C5 by transposon tagging and identified a single transcription unit that produces a major, spatially and temporally regulated mRNA species of approximately 5.0 kb. Postembryonic expression is strong in the developing optic lobe and in the eye imaginal disc. The gene encodes a transmembrane protein of 764 amino acids with five extracellular immunoglobulin-like domains and similarity to the chicken axonal surface glycoprotein DM-GRASP/ SC1/BEN. Both known irreC alleles reduce the level of transcription, whereas the roughestCT mutation disrupts the intracellular domain of the protein.[1]

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  1. The irregular chiasm C-roughest locus of Drosophila, which affects axonal projections and programmed cell death, encodes a novel immunoglobulin-like protein. Ramos, R.G., Igloi, G.L., Lichte, B., Baumann, U., Maier, D., Schneider, T., Brandstätter, J.H., Fröhlich, A., Fischbach, K.F. Genes Dev. (1993) [Pubmed]
 
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