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he consequences of arrest can be catastrophic if the gene being transcribed is essential as no product will be made by the arrested polymerase, and that same enzyme will cause a roadblock to other polymerases attempting to transcribe the same gene.The cell has machinery that removes the arrested polymerase and at the same time recruits repair enzymes (in particular, the endonuclease Uvr(A)BC); the repair that follows is called transcription-coupled repair. Both polymerase removal and repair enzyme recruitment are performed by a single protein called TRCF.

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

The transcription factors encoded by the pair-rule genes activate the segment polarity genes, whose mRNA and protein products divide the embryo into 14-segment-wide units, establishing the periodicity of the embryo. 


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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Major genes affecting segmentation pattern 

1.Gap genes                 2. Pair rule genes(primary)           3. Segment polarity genes      

Kruppel (Kr)                    hairy(h)                                             engrailed (en)

knirps (kni)                      even skipped(eve)                           wingless (wg)

hunchback (hb)              runt(run)                                           cubitus interruptus(ci) 

giant (gt)                          Pair rule genes (secondary)           hedgehog(hh)

tailless (til)                       fushi tarazu (ftz)                              fused (fu)

huckebein (hkb)              odd paired (opa)                             armadillo (arm)

buttonhead (btd)            odd skipped (odd)                          patched (ptc)

empty spiracles (ems)    sloppy paired (slp)                          gooseberry (gsb)

orthodenticle (otd)         paired (prd)                                      pangolin (pan

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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

At the same time, the protein products of the gap, pair-rule, and segment polarity genes interact to regulate another class of genes, the homeotic selector genes, whose transcription determines the developmental fate of each segment


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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Gurken protein is a member of the EGF (epidermal growth factor) family, and Torpedo encodes a homologue of the vertebrate EGF receptor.


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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

When Gurken binds to Torpedo, the terminal follicle cells differentiate into posterior follicle cells and synthesize a molecule that activates protein kinase A in the egg.



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#Unit 5. Developmental Biology

Par-1 protein organizes microtubules specifically with their minus and plus ends at the anterior and posterior ends of the oocyte, respectively