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FB2026_01
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released March 12, 2026
gsb-p, gsb, gsbn, BSH4, gsb-neuro
transcription factor - homeodomain - paired domain - regulates neuroblast cell fate - functions redundently with gooseberry
Please see the JBrowse view of Dmel\gsb-n for information on other features
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AlphaFold produces a per-residue confidence score (pLDDT) between 0 and 100. Some regions with low pLDDT may be unstructured in isolation.
Low-frequency RNA-Seq exon junction(s) not annotated.
Gene model reviewed during 5.52
4.3, 3.0, 2.7, 2.5, 2.3 (northern blot)
There is only one protein coding transcript and one polypeptide associated with this gene
452 (aa)
Click to get a list of regulatory features (enhancers, TFBS, etc.) and gene disruptions (point mutations, indels, etc.) within or overlapping Dmel\gsb-n using the Feature Mapper tool.
The testis specificity index was calculated from modENCODE tissue expression data by Vedelek et al., 2018 to indicate the degree of testis enrichment compared to other tissues. Scores range from -2.52 (underrepresented) to 5.2 (very high testis bias).
Comment: reference states 4-12 hr AEL
Comment: late embryonic stage 12
gsb-n protein is first detected at embryonic stage 10, in a subset of neuroblasts, ganglion mother cells, and neurons. By the end of stage 11 neuronal expression has intensified and is segmentally repeated, from the mandibular to the abdominal neuromere. Expression is also detected in the terminal regions, like the neurons of the brain in the head, the neurons of abdominal segment 9, and the cells of the anal pad in the tail region. Subsequently expression continues to be detected in a subset of neurons until stage 17. Additional expression is detected after germ band retraction in a few lateral cells per hemisegment, in ventral ectodermal stripes in the posterior region of each segment, in patches of epidermal cells or their derivatives in the head region (such as the pharynx), and in the nuclei of one of the ventral superficial oblique muscles. Expression of en and gsb-n proteins overlap extensively in the central nervous system.
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Please Note This section lists cDNAs and ESTs that fall within the genomic extent of the gene model, which may include cDNAs and ESTs of genes within introns, or of overlapping genes. Please see JBrowse for alignment of the cDNAs and ESTs to the gene model.
For each fully sequenced cDNA the DGRC maintains various forms of the cDNA (e.g tagged or untagged) in several different host vectors for subsequent cloning and expression in Drosophila and Drosophila cell lines.
gsb-n null mutants are sub-viable and all surviving males and most females are sterile.
Both gsb-n and gsb are involved in specification of the SNa motor neurons, but gsb appears to play the more important role (since while two doses of gsb or gsb-n are required to properly determine SNa fate, one of the doses must be gsb, whereas gsb-n is dispensible when two copies of gsb are present). gsb and gsb-n have partially redundant functions in embryonic segmentation.
Segment polarity gene expression is necessary for the survival of specific rows of epidermal cells.
The expression pattern of a number of genes in the larval genital discs, including gsb-n, has been studied to determine the segment-parasegment organisation of the genital discs.
gsb-n is expressed in a lineage-specific fashion which is consistent with the action of a selector gene.
Comparisons of early development to that in other insects have revealed conservation of some aspects of development, as well as differences that may explain variations in early patterning events.
The establishment and maintenance of gsb stripes is under the control of two separable and consecutively acting cis-regulatory elements, the gsb-early element, or GEE, and the gsb-late element, or GLE. The GEE is activated by pair-rule proteins, to establish the gsb stripes while the GLE controls their maintenance in response to the wg signal rather than to the gsb protein itself.
gsb, gsb-n mutants are homozygous lethal; embryos show segment-polarity defects. The posterior portion of each segment is deleted and the anterior portion duplicated in mirror image fashion; the ventral segments are almost entirely covered with denticles, the posterior fraction of which point anteriorly. Segment boundaries persist normally and segments maintain their individuality.
Mutations in zygotic polarity genes gsb-n and gsb do not interact with RpII140wimp.
The gsb region is defined by the proximal breakpoint of Df(2R)Kr10 (map position 0 to +3.5) and by the distal breakpoint of Df(2R)gsb (map position +40 to +42.5).
Included in genetic and molecular analysis of the zipper-gooseberry region: no point mutations in gsb were obtained.
Source for identity of: gsb-n CG2692
