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. 1987 Jun;7(6):2134–2140. doi: 10.1128/mcb.7.6.2134

Drosophila melanogaster homologs of the raf oncogene.

G E Mark, R J MacIntyre, M E Digan, L Ambrosio, N Perrimon
PMCID: PMC365335  PMID: 3037346

Abstract

A murine v-raf probe, representing the kinase domain, was used to identify two unique loci in Drosophila melanogaster DNA. The most closely related to v-raf was mapped by in situ hybridization to position 2F5-6 (Draf-1) on the X chromosome, whereas the other raf-related gene (Draf-2) was found at position 43A2-5 on chromosome 2. The nucleotide and amino acid homologies of Draf-1 to the kinase domain of v-raf are 61 and 65%, respectively. The large amount of a 3.2-kilobase Draf-1 transcript detected in eggs as a maternal message decreases during embryonic development, and significant steady-state levels are observed throughout the remainder of morphogenesis. We speculate that the Draf-1 locus plays an important role in early embryogenesis.

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