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Biology Honors Papers

2006

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Analysis Of The Upstream Regulatory Region Of The Enhancer Of Split M7 Gene In Drosophila , Bryanne E. Robson May 2006

Analysis Of The Upstream Regulatory Region Of The Enhancer Of Split M7 Gene In Drosophila , Bryanne E. Robson

Biology Honors Papers

The Notch pathway is one of the vital signaling pathways used during Drosophila development. Present in many organisms and extensively studied in D. melanogaster, this pathway serves to transduce signals between neighboring developing cells and inhibits neuronal differentiation by lateral inhibition. The primary targets of Notch are the Enhancer of split (E(spl)) genes. Although the upstream regulatory regions of the E(spl) genes contain biding sites for Suppressor of Hairless, Proneural, and E(spl) proteins, their expression patterns are not identical. There is a hidden complexity in the regulatory regions of these genes that may help explain the conservation of the overall …