Kuzmin, I.V., Shnyreva, A.A., Nefedova, L.N., Kim, A.I. (2011). [Translational analysis of the Grp gene, a genomic homologue of the Gag gene of the gypsy retrotransposon of Drosophila melanogaster]. Genetika, Moscow 47(9): 1275--1277.
FlyBase ID
FBrf0216722
Publication Type
Research paper
Abstract
The only open reading frame (ORF) (CG4680) encoding the Gag related protein (Grp) gene, a homologue of gag retrotransposons with long terminal repeats (LTR retrotransposons) of the gypsy group, has been found in the Drosophila melanogaster genome. Earlier, it was shown that the gene was expressed at the transcriptional level only in adult D. melanogaster. The Grp gene has been demonstrated to be a functional gene in the D. melanogaster genome, bit its function is yet to be determined.
