Flygut: an atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut

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Gene name MtnB
Flybase description The gene Metallothionein B is referred to in FlyBase by the symbol Dmel\MtnB (CG4312, FBgn0002869).
Expression data along the gut
    Crop Cardia/R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Hindgut Full gut
    Ratio gene/RPL42 -22.5503 -3.4048 2.146687 12.3499 5.091175 -2.347 -19.66208 4.891512
    Affimetrix absolute value 3.978 5.87 9.213 11.982 10.995 7.52 4.375 10.47
    Affymetric present call in "x" number of chips 0 3 3 3 3 3 0 3
Intestinal gene expression in different physiological conditions
Ecc15: flies orally infected with Erwinia carotovora carotovora 15.
Pe: flies orally infected with Pseudomonas entomophila.
Pe gacA: flies orally infecte with Pseudomonas entomophila gacA.
For methods and description, see Buchon et al. 2009, Cell Host Microbe, and Chakrabarti et al. 2012, Cell Host Microbe.
Gene details (from Flybase) It is a protein_coding_gene from Drosophila melanogaster.
There is experimental evidence that it has the molecular function: copper ion binding.
It is reported to be involved in the biological process: cellular metal ion homeostasis.
14 alleles are reported.
No phenotypic data is available.
It has one annotated transcript and one annotated polypeptide.
Protein features are: Diptera metallothionein, family 5.
Summary of modENCODE Temporal Expression Profile: Temporal profile ranges from a peak of very high expression to a trough of no expression detected.
Peak expression observed at stages throughout the larval period, at stages throughout the pupal period.
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