Flygut: an atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut

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Gene name wal
Flybase description The gene walrus is referred to in FlyBase by the symbol Dmel\wal (CG8996, FBgn0010516).
Expression data along the gut
    Crop Cardia/R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Hindgut Full gut
    Ratio gene/RPL42 7.6007 6.1304 7.563819 3.8261 4.470505 5.2409 4.68057 5.518884
    Affimetrix absolute value 11.333 10.212 11.081 10.32 10.915 10.951 10.773 10.683
    Affymetric present call in "x" number of chips 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 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.
Based on sequence similarity, it is predicted to have molecular function: electron carrier activity.
There is experimental evidence that it is involved in the biological process: morphogenesis of an epithelium; Malpighian tubule morphogenesis; head involution; ectodermal digestive tract morphogenesis; open tracheal system development.
15 alleles are reported.
The phenotypes of these alleles are annotated with: embryonic head; embryonic/larval trachea; embryonic Malpighian tubule; midgut constriction; intersegmental nerve; Malpighian tubule primordium.
It has 2 annotated transcripts and 2 annotated polypeptides.
Protein features are: Electron transfer flavoprotein, alpha subunit; Electron transfer flavoprotein, alpha subunit, C-terminal; Electron transfer flavoprotein, alpha subunit, C-terminal, conserved site; Electron transfer flavoprotein, alpha/beta-subunit, N-terminal; Rossmann-like alpha/beta/alpha sandwich fold.
Summary of modENCODE Temporal Expression Profile: Temporal profile ranges from a peak of very high expression to a trough of high expression.
Peak expression observed at stages throughout embryogenesis, at stages throughout the larval period, in stages of adults of both sexes.
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