Flygut: an atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut

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Gene name Orct
Flybase description The gene Organic cation transporter is referred to in FlyBase by the symbol Dmel\Orct (CG6331, FBgn0019952).
Expression data along the gut
    Crop Cardia/R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Hindgut Full gut
    Ratio gene/RPL42 -2.0325 2.0337 -2.746533 -11.1117 -5.826471 -4.8143 -8.2083 -3.425668
    Affimetrix absolute value 7.39 8.6 6.761 4.922 6.272 6.302 5.57 6.519
    Affymetric present call in "x" number of chips 3 3 3 2 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: organic cation transmembrane transporter activity.
Based on sequence similarity, it is predicted to be involved in the biological process: organic cation transport.
3 alleles are reported.
No phenotypic data is available.
It has one annotated transcript and one annotated polypeptide.
Protein features are: General substrate transporter; Major facilitator superfamily domain; Major facilitator superfamily domain, general substrate transporter.
Summary of modENCODE Temporal Expression Profile: Temporal profile ranges from a peak of very high expression to a trough of very low expression.
Peak expression observed during late larval stages.
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