Flygut: an atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut

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Gene name Gr8a
Flybase description The gene Gustatory receptor 8a is referred to in FlyBase by the symbol Dmel\Gr8a (CG15371, FBgn0030108).
Expression data along the gut
    Crop Cardia/R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Hindgut Full gut
    Ratio gene/RPL42 -53.0086 -24.9728 -33.916703 -49.4608 -57.466862 -56.912 -47.50082 -40.849458
    Affimetrix absolute value 2.698 2.987 3.155 2.764 2.93 2.734 2.994 2.915
    Affymetric present call in "x" number of chips 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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.
It is reported to have molecular function: taste receptor activity.
It is reported to be involved in the biological process: sensory perception of taste.
3 alleles are reported.
No phenotypic data is available.
It has one annotated transcript and one annotated polypeptide.
Protein features are: 7TM chemoreceptor.
Summary of modENCODE Temporal Expression Profile: Temporal profile ranges from a peak of low expression to a trough of no expression detected.
Peak expression observed in adult male stages.
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