Flygut: an atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut

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Gene name Muc18B
Flybase description The gene Mucin 18B is referred to in FlyBase by the symbol Dmel\Muc18B (CG7876, FBgn0031000).
Expression data along the gut
    Crop Cardia/R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Hindgut Full gut
    Ratio gene/RPL42 -48.4286 -9.648 -34.87712 -43.9482 -52.566108 -50.6129 -53.39016 -33.340606
    Affimetrix absolute value 2.837 4.464 3.066 2.938 3.053 2.915 2.857 3.319
    Affymetric present call in "x" number of chips 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
Intestinal gene expression in different physiological conditions There is not condition-dependent expression data available for this gene.
Gene details (from Flybase) It is a protein_coding_gene from Drosophila melanogaster.
An electronic pipeline based on InterPro domains suggests that it has the molecular function: chitin binding.
An electronic pipeline based on InterPro domains suggests that it is involved in the biological process: chitin metabolic process.
One allele is reported.
No phenotypic data is available.
It has one annotated transcript and one annotated polypeptide.
Protein features are: Chitin binding domain.
Summary of modENCODE Temporal Expression Profile: Temporal profile ranges from a peak of very high expression to a trough of extremely low expression.
Peak expression observed within 18-24 hour embryonic stages, during early larval stages.
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