Flygut: an atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut

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Gene name Ir8a
Flybase description The gene Ionotropic receptor 8a is referred to in FlyBase by the symbol Dmel\Ir8a (CG32704, FBgn0052704).
Expression data along the gut
    Crop Cardia/R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Hindgut Full gut
    Ratio gene/RPL42 -22.7757 -13.0227 -21.700471 -25.7186 -34.066253 -32.8384 -28.91823 -24.48947
    Affimetrix absolute value 3.905 3.943 3.767 3.712 3.684 3.528 3.703 3.669
    Affymetric present call in "x" number of chips 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
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.
Based on sequence similarity, it is predicted to have molecular function: kainate selective glutamate receptor activity.
There is experimental evidence that it is involved in the biological process: sensory perception of smell.
13 alleles are reported.
The phenotype of these alleles is annotated with: sensillum coeloconicum of antennal segment 3.
It has one annotated transcript and one annotated polypeptide.
Protein features are: Glutamate receptor, L-glutamate/glycine-binding; Ionotropic glutamate receptor; NMDA receptor.
Summary of modENCODE Temporal Expression Profile: Temporal profile ranges from a peak of very low expression to a trough of no expression detected.
Peak expression observed in adult male stages.
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