Flygut: an atlas of the Drosophila adult midgut

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Gene name AGO3
Flybase description The gene Argonaute 3 is referred to in FlyBase by the symbol Dmel\AGO3 (CG40300, FBgn0250816).
Expression data along the gut
    Crop Cardia/R1 R2 R3 R4 R5 Hindgut Full gut
    Ratio gene/RPL42 -18.7643 -25.4383 -36.472012 -20.7409 -43.540814 -41.4632 -19.79053 -37.193231
    Affimetrix absolute value 4.217 2.962 3.004 4.024 3.34 3.206 4.279 3.039
    Affymetric present call in "x" number of chips 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 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.
There is experimental evidence that it has the molecular function: piRNA binding; RNA binding.
There is experimental evidence that it is involved in the biological process: posttranscriptional gene silencing by RNA.
6 alleles are reported.
No phenotypic data is available.
It has 4 annotated transcripts and 4 annotated polypeptides.
Protein features are: Argonaute/Dicer protein, PAZ; Ribonuclease H-like; Stem cell self-renewal protein Piwi.
Summary of modENCODE Temporal Expression Profile: Temporal profile ranges from a peak of moderately high expression to a trough of very low expression.
Peak expression observed within 00-06 hour embryonic stages, in adult female stages.
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