Instead of using telomerase, Drosophila melanogaster extends its telomeres by transposition of special telomeric retroelements (HeT-A, TART and TAHRE) targeted specifically to chromosome ends. One key step of the transposition mechanism is a transcription of the elements. Using the expression of a reporter Tomato transgene under HeT-A promoter control we obtained a spatial and temporal visualization of HeT-A promoter activity during the whole Drosophila development. This analysis confirmed that the activity of the HeT-A promoter is up-regulated by cell proliferation, however HeT-A promoter activity is not limited only to proliferating diploid cells. One important outcome of this study is the observation of variation in HeT-A promoter activity in both location and intensity.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:nusl.cz/oai:invenio.nusl.cz:172980 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | SÁBOVÁ, Michala |
| Source Sets | Czech ETDs |
| Language | Czech |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/masterThesis |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess |
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