The glass gene encodes a zinc-finger protein required by Drosophila photoreceptor cells.

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Nature. 1989 Aug 17;340(6234):531-6. doi: 10.1186/gb-2007-8-7-r145
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The glass gene encodes a zinc-finger protein required by Drosophila photoreceptor cells. Rubin Lab
Moses K, Ellis MC, Rubin GM
Note: Research in this publication was not performed at Janelia.
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Abstract

Null mutations of glass specifically remove photoreceptor cells, leaving other cell types intact. We have isolated the glass gene and have shown that its transcript encodes a putative protein of 604 amino acids with five zinc-fingers. The glass product may be a transcription factor required for the development of a single neuronal cell type.

PMID: 2770860 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE]

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