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

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Null mutations of glass specifically remove photo-receptor 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.

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    Kevin Moses, Michael C. Ellis & Gerald M. Rubin

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Moses, K., Ellis, M. & Rubin, G. The glass gene encodes a zinc-finger protein required by Drosophila photoreceptor cells. Nature 340, 531–536 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1038/340531a0

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