Table 5

Expression levels of copia LTR-CAT in stably transformed strains of Drosophila melanogaster hemizygous for the construct

STRAIN
mof + hemizygous copia LTR-CAT
mof – hemizygous copia LTR-CAT

9-3
0.79 (0.07)
3.21 (0.35)**
9-4
0.31 (0.05)
2.53 (0.61)**
9-6
0.72 (0.10)
3.97 (0.21)**
14 -2
0.28 (0.08)
1.35 (0.27)**

Expression levels of copia LTR-CAT in males made hemizygous for the construct in a series of transformed strains (copia LTR-CAT inserted at different chromosomal locations in each strain-see Table 1) in wild-type vs. mof1 genetic backgrounds. The results indicate a position independent repression of hemizygous copies of the copia LTR-CAT by the wild-type mof allele (*p < 0.01; **p < 0.001).

Matyunina et al. BMC Molecular Biology 2008 9:55   doi:10.1186/1471-2199-9-55