These cells offer structural support to the axons that form a ladder-like structure called the axonal scaffold in the Drosophila central nervous system. Midline glial cells function like oligodentrocytes and provides insulation for the axon. We will be using, Reversed Polarity (repo), Pointed (pnt), which are transcription factors (proteins that are involved in the process of converting DNA into RNA) to observe how lateral glial cells separate into different subtypes (Figure 1). We will be using PointedP1 (PntP1) because it is expressed in lateral glial cells and we are interested in how lateral glial cells differentiate. The gene cg31235, which is solely expressed in longitudinal glia, will be used for this experiment. Longitudinal glial cells are a subtype of lateral glial cells that ensheaths the axons of the longitudinal connectives (gray area below the blue longitudinal
These cells offer structural support to the axons that form a ladder-like structure called the axonal scaffold in the Drosophila central nervous system. Midline glial cells function like oligodentrocytes and provides insulation for the axon. We will be using, Reversed Polarity (repo), Pointed (pnt), which are transcription factors (proteins that are involved in the process of converting DNA into RNA) to observe how lateral glial cells separate into different subtypes (Figure 1). We will be using PointedP1 (PntP1) because it is expressed in lateral glial cells and we are interested in how lateral glial cells differentiate. The gene cg31235, which is solely expressed in longitudinal glia, will be used for this experiment. Longitudinal glial cells are a subtype of lateral glial cells that ensheaths the axons of the longitudinal connectives (gray area below the blue longitudinal