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      A stem-loop structure in the wingless transcript defines a consensus motif for apical RNA transport.

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      Animals, Animals, Genetically Modified, Base Sequence, Consensus Sequence, genetics, Conserved Sequence, Drosophila Proteins, Drosophila melanogaster, embryology, metabolism, Evolution, Molecular, Genes, Reporter, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Proto-Oncogene Proteins, RNA Transport, RNA, Messenger, chemistry, Sequence Alignment, Transcription, Genetic, Wnt1 Protein

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          Although the subcellular localization of mRNA transcripts is a well-established mechanism for controlling protein localization, the basis for the recognition of mRNA localization elements is only now emerging. For example, although localization elements have been defined for many mRNAs that localize to apical cytoplasm in Drosophila embryos, no unifying properties have been identified within these elements. In this study, we identify and characterize an apical localization element in the 3'UTR of the Drosophila wingless mRNA. We show that this element, referred to as WLE3, is both necessary and sufficient for apical RNA transport. Full, unrestricted activity, however, requires the presence of one of several downstream potentiating elements. Comparison of WLE3 sequences within the Drosophila genus, and their predicted secondary structures, defines a highly conserved stem-loop structure. Despite these high levels of sequence and predicted structure conservation, however, mutagenesis shows significant leeway for both sequence and structure variation in the predicted stem-loop. Importantly, the features that emerge as crucial include an accessible distal helix sequence motif, which is also found in the predicted structures of other apical localization elements.

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