Amino acid replacement: W1067term.
G23854062A
W1067term | bgcn-PA; W1062term | bgcn-PB
W1067term
G to A nucleotide change at the second or third position of the Trp codon leads to a nonsense mutation. (exact site of mutation unspecified). Site of nucleotide substitution in mutant inferred by FlyBase based on reported amino acid change.
Homozygotes have germline tumours in their gonads.
Germaria are undifferentiated and hyperplastic. Fusomes remain uniformly spherical rather than adopting the branched morphology characteristic of cystocytes.
Gametocyte differentiation defective; gonial proliferation unchecked; gonads of both males and females become engorged with gonial cells. Ovarioles appear sausage-like; testes smaller than normal.
bamz3-2884/bamΔ59, bgcn[+]/bgcn1 has female sterile phenotype, suppressible by Dsim\bambam.Venus
bgcnz2-1748/bgcn1 has female sterile phenotype, non-suppressible by stwlj6C3/Df(3L)Exel6122
bgcn[+]/bgcn1 is an enhancer of female semi-sterile phenotype of bamz3-2884/bamΔ59
bgcn[+]/bgcn1 is an enhancer of neoplasia | adult stage | female phenotype of bamz3-2884/bamΔ59
bgcn[+]/bgcn1 is an enhancer of female sterile phenotype of bamz3-2884/bamΔ86
bgcnz2-1748/bgcn1 is a non-suppressor of female sterile phenotype of stwlj6C3/Df(3L)Exel6122
bgcn1 has germline cell phenotype, non-suppressible by bamhs.PO
bgcn[+]/bgcn1 is an enhancer of ovary phenotype of bamz3-2884/bamΔ59
bgcn[+]/bgcn1 is an enhancer of phenotype of bamz3-2884/bamΔ86
bgcn[+]/bgcn1 is a non-enhancer of ovary phenotype of Dsim\bambam.Venus, bamΔ86/bamΔ59
bamz3-2884/bamΔ86, bgcn1 has germline cell phenotype
bamz3-2884/bamΔ86, bgcn[+]/bgcn1 has germline cell phenotype
bgcn1/+ ; bamz3-2884/bamΔ86 females show germ cell hyperplasia. None of the germ cells contain the polyploid DNA complement that is diagnostic of nurse cell formation. These females are sterile.
Overexpression of bam with P{hs-bam.O} in a homozygous bgcn1 mutant produces a tumorous germ cell phenotype. Germ line stem cells are not lost in the adults of these heat shocked P{hs-bam.O} homozygous bgcn1 mutants, though they are eliminated in their bgcn1/+ siblings.
The ovarian defects observed in bamΔ59/bamΔ86;Dsim\bambam.T:Avic\GFP-YFP.Venus xenogenetic rescue females cannot be exacerbated by combination with a single copy of bgcn1. Additionally, combination with Dsim\bambam.T:Avic\GFP-YFP.Venus suppresses the tumorous ovary phenotype characteristic for bamBW/bamΔ59;bgcn1/+ double mutant flies.
Homozygous bgcn1 females expressing bgcnhs.PO using heat shock have maturing egg chambers and germaria organised into morphologically distinct regions 1,2 and 3 that are formed as cysts are assembled. Ovaries in older animals also have egg chambers with 15 nurse cells and one yolk-accumulating oocyte. The females are not fertile. Late stage egg chambers (stage 12 and later) contain small oocytes, misshapen follicle cell layers and are not laid. Spermatogenesis has not been rescued in homozygous bgcn1 males expressing bgcnhs.PO using heat shock.
Autonomous in transplants of young adult ovaries and testes into body cavity of wild-type females.