Sharkhs.PF is a suppressor of embryonic/first instar larval cuticle | dorsal | germline clone phenotype of DokPG155
Only 10% of embryos derived from DokPG155 germ-line clones that carry two copies of the sharkhs.PF transgene are dorsal closure defective; these embryos exhibit small anterior holes in the cuticle.
Sharkhs.PF rescues Shark1/Df(2R)Jp4
Expression of sharkhs.PF using heat shock rescues the lethality of shark1/Df(2R)Jp4 flies.
Carried in a plasmid and transfected into S2 cells to confirm functionality of the sharkhs.PF product.