Insertion in the second protein coding exon.
lethal (with Df(2L)esc-P3-0)
Homozygous and crokKG06053a/Df(2L)esc-P3-0 stage 16 embryos have an elongated and convoluted dorsal trunk compared to wild-type controls. The luminal chitin matrix appears wider than normal and is amorphous in the mutant dorsal trunks. Ultrastructurally, the trachea of mutant stage 16 embryos have reduced and irregular septate junctions and the tracheal cells contain large unusual vesicle-like structures.
The paracellular diffusion barrier is defective in mutant embryos; 10kDa rhodamine-conjugated dextran injected into the body cavity diffuses rapidly into the tracheal and salivary gland lumens in mutant embryos, in contrast to wild type.
crokKG06053a is rescued by Scer\GAL469B/crokUAS.cNa
Expression of crokScer\UAS.cNa under the control of Scer\GAL469B rescues the tracheal defects seen in crokKG06053a embryos.
Separable from: psqKG06053b.
Excision of the insertion can revert the lethality and the mutant tracheal phenotype.