Expression of eysScer\UAS.cZa in eyes, under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, markedly expands the inter-rhabdomeral space compared to wild-type eyes.
Expression of eysScer\UAS.cZa, under the control of Scer\GAL4hs.PB, where eysScer\UAS.cZa expression is induced by a heat shock at 36-64 hours after puparium formation, results in the development of broken-up rhabdomeres in the eye.
Expression of eysScer\UAS.cZa in the ocellus, driven by Scer\GAL4hs.PB at 29oC, results in the development of a novel inter-rhabdomeral space surrounding otherwise structurally intact rhabdomeres. Stronger expression of eysScer\UAS.cZa in the ocellus, driven by Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, results in the generation of an extensive inter-rhabdomeral space accompanied by the disintegration of the rhabdomeres into their individual microvilli.
eysUAS.cZa/Scer\GAL4hs.PB rescues eys2649
eysUAS.cZa/Scer\GAL4hs.PB partially rescues eys1
Scer\GAL4ninaE.PD/eysUAS.cZa partially rescues eys1
The mechanosensory defects seen in the bristles and Johnston's organ of eys2649 flies at 37[o]C are rescued by expression of eysScer\UAS.cZa under the control of Scer\GAL4hs.PB.
Expression of eysScer\UAS.cZa under the control of Scer\GAL4hs.PB fully rescues the rhabdomere phenotype of eys1 flies when eysScer\UAS.cZa expression is induced at 36-64 hours after puparium formation. Induction at about 72 hours, using either Scer\GAL4hs.PB or Scer\GAL4ninaE.PD, leads only to a partial rescue.
Carried in a plasmid and transfected into S2 cells to study the localization of the expressed protein.