In pupal retinas tkvIR1.Scer\UAS; tkvIR2.Scer\UAS; Scer\GAL4GMR.PF at around 25 hours APF inter-ommatidial precursor cells fail to maintain stable, adherens junction mediated contacts with each, allowing abberant contacts to form between primary pigment cells in adjacent ommatidia. The affected inter-ommatidial precursor cells often fail to maintain a normal apical profile.
Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, tkvRNAi.IR1.UAS, tkvRNAi.IR2.UAS has retina | pupal stage P7 phenotype, enhanceable by Rho172F/Rho1[+]
Scer\GAL4GMR.PF, tkvRNAi.IR2.UAS/tkvRNAi.IR1.UAS has interommatidial precursor cell | pupal stage P7 phenotype, enhanceable by Rho172F/Rho1[+]
The frequency of inter-ommatidial pattering defects in tkvIR1.Scer\UAS; tkvIR2.Scer\UAS; Scer\GAL4GMR.PF pupal retinas at 42 hours APF is significantly enhanced by Rho172F/+. This enhancement is not seen with Cdc42unspecified/+, Rac1unspecified/+, Rac2unspecified/+, or Mtlunspecified/+.
dsRNA expressed from this construct used to study the phenotypic consequences of depleting tkv mRNA targeted using a Scer\GAL4 driver.