UAS regulatory sequences drive expression of a short inverted repeat.
Adult flies expressing zipHMS01618 under the control of Scer\GAL4Dot.PK display nephrocyte functional defects (measured by uptake assays) and reduced adult lifespan relative to controls.
Expression of zipHMS01618 under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PU results in fused rhabdomeres.
zipHMS01618/Scer\GAL4GMR.PU is an enhancer of retina phenotype of eys1, prom[+]/prom1
eys[+]/eys1, zipHMS01618 has retina phenotype
Expression of zipHMS01618 under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PU enhances the rhabdomere fusion seen in eys1 prom1 double heterozygotes.
Expression of zipHMS01618 under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PU in a eys1 mutant background results in fused rhabdomeres as early as 48 hours after pupal formation.