Mutation introduces a stop codon at position 924 upstream from the bZIP domain.
Amino acid replacement: ??term.
C5308137T
Q203term | vri-PA; Q84term | vri-PC; Q203term | vri-PD; Q84term | vri-PE; Q203term | vri-PF
Q202term
Bristles in homozygous clones are thinner and reduced in size than normal or are missing. The average distance between stout bristles of the triple row is reduced compared to wild type in homozygous clones, which is characteristic of smaller cells. The mean number of ommatidia in the eyes of mosaic flies in which the eyes are homozygous for vri1 is reduced by 17% compared to wild type.
The period length of the locomotor activity rhythm is significantly shorter in heterozygotes than in wild-type flies.
Homozygous embryos are shortened and the dorsal epidermis often appears wrinkled and reduced (leading to a slight 'tail-up' phenotype) and trachea are interrupted. Less frequently the head skeleton is abnormal and ventral denticles are fused or missing. Hemizygotes die as larvae. vri1/vri3 transheterozygotes exhibit shortening of wing vein L5.