FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Allele: Dmel\vgnp
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\vgnp
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
nipped
FlyBase ID
FBal0017899
Feature type
allele
Associated gene
Dmel\vg
Associated Insertion(s)
?{}vgnp
Carried in Construct
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Allele class

gain of function allele

Mutagen
Nature of the Allele
Allele class

gain of function allele

(Silber et al., 1993)
Mutagen
spontaneous
(Williams and Bell, 1988)
Progenitor genotype
Associated Insertion(s)
?{}vgnp
Cytology
Description

Insertion of 5kb of unknown DNA into the 5' end of intron 2.

(Silber et al., 1993)

5kb insertion into intronic region.

(Williams et al., 1990)

5kb insertion.

(Williams and Bell, 1988)

8kb insertion at +4kb; '+' values to right (distal); 0 coordinate assigned to insert position of vg21; Williams, Atkin and Bell (1990)

Mutations Mapped to the Genome
Curation Data
Variant Molecular Consequences
Associated Sequence Data
DDBJ / EMBL / GenBank
DNA sequence
Protein sequence
 
UniProtKB/Swiss-Prot
    UniProtKB/TrEMBL
      Expression Data
      Reporter Expression
      Additional Information
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      Reference
       
      Marker for
      Reflects expression of
      Reporter construct used in assay
      Human Disease Associations
      Disease Ontology (DO) Annotations
      Models Based on Experimental Evidence ( 0 )
      Disease
      Evidence
      References
      Modifiers Based on Experimental Evidence ( 0 )
      Disease
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      Disease-implicated variant(s)
       
      Phenotypic Data
      Phenotypic Class
      Phenotype Manifest In
      Detailed Description
      Statement
      Reference

      Wing length decreases with increasing temperature.

      (Silber et al., 1997)

      ctL32; su(Hw)e2 flies heterozygous for vgnp display a significant ct wing phenotype.

      (Morcillo et al., 1996)

      Homozygotes display high resistance to aminopterin.

      (Silber et al., 1993)

      Not suppressed by Su(vg)B271, Su(vg)E41 or Su(vg)E61.

      (Bazin and Silber, 1992)

      terminal incisions in wings; overlaps wild type at 25oC, not at 19oC. Wing buds show scalloping. RK2.

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      Phenotypic Class
      Phenotype Manifest In
      Enhanced by
      Statement
      Reference

      vgnp has phenotype, enhanceable by bi1

      (Bridges and Brehme, 1944)
      Additional Comments
      Genetic Interactions
      Statement
      Reference
      Xenogenetic Interactions
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      Reference
      Complementation and Rescue Data
      Comments
      Images (0)
      Mutant
      Wild-type
      Stocks (1)
      Notes on Origin
      Discoverer

      Wallace, 5th Jan. 1938.

      Comments
      Comments

      Weak vg allele.

      (Morcillo et al., 1996)
      External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 0 )
      Synonyms and Secondary IDs (3)
      Reported As
      Symbol Synonym
      vgNP
      (Williams and Bell, 1988)
      vgnp
      Name Synonyms
      nipped
      Secondary FlyBase IDs
        References (14)