Deletion removing whole of P{lwB}X81 and extending to between 88 nucleotides 3' of the presumed initiating ATG and 267 nucleotides 3' to this ATG.
rhoPΔ38 mutant clones generated in third instar larval eye discs occasionally show some morphological defects in the visual system, although lamina cartridge neuron differentiation appears unaffected. The 'on/off transients" (representing the activity of post-synaptic lamina cartridge neurons) that are normally seen in wild type are still present.
The overall morphology of lch5 chordotonal organs is disrupted in rhoPΔ38 mutant embryos. In addition, these organs have only 1 cap attachement cell rather than the 2 per organ seen in wild-type, while lch5 ligament attachment cells are often absent or deformed.
Homozygous embryos show loss of VA2 muscle precursor cells (only 2.3% of hemisegments contain VA2 precursor cells).
The number of midline glia cells surviving to stage 16 is decreased to an average of 0.9 +/- 0.1 cells per segment in homozygous embryos.
Mutant embryos exhibit tracheal phenotype.
In stage 12/3 homozygous embryos the commissures are thicker and narrower than wild type and by stage 14 they remain incompletely separated. In stage 12/5 embryos the wild type number of midline glia are present but appear tightly clustered and displayed dorsally. Reduction in cell number from stage 13 until 14. Reduction in the VUM cell number at stage 11, during stage 13 half the wild type number of neurons migrate ventrally, these are still present at stage 14. All MP1 neurons are present at stage 13 but are disconnected from each other, by stage 14 this separation has grown. In stage 14 embryos there is a reduced number of en+ neurons present at the midline.
rhoPΔ38 has muscle cell of ventral acute muscle 2 | precursor phenotype, suppressible by Scer\GAL4twi.PG/cswUAS.Tag:Myr(Src64B)
rhoPΔ38 is a non-enhancer of cephalopharyngeal skeleton phenotype of KrnUAS.cRa, Scer\GAL469B
rhoPΔ38 is a non-enhancer of wing phenotype of KrnUAS.cRa, Scer\GAL4Bx-MS1096
rhoPΔ38/rhoPΔ38 is a non-suppressor of lch5 ligament attachment cell | increased number phenotype of Scer\GAL4repo, spis.UAS
rhoPΔ38 is a non-suppressor of cephalopharyngeal skeleton phenotype of KrnUAS.cRa, Scer\GAL469B
rhoPΔ38 is a non-suppressor of wing phenotype of KrnUAS.cRa, Scer\GAL4Bx-MS1096
Scer\GAL4sim.P3.7, rhoPΔ38, spis.UAS has midline glial cell | ectopic phenotype
Expression of csw::Src64Bsrc90.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4twi.PG significantly suppresses the loss of VA2 muscle precursor cells seen in rhoPΔ38 embryos (69% of hemisegments have VA2 cells).
rhoPΔ38 is not rescued by rhoUAS.cXa/Scer\GAL4sim.P3.7
The addition of rhoScer\UAS.cXa driven by Scer\GAL4sim.P3.7 to rhoPΔ38 embryos is not sufficient to rescue the loss of midline glial cell phenotype seen in these mutants. The ubiquitous expression of rhohs.PSt under heatshock is sufficient to suppress the loss of midline glial cell seen in rhoPΔ38 embryos to wild-type.
Fails to complement rho7M43.