Mutation in the second start codon.
Construct: Nucleotide substitution: A626C. Amino acid replacement: M139L.
oskM139L; osk1/Df(3R)p-XT103 embryos express only the long osk isoform. These embryos show patterning defects and a "twisted phenotype". Muscle development is defective with embryos showing a dramatic reduction in the number of muscles, a large number of unfused myoblasts and defects in muscle morphology.
No embryos expressing oskM139L in a oskA87/Df(3R)p-XT103 background hatch. 100% of these embryos have posterior cuticle defects. 84-91% of embryos expressing both oskM1R and oskM139L in a oskA87/Df(3R)p-XT103 background hatch. The unhatched embryos develop cuticles without obvious patterning defects. 100% of females derived from the embryos that hatch have wild-type ovaries.
osk1/Df(3R)p-XT103 embryos carrying P{oskM139L} do not hatch, embryos typically develop 2 to 4 abdominal segments. The few adults that emerge are sterile.
oskM139L rescues oskA87/Df(3R)p-XT103
oskM139L rescues osk187/Df(3R)p-XT103
Produces only long osk protein.