Construct: Deletion of sequences encoding nos amino acid residues 117 to 150.
wild-type
nanosΔC rescues nanos18
nanosΔC rescues nanosBN
Rescues the abdominal segmentation defects seen in embryos derived from nosBN females. Rescues the oogenesis defects seen in nos18 hemizygous females; females lay fertilised eggs and have ovaries of normal size.