Imprecise excision of the P{EP} in CG6293EP3731 has caused a deletion of the 3' end of Bruce, removing 10 kb of Bruce genomic DNA.
Mutant females have a significant increase in the number of degenerating egg chambers during mid-oogenesis compared to wild type.
Well-fed BruceE16 mutant flies display increased levels of autophagy (punctate Lysotracker staining) in region two of the germarium and in stage eight degenerating egg chambers compared to controls.
In contrast to wild type, the ovaries of well-fed BruceE16 mutant flies contain a large number of degenerating stage eight egg chambers.
An increased number of apoptotic (TUNEL positive) cells are seen in region two cysts in well-fed BruceE16 mutant flies than are seen in wild type.
BruceE16 is an enhancer of increased cell death phenotype of grimGMR.PH
BruceE16 is an enhancer of increased cell death phenotype of rprGMR.PH
BruceE16 is a non-enhancer of increased cell death phenotype of hidGMR.PH
BruceE16 is an enhancer of eye phenotype of grimGMR.PH
The addition of BruceE16 enhances the cell death phenotype in the eye seen in grimGMR.PH or rprGMR.PH animals, but not WGMR.PH.