Construct: Amino acid replacement: S251A.
wing, with eIF4E167Af
wing, with eIF4E107238
Flies carrying eIF-4ESer251Ala.t8.9 in combination with mutant alleles show around 35% lethality. Survivors take longer to reach adulthood, and have blistered, sometimes clipped, wings. Eyes are reduced in size, mostly due to reduced size, not number, of ommatidia. Wing discs are also reduced in size, compared to controls, and the reduction is primarily caused by reduction in cell size.
eIF4E1S058911/eIF4E1Ser251Ala.t8.9, Scer\GAL4da.G32 is a suppressor of decreased body size phenotype of Lk6EP30.18, Scer\GAL4da.G32
The small body phenotype caused by expression of Lk6EP30.18 under the control of Scer\GAL4da.G32 is not seen if the flies are also expressing eIF-4ESer251Ala.t8.9 in a eIF-4ES058911/eIF-4ES058911 background.
eIF4E1Ser251Ala.t8.9 partially rescues eIF4E107238
eIF4E1Ser251Ala.t8.9 partially rescues eIF4E1S071513