An Hsp70 promoter drives expression of a hybrid zinc finger nuclease, which consists of a DNA-binding domain composed of zinc fingers linked to a nonspecific DNA-cleavage domain derived from the Poke\FokI restriction endonuclease. The zinc finger domains have been designed to recognise the target sequence 5'-GAGGTGGGC-3' which is within bw exon 7.
Flies carrying Zzzz\ZFNhs.bwB are unable to withstand heat-shock temperatures of greater than 35oC.
Zzzz\ZFNhs.bwA and Zzzz\ZFNhs.bwB are used in combination to induce double strand breaks within the endogenous bw gene sequence.