A Tubulin promoter drives expression of MTF-1.
Ubiquitous expression of MTF-1Tub.PY sensitises flies to zinc toxicity as compared with wild-type flies. Males expressing MTF-1Tub.PY fed with zinc metal die at faster rate in comparison with wild-type flies but show no sensitivity or resistance on cadmium-supplemented medium relative to wild-type.
MTF-1Tub.PY overexpression sensitises larvae to zinc overload but increases larval resistance to copper and ammonium tetrathiomolybdate (TTM) toxicity.
Ubiquitous overexpression of MTF-1Tub.PY sensitises flies to starvation induced mortality.
MTF-1Tub.PY is a suppressor of partially lethal - majority die | pharate adult stage P12 phenotype of ATP7RNAi.Sym.UAS, Scer\GAL4NP2020
MTF-1Tub.PY is a suppressor of chemical sensitive phenotype of Dpy-30L1UAS.cVa, Scer\GAL4Act.PU
Overexpression of MTF-1Tub.PY in Scer\GAL4NP2020>ATP7dsRNA.Sym.Scer\UAS flies significantly enhances pupal survival.
The increased sensitivity of flies expressing Dpy-30L1Scer\UAS.cVa under the control of Scer\GAL4Act to cadmium or zinc in the food medium is rescued by co-expression of MTF-1Tub.PY.