Deletion of dec-1 coding sequences. The construct contains the 5' flanking DNA, the 5' UTR, sequences encoding the putative signal sequence (residues M1-G19), the N-terminus of s20 (residues S281-R287), the s60 coding region (residues Q474-Q950) and the remainder of the dec-1 gene plus the 3' flanking DNA.
Females containing one or two copies of dec-1fc106ΔQ20-E473 in a wild-type background are fertile.
decfc106ΔQ20-E473 fails to rescue dec4
The sterility of dec-14 homozygous females is not rescued by dec-1fc106ΔQ20-E473.