UASt regulatory sequences drive expression of a 500bp inverted repeat.
Expressing vkgNIG.16858R under the control of Scer\GAL4bs.Term does not cause air-filling defects or any obvious trachea branching defect in the trachea terminal cells region.
Embryos expressing vkgNIG.16858R under the control of Scer\GAL4how-24B show abnormal attachment of the segment border muscle (SBM) to adjacent muscles and an abnormal SBM shape.
Col4a1GD12784/vkgNIG.16858R, Scer\GAL4r4 is a suppressor of melanotic mass phenotype | larval stage phenotype of Scer\GAL4r4, shiNIG.18102R
Col4a1GD12784/vkgNIG.16858R, Scer\GAL4r4 is a suppressor of melanotic mass phenotype | larval stage phenotype of Scer\GAL4r4, Tl10b.UAS
Col4a1GD12784/vkgNIG.16858R, Scer\GAL4r4 is a suppressor of embryonic/larval fat body | larval stage phenotype of Scer\GAL4r4, shiNIG.18102R
Col4a1GD12784/vkgNIG.16858R, Scer\GAL4r4 is a suppressor of melanotic mass | larval stage phenotype of Scer\GAL4r4, Tl10b.UAS
Scer\GAL4apolpp.PB/vkgNIG.16858R is a non-suppressor of fat body phenotype of Scer\GAL4apolpp.PB, Tango1NIG.11098R
Simultaneous co-expression of both vkgNIG.16858R and Cg25CGD12784 suppresses the melanotic fat body phenotype caused by expression of shiNIG.18102R under the control of Scer\GAL4r4.
Simultaneous co-expression of both vkgNIG.16858R and Cg25CGD12784 suppresses the melanotic phenotype caused by expression of Tl10b.Scer\UAS under the control of Scer\GAL4r4.
At a permissive temperature (18[o]C) coexpression of vkgG454 and vkgNIG.16858R with Cg25CGD12784 under the control of Scer\GAL4Cg.PA and Scer\GAL80ts.αTub84B knocks down expression of vkg. These flies develop into normal adults, although pupal lethality results when the larvae are transferred to restrictive temperature after completion of embryogenesis. Dissection of these larvae 96 hours after the temperature shift reveals highly aberrant shapes in several organs. Imaginal discs, consisting of highly columnar epithelial cells, appear flattened while the ventral nerve cord portion of the central nervous system is strikingly elongated, reminiscent of embryonic defects in ventral nerve cord condensation. Additionally, the ducts and imaginal rings of the salivary glands are dilated, resulting in an expanded lumen.