Expression of sdScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4sd-SG29.1 does not cause any changes to the somatic or cardiac muscle specification in embryos.
Expression of sdScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR results in the loss of all three midgut constrictions in the embryo.
Embryos expressing sdScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR have disorganised somatic muscles. Muscle LL1 either does not develop well or is lost, and muscles VL1-VL2 are often missing in many segments. Ventral muscles VO4-VO6 are still present, but they have more projections than seen in wild-type embryos and some projections expand anterior-ventrally.
Expression of sdScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR causes two extra rows of Mef2-positive cardiac cells, whereas the total number of tin-positive cardiac cells is similar to wild type. However, the pattern of differentiating cardiac cells is disorganised, with some tin-positive cells being seen in the somatic muscle region.
Embryos co-expressing vgScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 and sdScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR show complete disruption of the organisation of muscle fibres and muscle cell attachment.
Co-expression of sdScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG and Mef2Scer\UAS.T:Hsap\MYC under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR in the embryo results in a cardiac cell phenotype similar to that of embryos expressing sdScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG alone under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR.
Co-expression of sdScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\FLAG and vgScer\UAS.T:Ivir\HA1 under the control of Scer\GAL4Mef2.PR in the embryo results in the loss of almost all Mef2-positive cardiac cells and dislocation of all tin-positive cells into the somatic muscle region.