Expression of pyrd06722 under the control of Scer\GAL4repo efficiently induces glial cell division and stimulates glial motility in the eye disc.
When small clones of cells expressing pyrd06722 under the control of Scer\GAL4tub are induced ahead of the morphogenetic furrow in the eye disc, glial cells can migrate along these cells and are able to cross the morphogenetic furrow, which they never do in wild type.
Clones in the apical peripodial membrane that are expressing pyrd06722 under the control of Scer\GAL4tub ectopically attract glial cells to the apical side of the eye disc.
Expression of pyrd06722 under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.long increases wrapping of the photoreceptor axons by glia.
pyrd06722/Scer\GAL4GMR.long is a suppressor of glial cell phenotype of thse02026
Expression of pyrd06722 under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.long rescues the failure of thse02026/thse02026 glia to wrap photoreceptor axons.