Insertion in the second intron.
Heterozygotes show a significant impairment in memory retention after olfactory classical conditioning compared to wild-type flies. Significant impairment is seen at 3 minutes, 30 minutes and 3 hours after training. Homozygous flies show a more severe impairment than heterozygotes in 3 minute and 3 hour memory retention after olfactory conditioning.
Heterozygotes and homozygotes show normal shock and odour avoidance.
gishMB896 is partially rescued by Scer\GAL4Mef2.247/gishUAS.cTa
gishMB896 is partially rescued by Scer\GAL4238Y/gishUAS.cTa
gishMB896 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4c305a/gishUAS.cTa
gishMB896 is not rescued by gishUAS.cTa/Scer\GAL4c739
Expression of gishScer\UAS.cTa under the control of either Scer\GAL4Mef2.247 or Scer\GAL4238Y partially rescues the 3 minute memory impairment of gishMB896 homozygotes after olfactory associative training.
Expression of gishScer\UAS.cTa under the control of either Scer\GAL4c305a or Scer\GAL4c739 does not rescue the 3 minute memory impairment of gishMB896 homozygotes after olfactory associative training.
Experiments in which the temperature-sensitive Scer\GAL80ts.αTub84B allele is used to restrict Scer\GAL4 expression to particular developmental stages by using temperature shifts show that expression of gishScer\UAS.cTa under the control of either Scer\GAL4Mef2.247 or Scer\GAL4238Y only during the adult stage partially rescues the memory impairment of gishMB896 homozygotes after olfactory conditioning, but that expression of gishScer\UAS.cTa under the control of either Scer\GAL4Mef2.247 or Scer\GAL4238Y only during development (prior to the adult stage) does not rescue the memory impairment of gishMB896 homozygotes.