Ctr1BGMR.PS flies exhibit normal eyes when grown on normal food, but develop a rough eye phenotype in the presence of 20υM copper.
Ctr1BGMR.PS has eye | chemical conditional phenotype, suppressible by park[+]/park25
Ctr1BGMR.PS has eye | chemical conditional phenotype, non-suppressible by park25
Overexpression of Ctr1BGMR.PS in park25 homozygotes results in a rough eye phenotype. This phenotype can be alleviated by copper scarcity and exacerbated by increased copper levels. The rough eye phenotype is not seen upon expression of Ctr1BGMR.PS in a park25 heterozygous background.
Overexpression of Ctr1BGMR.PS in park25 homozygotes raised on food supplemented with 20υM or 50υM silver nitrate fails to cause a rough eye phenotype, indicating that silver effectively competes with and inhibits copper import.