Amino acid replacement: R329term.
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R329term | Mcr-PA
R329term
Site of nucleotide substitution in mutant inferred by FlyBase based on reported amino acid change.
Mutant embryos have elongated trachea compared to controls. The dorsal trunk is 20% longer than normal in mutant stage 16 embryos. This is not due to an increase in tracheal cell number, but is due to the apical surfaces of dorsal trunk cells being axially longer than normal.
The paracellular barrier function of the trachea and hindgut epithelia is compromised in mutant animals (assayed using a dye exclusion assay). Septate junctions are missing from the apicolateral membrane of hindgut cells in mutant stage 17 embryos.