Germline stem cell (GSC) clones expressing shgScer\UAS.P\T.T:Zzzz\FLAG via Scer\GAL4nos.UTR.T:Hsim\VP16 (using a FLP-FRT method) show greater contact with the germarium cap cells than control clones, which leads the mutant cells to out-compete wild type cells in the niche.
7-day old germaria expressing shgScer\UAS.P\T.T:Zzzz\FLAG via Scer\GAL4nos.PU have normal numbers of germline cell stems (GSCs) and cap cells. However, 63-day old germaria have a significantly greater number of GSCs and cap cells compared to controls, demonstrating increased maintenance rates. They also carry significantly more cysts than controls at this age.
tkvQ253D.UASp, Scer\GAL4nanos.PU, shgUASp.Tag:FLAG is a suppressor of decreased cell number | female | adult stage | temperature conditional phenotype of Crei\I-CreIhs.PR
Scer\GAL4nanos.PU/shgUASp.Tag:FLAG is a non-suppressor of decreased cell number | female | adult stage | temperature conditional phenotype of Crei\I-CreIhs.PR
tkvQ253D.UASp, Scer\GAL4nanos.PU, shgUASp.Tag:FLAG is a suppressor of female germline stem cell | adult stage | temperature conditional phenotype of Crei\I-CreIhs.PR
Scer\GAL4nanos.PU/shgUASp.Tag:FLAG is a non-suppressor of female germline stem cell | adult stage | temperature conditional phenotype of Crei\I-CreIhs.PR
The loss of germline stem cells (GSCs) observed upon heat-shock induced expression of Crei\I-CreIhs.PR (to introduce DNA damage) is suppressed by Scer\GAL4nos.PU-driven simultaneous expression of both tkvQ253D.Scer\UAS.P\T and shgUASp.Tag:FLAG. Expression of shgUASp.Tag:FLAG alone has no effect on the GSCs number in Crei\I-CreIhs.PR mutant background either in the presence or absence of DNA damage.