Imprecise excision of the progenitor P{SUPor-P}KG10579 insertion, resulting in a deletion that removes a 5' portion of the bark coding region.
Homozygous and bark23H/Df(2L)BSC171 animals do not undergo gas filling of the tracheal tubes at the end of embryogenesis and the mutant larvae have convoluted tracheal branches.
The transepithelial barrier is defective in bark23H/Df(2L)BSC171 embryos (dextran dye injected into the haemocoel diffuses into the tracheal lumen).
bark23H is rescued by Scer\GAL4btl.PS/barkUAS.cHa
Expression of barkScer\UAS.cHa under the control of Scer\GAL4btl.PS rescues the tracheal defects of bark23H mutants.