The RMCE cassette of the Mi{MIC}α-CatMI02577 insertion has been replaced with a EGFP-FlAsH-StrepII-TEV-3xFlag multi-tag cassette. The insertion is in a coding intron of α-Cat and is predicted to protein trap the gene.
α-CatMI02577-GFSTF.0 flies in which the level of α-Cat protein has been reduced by expressing slmbScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\vhhGFP4 (which targets GFP-tagged proteins for degradation) under the control of Scer\GAL4Act.PU are viable at 18[o]C, but show embryonic lethality at 28[o]C.
α-CatMI02577-GFSTF.0 flies in which the level of α-Cat protein has been reduced by expressing slmbScer\UAS.T:Zzzz\vhhGFP4 under the control of Scer\GAL4ey.PU have a rough eye phenotype at 28[o]C.
α-CatMI02577-GFSTF.0 flies in which the level of α-Cat protein has been reduced in the eye (by using Scer\GAL4ey.PU to express an RNAi construct which targets the GFP sequence-containing mRNA for degradation) have small, rough eyes at 28[o]C.