Recombineering is used to delete the entire exon 1A coding region, the 5'-UTR, and an additional 150 bp upstream of the transcription start site in the cnn BAC. This construct should result in the loss of the three exon 1A transcripts with little or no effect on the downstream gene products expressed from exons 1B and 1C.
cnnΔEx1A embryos in a cnnHK21/Df(2R)cnn mutant background fail to cellularize.
Embryos produced by cnnmfs3/Df(2R)cnn; cnnΔEx1A females exhibit multiple nuclei and spindles scattered throughout the embryo (deep and cortical) and frequent nuclear fusions. These embryos produce normal triploid polar bodies following the completion of meiosis. In the mutant embryos, early spindles frequently have an obvious spindle pole, but the poles are lost as development proceeds and barrel-shaped anastral spindles accumulate, accompanied by nuclear fusions.
Embryos produced by cnnmfs7/Df(2R)cnn; cnnΔEx1A females exhibit multiple nuclei and spindles scattered throughout the embryo (deep and cortical) and frequent nuclear fusions. These embryos produce normal triploid polar bodies following the completion of meiosis. In the mutant embryos, early spindles frequently have an obvious spindle pole, but the poles are lost as development proceeds and barrel-shaped anastral spindles accumulate, accompanied by nuclear fusions.