Frameshift mutation (14bp deletion) in the 5' region of the Np open reading frame.
A frameshift muation (14bp deletion) in the first coding exon of Np.
NpP6 homozygous, NpC2/NpP6 transheterozygous and NpP6/Df(2R)BSC271 transheterozygous stage 17 embryos fail to clear liquid from the trachea. This defect is likely due to transepithelial barrier defects as, unlike in controls, a dye injected into the haemocoel of NpC2/NpP6 embryos diffuses into the tracheal lumen and is found in the paracellular space. NpC2/NpP6 embryos show taenidial fold defects with disorganized chitin strands, despite of a wild-type like tracheal tube morphology and a wild-type like epithelial polarity (as shown by the localization of Uninflatable, Crumbs, Megatrachea, Kune-kune and DE-cadherin).
NpP6 is a non-enhancer of embryonic/larval tracheal section | embryonic stage phenotype of pio17C
NpC2/NpP6 is rescued by Scer\GAL4btl.PS/NpUAS.cDa
NpC2/NpP6 is not rescued by Scer\GAL4btl.PS/NpS990A.UAS