Contains a small deletion (14bp) that results in premature stop of translation.
A 14bp deletion just downstream from the Dhpr ATG causes a frameshift and leads to early translation termination.
frameshift
Dhpr17-4 heterozygotes show high mortality during development.
Dhpr17-4 homozygosity is near full lethal; although adult escapers are fertile and have normal wing posture, they are short lived, show a progressive decrease in climbing activity, and it is very difficult to maintain a homozygous mutant stock. These escapers show thorax muscles fragmentation and loss, and the affected muscle fragments exhibit swollen mitochondria with less cristae. 35-days old adults exhibit a small but significant decrease in the number of TH-positive neurons across the DM, DL1, DL2 and PM clusters.
Dhpr17-4 is rescued by DhprTag:V5