Isolation and characterization of Df(3R)BSC742
Stacey Christensen, Kim Cook and Kevin Cook
Bloomington Stock Center
Indiana University
Df(3R)BSC742 was isolated as a FLP recombinase-induced recombination event involving P{XP}CG7702d06784 and PBac{RB}mRpL55e01798. The deletion was isolated as a chromosome carrying two copies of the miniwhite marker in progeny of w1118; P{hs-hid}3, Dr1/TM6C, Sb1 cu1 females crossed to P{hsFLP}1, y1 w1118; P{XP}CG7702d06784/PBac{RB}mRpL55e01798 males. The males were heat shocked as larvae as described in Parks et al., Nature Genetics 36: 288-292, 2004 (FBrf0175003). This cross and crosses in preceding and succeeding generations maintained the original genetic background of the Exelixis insertion stocks (Thibault et al., Nature Genetics 36: 283-287, 2004; FBrf0175002). The recombination event generated the genetic element P+PBac{XP3.RB5}BSC742 from the segment of P{XP}CG7702d06784 to the left of its FRT site and the segment of PBac{RB}mRpL55e01798 to the right of its FRT site. The cytological breakpoints of Df(3R)BSC742 predicted from the Release 5 genomic coordinates of the transposable element insertion sites are 91B8;91F1. Df(3R)BSC742 failed to complement cdiR47.