Imprecise excision of P{lwB}AA142 resulting in complete removal of sequences encoding Fhos isoforms PA, PB, PD, PE, PF and PG and a cluster of small genes mostly encoding predicted chitin-binding proteins.
Df(3L)knittrigΔ1 embryos transheterozygous with Df(3L)knittrigΔ140, Df(3L)hry-i22, Df(3L)Scf-R6, Df(3L)ED4421 or Df(3L)ED4413 show reduced formation of ganglionic tracheal branches with significant penetrance - the majority of embryos show disruption in at least one ganglionic branch. No abnormal phenotype is detected for midline glial cells.
Df(3L)knittrigΔ1 flies transheterozygous with Df(3L)knittrigΔ140, Df(3L)hry-i22, Df(3L)Scf-R6, Df(3L)ED4421 or Df(3L)ED4413 show reduced viability and only rare escaper flies are found. Most mutants die during pupal stages or as pharate adults. Most escapers are unable to undergo complete wing inflation, causing wrinkled wings. Some escapers show partially inflated and abnormally opaque wings. Mutant pupal wings appar normal.
Inferred to overlap with: Df(3L)hry-i22.
Inferred to overlap with: Df(3L)Scf-R6.
Inferred to overlap with: Df(3L)ED4413.
Inferred to overlap with: Df(3L)ED4421.
Inferred to overlap with: Df(3L)knittrigDelta140.
Homozygotes show reduced viability and only rare escaper flies are found. Most mutants die during pupal stages or as pharate adults. Most escapers are unable to undergo complete wing inflation, causing wrinkled wings. Some escapers show partially inflated and abnormally opaque wings. Mutant pupal wings appar normal.
Macrophages isolated from Df(3L)knittrigΔ1 larvae show normal lamellapodia formation but display strong defects in cell flattening and spreading.
Following a laser-induced wound in the pupal wing, macrophages in Df(3L)knittrigΔ1 mutants are still able to respond and migrate to wound sites, but their speed and direction of migration are impaired.