Fig. 8. Citron acts as a positive factor in the Pebble-Rho signalling pathway.
Images of whole adult wings. (A) An en-GAL4>UAS-pblRNAi
wing in a wild-type background. (B) An
en-GAL4>UAS-pblRNAi wing heterozygous for
cit1 shows significant enhancement of the
pblRNAi phenotype. (C) An
en-GAL4>UAS-pblRNAi wing heterozygous for
rok2 does not appear be significantly modified. (D)
Co-expression of a gain-of-function allele of citron
(UAS-cit2) and en-GAL4>UAS-pblRNAi
slightly rescues the pblRNAi phenotype. (E) The number of
multiple haired wing cells in a defined region (posterior to L5, framed in
Fig. 7A) was scored for each
genotype shown in Fig. 7 and
Fig. 8 in order to quantitate the effect. Multiple haired cells were scored in
14 adult wings for each genotype. Bars represent the percentage of multihaired
cells in each genotype. Error bars represent one standard deviation.
Statistical significance of the difference between two pairs of genotypes was
determined using a
2 2x2 contingency test
(P<0.001). Significant enhancement of the
en-GAL4>UAS-pblRNAi phenotype was seen when flies were
heterozygous for RhoA72R, cit1 or
Df(3)iro-2 alleles.