Should be capable of producing an antisense RNA is most of the btsz coding sequence.
Expression via Scer\GAL4fkh.PH produces a weakly penetrant and variable phenotype in the embryonic salivary gland. At stage 13, when most secretory cells have invaginated from the salivary gland placode, the epidermis in the region of expression is disrupted. The glands themselves show an irregular lumen.
Originally reported to be homozygous lethal, but lethality does not segregate with insertion.