UASt regulatory sequences drive expression of an inverted repeat.
Expression of Octβ2RGD2954 in octopaminergic neurons, under the control of Scer\GAL4Tdc2.PC, results in a significant decrease in the number of type II boutons.
Expression of Octβ2RGD2954 in both type I and type II motor neurons, under the control of Scer\GAL4futsch-C380, causes a significant reduction in the number of type II boutons. By contrast, expression in the muscle, under the control of Scer\GAL4C57, has no effect.
Expression of Octβ2RGD2954 either in octopaminergic neurons or both type I and type II motor neurons (under the control of Scer\GAL4Tdc2.PC or Scer\GAL4futsch-C380) but not in the muscle (under the control of Scer\GAL4C57), downregulates the locomotor speed response to starvation.
Expression of Octβ2RGD2954 in both type I and type II motor neurons (under the control of Scer\GAL4futsch-C380) or in type I but not type II motor neurons (under the control of Scer\GAL4BG439) results in a significant decrease in the number of type I boutons. By contrast, expression in octopamine neurons alone (under the control of Scer\GAL4Tdc2.PC) does not result in a significant decrease in the number of type I boutons.