UASt regulatory sequences drive expression of an inverted repeat.
Adults expressing TMS1GD2493 under the control of the cardioblast-specific Scer\GAL4tin.CΔ4 driver show significantly reduced survival on day 6 after a shift to 29[o]C compared to control flies.
Adults expressing TMS1GD2493 under the control of Scer\GAL4elav.PLu (in the presence of Dcr-2Scer\UAS.cDa to increase the efficiency of RNAi) do not show a significant defect in avoidance of noxious temperature (46[o]C) compared to control flies.
Similarly to wild-type cells in competition with dmαTub84B.PBb expressing cells, cell clones expressing TMS1GD2493 driven by Scer\GAL4αTub84B.PBb are eliminated during cell competition from a growing population of wing imaginal disc cells.