UASt regulatory sequences drive expression of an inverted repeat.
Eggs from females expressing PlexBGD3150 under the control of Scer\GAL4NP1624 (together with Dicer-2, for efficient RNAi) elongate normally.
Expression of PlexBGD3150 RNAi under the control of the { Scer\GAL4[221] } or the Scer\GAL421-7 drivers results in increased dendrite non-contacting crossing in the class I or class IV dendrite arborizing neurons, respectively.
Adults expressing PlexBGD3150 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.