UASt regulatory sequences drive expression of an inverted repeat.
Expression of santa-mariaGD969 under the control of Scer\GAL4Hml.Δ does not result in any significantly reduced survival when infected with Leishmania amastigotes, as compared to wild type.
Expression of santa-mariaGD969 under the control of Scer\GAL4sal.BO (in combination with a Dicer-2 transgene to enhance RNAi efficiency) does not result in larval lethality at the L2/L3 transition.
Adults expressing santa-mariaGD969 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.