A 4010 base pair fragment from the flanking non-coding or intronic region of Ast-C is fused upstream of a Drosophila core synthetic promoter (DSCP) that is followed by sequence encoding a GAL4 driver.
abnormal sleep | adult stage | conditional, with Gthe\ACR1UAS.d.EYFP
Optogenetic inhibition (using Gthe\ACR1UAS.d.EYFP with 540 nm (green) light) of Scer\GAL4GMR67F03 cells significantly reduces sleep, compared to controls.