UASt regulatory sequences drive expression of an inverted repeat.
Adults expressing RootKK102209 under the control of Scer\GAL4elav-C155 show severe defects in climbing in a negative geotaxis assay.
The proximal centriole of the ciliary basal body is missing or mis-located in embryonic chordotonal neuron cilia of Scer\GAL4sca.PU RootletinKK102209 animals.
Scer\GAL4sca.PU-mediated expression results in larvae showing reduced crawling path lengths, and adults that show impaired behaviour in a climbing assay that gets progressively worse with age. Knock-down larvae are also completely unable to responds to audio tones, while knock-down adults show a reduced response rate in a grooming assay.