UAS regulatory sequences drive expression of wild-type full-length Hsap\RAB7A coding sequences tagged at the N-terminal with GFP.
Larvae expressing Hsap\RAB7AScer\UAS.N.T:Avic\GFP under the control of Scer\GAL4D42 does not exhibit any defects in locomotion.
Flies expressing Hsap\RAB7AScer\UAS.N.T:Avic\GFP in sensory neurons under the control of Scer\GAL412.1 display normal themosensory activity, with less than 10% of flies remaining on a hot area (30[o]C) of a plate and not moving to a prefered colder area (at 22[o]C).
Larvae expressing Hsap\RAB7AScer\UAS.N.T:Avic\GFP under the control of Scer\GAL412.1 do not exhibit any motor defects.
Expression of Hsap\RAB7AScer\UAS.N.T:Avic\GFP under the control of Scer\GAL4221 (which drives expression in three sensory neurons per hemisegment) reveals that expression does not affect neuronal morphology or the size and complexity of the dendritic tree.