Scer\GAL4btl.PU-mediated expression of expScer\UAS.RB results in mild chitin accumulation - by the end of embryogenesis, branches are aberrantly straight and have apparently shrank, and the lateral trunk displays a lack of cell intercalation. In addition, trachea do not fill with air.
Scer\GAL4btl.PU/expUAS.RB is a non-suppressor of embryonic/larval tracheal section phenotype of kkvIB22/kkv63-20
Scer\GAL4fkh.PU-mediated co-expression of kkvScer\UAS.T:Avic\GFP and expScer\UAS.RB results in mild chitin accumulation in the salivary glands, causing improper invagination/extension.
Scer\GAL4btl.PU-mediated expression of expScer\UAS.RB fully rescues the aberrant tracheal chitin filament defects of Df(2R)BSC879/Df(2R)ED2247 embryos.