UAS regulatory sequences drive expression of Ctr1C sequences corresponding to Ctr1C-PA (FBpp0085111).
Strong, ubiquitous expression of Ctr1CScer\UAS.cSb under the control of Scer\GAL4Act5C.PU is lethal when the flies are raised on normal food. Such flies can be partially rescued by growing them on food supplemented with the copper chelator BCS.
Strong, eye-specific expression of Ctr1CScer\UAS.cSb (through the M{UAS-Ctr1C.S}51D insertion) under the control of Scer\GAL4GMR.PF leads to severely disrupted eye morphology (the rigid quasi-crystalline pattern of the ommatidia is lost and ommatidia are fused, leading to an uneven eye surface; in addition, overall eye shape is changed) when raised on normal food. This rough eye phenotype can be fully rescued by the addition of the copper chelator BCS.