FB2026_02 , released June 18, 2026
Insertion: Dmel\Mi{Trojan-lexA:QFAD.0}ChATMI04508-TlexA:QFAD.0
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General Information
Symbol
Dmel\Mi{Trojan-lexA:QFAD.0}ChATMI04508-TlexA:QFAD.0
Species
D. melanogaster
Name
FlyBase ID
FBti0168168
Feature type
transposable_element_insertion_site
Also Known As
ChAT-LexA, Cha-LexA
Description
Inserted Element
Mi{Trojan-lexA:QFAD.0}
LINE ID
Affected gene(s)
CG7715, ChAT, Ecol\lexA
Viability / fertility
Associated allele(s)
CG7715MI04508-TlexA:QFAD.0-X, ChATMI04508-TlexA:QFAD.0, Ecol\lexAChAT-MI04508-TlexA:QFAD.0
Stock availability
1 publicly available
Genomic Location
Chromosomal Location
3R ( 91C1-91C5 )
Sequence Location
Target / Docking site
Mi{MIC}ChATMI04508
Member of Large Scale Dataset(s)
Dataset
Description
Detailed Mapping Data
Chromosome (arm)
Sequence Location
Orientation
Cytological location (computed by FlyBase)
91C1-91C5 (near gene of known cytology)
Cytological location (reported)
Insertion into Natural transposon
Comments concerning location
Sequence Data
Flanking sequence
Inserted Element
Construct
Mi{Trojan-lexA:QFAD.0}
(Diao et al., 2015)
Size (Kb)
Component Allele(s)
Molecular map
Affected Gene(s)
Insertion may affect gene
CG7715
(FlyBase, 1996-)
ChAT
(Diao et al., 2015)
Ecol\lexA
(Estacio-Gómez et al., 2020)
Variant Molecular Consequences
Phenotypic Data
Expression Data
Reporter Expression
distribution deduced from reporter (Gal4 UAS)
Stage
Tissue/Position (including subcellular localization)
Reference
embryonic stage 16 -- 17
cholinergic neuron
(Diao et al., 2015)
first instar larval stage
cholinergic neuron | subset of larval ventral nerve cord
(Babski et al., 2019)
adult stage
cholinergic neuron
(Cheong et al., 2024, Dolan et al., 2018)
Additional Information
Statement
Reference

Drives expression in cholinergic neurons.

(FlyBase Curators, 2017)

EcollexAChAT-MI04508-TlexA:QFAD.0 drives expression in neurons that use acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter.

(Diao et al., 2015)
 
Marker for
cholinergic neuron
(Cheong et al., 2024)
Reflects expression of
ChAT
(Cheong et al., 2024, Diao et al., 2015)
Reporter construct used in assay
Data on Genetic Line
Line ID
Origin as a multiple insertion line
Progenitor(s) within the Genome
Replacement descendant of (target)
Mi{MIC}ChATMI04508
(Diao et al., 2015)
Related Aberration or Balancer
Aberration
Balancer
Stocks (1)
External Crossreferences and Linkouts ( 0 )
Comments
Comments

phiC31-mediated recombination has been used to replace the attP cassette of the Mi{MIC} element with the intron phase 0 "Trojan lexA:QFAD " cassette from the pBS-KS-attB2-SA(0)-T2A-lexA:QFAD-Hsp70 plasmid.

(Diao et al., 2015)
Synonyms and Secondary IDs (14)
Reported As
Symbol Synonym
ChAMI04508-T2A-LexA-QFAD
(Wei et al., 2020)
ChAT-LexA
(Lesser et al., 2026, Jones et al., 2025, Kautzmann et al., 2025, Jones et al., 2023, Babski et al., 2019, Lacin et al., 2019, Mamiya et al., 2018)
ChAT-LexA:QFAD0
(Wohl et al., 2023)
ChAT-T2A-LexA
(Byers et al., 2021)
ChAT-Trojan-LexA
(Cheong et al., 2024)
ChATMI04508 Trojan LexA::QFAD
(Sizemore et al., 2023)
ChATMi04508-LexA
(Byers et al., 2021)
Cha-LexA
(Stern et al., 2019, Aranha et al., 2017)
ChaMI04508-LexA::QFAD
(Diao et al., 2015)
ChaMI04508-LexA:QFAD
(Aranha et al., 2017)
ChaMI04508-LexA::QFAD
(Dolan et al., 2018)
ChaT(MI04508)-LexA:QFAD
(Oliveira-Ferreira et al., 2023)
Mi{Trojan-lexA:QFAD.0}ChAT
(Cheong et al., 2024)
Mi{Trojan-lexA:QFAD.0}ChATMI04508-TlexA:QFAD.0
(Jonaitis et al., 2025, Estacio-Gómez et al., 2020, Mamiya et al., 2018)
Name Synonyms
Secondary FlyBase IDs
    References (20)