7.1kb genomic sim SalI-EcoRI fragment, consisting of late promoter sequences upstream of exon 1 plus 200bp of 5' untranslated sequences (coordinates 3 to 10.1kb in FBrf0047633 and FBrf0039845), drives lacZ expression.
Comment: reference states 5 hr AEL
sim expression from the late promoter was assayed with a EcollacZ reporter construct. Expression is first detected in the ventral midline at hour 5 of embryogenesis and continues through germ band retraction. The activity of the early and late promoters overlap but expression from the early promoter starts about and hour earlier.