The ncd promoter drives expression of a fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET)-based sensor that is designed to measure tension along the kinesin motor encoded by the ncd gene. The sensor consists of the full-length, wild-type ncd coding sequence with a tension-sensing module (TSmod) inserted at K210 near the tail-stalk junction. The tension-sensing module comprises two fluorescent proteins - mTFP1 (FRET donor) and Venus (FRET acceptor) - separated from each other by a stretchable domain from spider silk (PMID:20613844). Under low tension high FRET is produced, but under high tension, the two fluorophores move further apart, reducing the FRET signal.