luciferase in Drosophila

[dhickey at maeve.genetics.uottawa.ca]

Joachim Urban writes : I was wondering if anyone has tried the luciferase system in 
Drosophila.

     We have made a series of transgenic lines in which the luciferase coding region 
is under the control of the alpha amylase promoter. These strains express high 
levels of luciferase activity. This activity is confined to the midgut and is 
repressible by dietary glucose, thus reflecting the activity pattern of the amylase 
promoter. This promoter may not be suitable for studies on early embryogenesis, but 
the system should work with any promoter.

Donal Hickey.