Fly gut transcriptome under starvation
Drosophila melanogaster NP3253 is a Gal4 enhancer trap strain. When some neurons are artificially inactivated using this strain (NP3253>Kir2.1), fly becomes susceptible to microbiota. NP3253>Kir fly is also sensitive to starvation. To address this mechanism, RNA-seq of fly gut was performed, when the neurons were inactivated (NP3253>Kir2.1) or normally active (NP3253>GFP) in feeding or starvation condition under germ-free environment.