UAS regulatory sequences drive expression of a short inverted repeat.
Expression of Lgr3HMC04196 (together with UAS-Dicer2 to enhance RNAi efficiency) under the control of Scer\GAL4αTub84B.PL alleviates the growth inhibition of undamaged (anterior) tissues - eye discs - in third instar larvae (104 hr after egg laying, AEL) following targeted irradiation (limited to posterior tissues and administered in late second instar, at 80 hr AEL) which is observed in wild-type larvae and also strongly reduces the developmental delay the regenerative growth of damaged tissues normally produces.