A 1.2kb EcoRI fragment from -3.2 to -2.0 relative to the the ems transcription start site, plus an Hsp70 basal promoter control expression of a lacZ reporter.
In embryo, starting at stage 11, expression in primordia of or cells of the posterior spiracles; starting in embryonic stage 14, expression observed in unidentified antereo-dorsal cells, just dorsal to the pharyngeal muscle.