Transcription regulatory networks in Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene

Public Gene Name

ceh-13  

Sequence Name

R13A5.5  

WB ID

WBGene00000437  

Description

a homolog of Hox genes of labial/Hox1 type; affects viability, body shape and anterior patterning during embryogenesis, interacts genetically with hox genes; and is expressed in A, D, E and MS lineages in the early embryo, and in the anterior dorsal hypodermal cells, anterior body wall muscle cells, and in the cells of the prospective ventral nerve cord at the comma stage; and in the ventral nerve cord and and ventral and dorsal hypodermal cells in L1 larvae.