Transcription regulatory networks in Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene

Public Gene Name

egl-13  

Sequence Name

T22B7.1  

WB ID

WBGene00001182  

Description

egl-13 encodes a SOX domain transcription factor; egl-13 is required for maintenance of the uterine pi cell fate; mutations in egl-13 affect the cell fusion process that makes the vulval-uterine connection and consequently egg laying; egl-13 is expressed in the pi cells, transiently expressed in the rho lineage, in the anchor cell following fusion, and in neurons, body wall muscles, and intestinal cells; egl-13 expression during pi cell fate specification is dually controlled by LAG-1 and FOS-1/JUN-1.