Transcription regulatory networks in Caenorhabditis elegans

Gene

Public Gene Name

hnd-1  

Sequence Name

C44C10.8  

WB ID

WBGene00001981  

Description

hnd-1 encodes a Hand bHLH transcription factor required for normal viability, gonadogenesis, and posterior body morphology; HND-1 is required for the formation of both somatic gonadal precursors and primordial germ cells, but not for later gonadogenesis; HND-1 is expressed embryogenesis in embryonic mesodermal precursor cells generating (mostly) body wall muscle, in somatic gonad precursor cells, and in some unidentified head cells; the primary defect in hnd-1 mutants may be, nonautonomously, in mesodermal precursor cells; somatic gonad precursor cells are normally generated in hnd-1 mutants, but not maintained.