Gene
- Public Gene Name
- lsy-2
- Sequence Name
- F49H12.1
- WB ID
- WBGene00003087
- Description
- lsy-2 encodes a novel C2H2 zinc-finger transcription factor that is most closely related to other nematode zinc-finger proteins; during development, lsy-2 is required for the left-right asymmetry of the ASE neurons; specifically, lsy-2 is required in ASEL for regulating the expression of the lsy-6 miRNA that controls the asymmetric expression of guanylyl cyclase chemoreceptors; a LSY-2::GFP reporter fusion is expressed ubiquitously from the 50-cell stage of embryogenesis through adulthood with expression seen in both ASEL and ASER; expression is localized to moving nuclear punctae.
