FEATURES

FAMILY

DESCRIPTION

Also known as COLL_DROME, kn, col. May act as a 'second-level regulator' of head patterning. Required for establishment of the PS(-1)/PS0 parasegmental border and formation of the intercalary segment. Required for expression of the segment polarity genes hedgehog, engrailed and wingless, and the segment-identity genes CAP and collar in the intercalary segment. Required at the onset of the gastrulation for the correct formation of the mandibular segment.

EXTERNAL LINKS

uniprot
enzyme classification

kn

Transcription factor collier

kn

Molecular Synopsis