LAP-1 gene is expressed throughout the life cycle. While there appears to be marginally less LAP-1 message at 2 h and 40 h, corresponding to early L1 and young adult stages respectively, LAP-1 appears to be constitutively expressed. Densitometric analysis of LAP-1 expression compared to the housekeeping gene
ama-1 shows some variation in LAP-1 expression but this appears to be unrelated to moulting.