med-1 encodes a GATA-type transcription factor; med-1 is an immediate target of maternal SKN-1 and, in the early embryo, participates in specifying the mesendoderm; MED-1 functions upstream of the END-1 and END-3 GATA-type transcription factors in endodermal cell fate specification.
Enables sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Involved in endodermal cell fate specification and pharynx development. Located in nucleus. Expressed in several structures, including MSaaaap; MSaapap; MSappp; MSppapa; and MSppapp.
Map position created from combination of previous interpolated map position (based on known location of sequence) and allele information. Therefore this is not a genetic map position based on recombination frequencies or genetic experiments. This was done on advice of the CGC.