ZK970.7 encodes, along with C06A8.3, one of two C. elegans proteins with similarity to the Onchocerca volvulus Ov17 hypodermal antigen; ZK970.7 expression increases in lin-35; slr-2 doubly mutant animals and in response to stressors such as ionizing radiation and bacterial infection.
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.