grd-14 encodes a hedgehog-like protein, with an N-terminal signalsequence and a C-terminal Ground domain; the Ground domain is predictedto form a cysteine-crosslinked protein involved in intercellularsignalling, and it has subtle similarity to the N-terminal Hedge domainof HEDGEHOG proteins; GRD-14 is required for normal growth to full size,locomotion, and vulval morphogenesis; all of these requirements mayreflect common defects in cholesterol-dependent hedgehog-like signallingor in vesicle trafficking.
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.