[Buechner M] exc for excretory canal defect. Canals are very short and consist of a series of vacuoles. 100% penetrant. Usually visible by low-power microscopy.
[C.elegansII] rh90 : excretory canal defect. Canals are very short and consist of a series of vacuoles. Luminal coat partly detached, floats in canal.100% penetrant.Usually visible by low-power microscopy. Affects tail spike ??? OA1: rh105. [NJ]
ifc-2 encodes three isoforms of an intermediate filament protein dispensable for viability but required for normal movement, growth rate, body size, body shape, and cuticle strength; IFC-2 is present in the cytoplasm of intestinal cells, and at the desmosomes of intestinal and pharyngeal cells.
Predicted to be a structural constituent of cytoskeleton. Involved in post-embryonic digestive tract morphogenesis. Located in cytoplasm and desmosome. Expressed in several structures, including excretory canal; pharyngeal-intestinal valve; pharynx; rectal valve cell; and uterus. Human ortholog(s) of this gene implicated in several diseases, including Dowling-Degos disease; ichthyosis (multiple); and palmoplantar keratosis (multiple). Is an ortholog of several human genes including KRT1 (keratin 1); KRT2 (keratin 2); and KRT3 (keratin 3).
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.