lbp-1 encodes a predicted secreted fatty acid binding protein (FABP) that is similar to the Ascaris suum secreted FABP As-p18; by homology, LBP-1 is predicted to function in sequestering or transporting small hydrophobic molecules such as lipids and steroid hormones; an lbp-1::gfp promoter fusion is expressed in the embryo, beginning at gastrulation, in presumptive hypodermal precursors; lbp-1::gfp hypodermal expression continues in hyp7 nuclei through hatching and is then seen only in one ventral cord neuron from the L1 to adult stages; an LBP-1::GFP fusion construct that contains the predicted LBP-1 secretory signal is secreted into the perivitelline fluid prior to hatching.
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.