tbx-7 encodes one of 21 C. elegans T-box transcription factors; in large-scale RNAi screens for early embryonic defects, loss of tbx-7 activity results in no obvious abnormalities; thus, the precise role of tbx-7 in C. elegans development and/or behavior is not yet known.
Predicted to enable DNA-binding transcription factor activity, RNA polymerase II-specific and RNA polymerase II cis-regulatory region sequence-specific DNA binding activity. Predicted to be involved in cell fate specification and regulation of transcription by RNA polymerase II. Predicted to be located in nucleus. Predicted to be part of transcription regulator complex.
Sequence connection updated to .8 from .6 as the original .6 gene prediction has been split into two. [krb 030411]
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.