Multiple transcription factors directly regulate Hox gene lin-39 expression in ventral hypodermal cells of the C. elegans embryo and larva, including the hypodermal fate regulators LIN-26 and ELT-6

Table 2 Decreases in lin-39::GFP expression in embryonic P cells in transcription factor RNAi animals

smg-1; lin-39::GFP animals were grown on bacteria expressing dsRNA for each transcription factor or the control vector and GFP expression in the P cells (P5 – P8) of embryos laid by these animals was examined. The percentage of animals having a wild-type intensity of GFP in all four P cells based on visual observation is indicated. ‘N’ = number of embryos scored. ‘*’ indicates P < 0.05 compared to control (Fisher’s exact test).

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