Function
Under harsh environmental conditions, larvae enter a developmentally arrested state known as dauer; TGF-beta-like daf-7 acts to inhibit dauer larva formation and promote growth. May be a ligand to cell surface receptor daf-4. May act as a negative regulator of dauer larva development by transducing chemosensory information from ASI neurons.
Biological Context
Subcellular Location: Secreted
Tissue Specificity: Expressed in the chemosensory neurons, including in the ASJ neurons in males. Expressed in the ASI neurons
Product Specifications
Recombinant Caenorhabditis elegans Dauer larva development regulatory growth factor daf-7 (daf-7) is a recombinant protein from Caenorhabditis elegans, expressed in E.coli, covering amino acids 235-350aa, with N-terminal 10xHis-tagged and C-terminal Myc-tagged tag, molecular weight 18.1kDa, purity Greater than 90% as determined by SDS-PAGE.. Suitable for ELISA and Western Blot applications. Explore more Growth Factor proteins →
