CELE_Y8G1A.2, opu-13, Y8G1A.2

inx-13 encodes an innexin, an integral transmembrane channel protein that is a structural component of invertebrate gap junctions; INX-13 is essential for larval development and osmoregulation, and may be a component of the gap junctions that link the excretory and hypodermal cells; INX-13 is expressed embryonically in hypodermis and post-embryonically, in hypodermal seam cells, the excretory cell, and the developing vulva and spermatheca; in hypodermal cells, INX-13 localizes to the plasma membrane at points of contact between adjacent cells.

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