CELE_F21C3.5, F21C3.5

pfd-6 encodes a putative prefoldin 6 subunit, orthologous to human PFDN6 (OMIM:605660), required for normal microtubule growth and distal tip cell migration; PFD-6 is expressed cytoplasmically in most, if not all, tissues, including the germline; in mass RNAi assays, PFD-6 is required for normal mitotic spindle position, embryonic and larval viability, fertility, body shape, vulval development, and locomotion, and for normally rapid growth; pfd-6(RNAi) embryos show a reduced microtubule growth rate.

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