Function
Putative transcription factor. May function redundantly with odd and sob in leg joint formation during the larval stages, acting downstream of Notch activation. Acts in a hierarchy during foregut and hindgut patterning and morphogenesis, antagonizing lin to relieve the repressive effect on bowl. Involved in cell rearrangement during elongation of the embryonic hindgut. Regulates expression of hindgut patterning genes to establish the small intestine region of the embryonic hindgut. Required in the foregut for spatially localized gene expression and morphogenesis of the proventriculus.