Figure 1. The Kallmann syndrome gene
kal-1 in C. elegans. (A) Schematic domain structure of the Kallmann syndrome proteins in humans (Hs), worms (Ce), and flies (Dm). Pairwise similarities of domains between proteins were calculated by aligning the domains as predicted by SMART. WAP, whey acidic protein domain; Fn(III), fibronectin III motif; SS, signal sequence. (B) Schematic drawing of the gene structure of C. elegans
kal-1 (located on cosmid K03D10) and the transcriptional reporter fusion with green fluorescent protein (gfp) and the
unc-54 3' untranslated region. (C) Expression pattern of the
kal-1::gfp reporter construct in transgenic animals (otIs33IV).