WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr4281

• Pattern: The wrk-1 gene is expressed in ventral midline cells, namely in the eMNs. Additional expression is observed in a subset of head neurons, including interneurons (AIY class), sensory neurons (ASI class), and head motoneurons (SMDV/D class), and glial-type sheath and socket cells. Outside the nervous system, the most prominent sites of wrk-1 expression include the intestine, excretory gland cell, distal tip cell, and coelomocytes.
• Primary Identifier: Expr4281
• Reporter Gene: [wrk-1::TM-gfp] translational fusion. wrk-1 expression was determined by means of a reporter construct (wrk1::TM::gfp), in which 4 kb of sequences upstream of the ATG start codon, all exons, and the first three introns of the wrk-1 locus were fused in frame to gfp. This construct is able to rescue the phenotype of wrk-1 mutant animals. See Transgene otEx2389. [wrk-1::gfp] transcriptional fusion in which 4 kb of sequences upstream of the ATG start codon was fused to GFP. See Transgene otEx203 [wrk-1::gfp] translational fusion. See Transgene otEx2522.

15 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
A chain of very large cuboidal cells forming a wide central lumen in which food arrives from the posterior pharynx, is digested, and from which waste products proceed to the rectum. Intestinal rings form in groups of two and four cells surrounding the common lumen; thus the epithelium is only one cell deep at any point, with neighboring cells firmly secured to their neighbors by apical adherens junctions. These cells have very large nuclei and many large vacuoles, yolk granules, and other inclusions; the latter increase in number and electron density as the animal ages.	intestine	gut	WBbt:0005772
An interfacial epithelial cell which forms a distal cap on a sheath cell to bind the sheath of a sensillum to the neighboring hypodermis, via adherens junctions. There is often a narrow opening through the socket from the exterior into the sheath channel, allowing ciliated dendrites to be exposed to the external environment. The socket cell functions similarly to a glial cell.	socket cell		WBbt:0005750
Anterior distal tip cell, inhibit meiosis in neighbouring germ cells, lead gonad during morphogenesis, herm gonad	anterior distal tip cell	gon herm dtc A	WBbt:0004520
Posterior distal tip cell, inhibit meiosis in neighbouring germ cells, lead gonad during morphogenesis, herm gonad	posterior distal tip cell	gon herm dtc P	WBbt:0004506
gland cell of the secretory-excretory system, sends processes to ring, opens into excretory duct.	excretory gland cell	exc gl	WBbt:0005776
Amphid interneuron	AIYL	lineage name: ABplpapaaap	WBbt:0003963
Amphid interneuron	AIYR	lineage name: ABprpapaaap	WBbt:0003961
a structural (glial) cell which forms an specialized environment surrounding the sensory ending(s) of one or more neurons; sometimes accompanied by a more distal socket cell. In early development of the sensory nerves and of the nerve ring some sheath cells (cephalics and labials) may also provide a substrate for axon guidance	neuronal sheath cell	pocket cell	WBbt:0005811
A free-floating spherical cell lying in the pseudocoelomic cavity of larvae and adult C. elegans which can endocytose many compounds, possibly for immune surveillance. There are six coelomocytes in adult hermaphrodites, and they display prominent cytoplasmic inclusions and vacuoles.	coelomocyte		WBbt:0005751
one member of amphid neurons, single ciliated ending, probably chemo-sensory; project into ring via commissure from ventral ganglion, make diverse synaptic connections in ring neuropil	ASIL	lineage name: ABplaapapppa	WBbt:0003888
one member of Amphid neurons, single ciliated endings, probably chemo-sensory; project into ring via commissure from ventral ganglion, make diverse synaptic connections in ring neuropil	ASIR	lineage name: ABpraapapppa	WBbt:0003887
Ring motor neuron/interneuron, has a posteriorly direct ed process that runs sublaterally	SMDVL	lineage name: ABalppappaa	WBbt:0004970
Ring motor neuron/interneuron, has a posteriorly direct ed process that runs sublaterally	SMDVR	lineage name: ABarappppaa	WBbt:0004969
Ring motor neuron/interneuron, has a posteriorly direct ed process that runs sublaterally	SMDDL	lineage name: ABplpapaaaa	WBbt:0004972
Ring motor neuron/interneuron, has a posteriorly direct ed process that runs sublaterally	SMDDR	lineage name: ABprpapaaaa	WBbt:0004971

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00006942	wrk-1	F41D9.3	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages