WormMine: AnatomyTerm WBbt:0007803

• Definition: cell that engulfs a cell undergoing programmed cell death (PCD, apoptosis).
• Name: engulfing cell
• Primary Identifier: WBbt:0007803

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0 Expression Clusters

3 Expression Patterns

• Primary Identifier: Marker40
• Remark: Picture: N.A.
• Pattern: Expressed in engulfing cells.

• Primary Identifier: Expr14764
• Pattern: RME-4 is widely expressed and found in the linker cell and in its engulfing cells.

• Primary Identifier: Expr12121
• Pattern: In C. elegans, the PSR-1 protein appears to be present at an extremely low level, as it cannot be detected by more than 20 different monoclonal and polyclonal antibodies raised against PSR-1 that show high affinity to recombinant PSR-1. Using a single-copy psr-1 transgene tagged with an ultrasensitive 3xFlag epitope, PSR-1 expression was detected in C. elegans by immunoblotting, but was not observed in living cells by immunostaining. Importantly, PSR-1 was concentrated on the surface of some apoptotic germ cells and formed a punctate circle on apoptotic cells, similar to that formed by the CED-1 phagocyte receptor.

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1 Parents

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
a cellular object that consists of subcellular components, expresses genes or functions.	Cell	Cell type	WBbt:0004017