WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr13653

• Pattern: Tissues with consistent wdr-23a and wdr-23b GFP expression in three independent lines included the intestine, hypodermis, and muscle. GFP was also observed in other less-recognizable cells in the head and tail.
• Primary Identifier: Expr13653

5 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
Epidermal layer.	hypodermis	epidermis	WBbt:0005733
Contractile cell that makes up muscle tissue.	muscle cell		WBbt:0003675
posterior region, from rectum to the end	tail		WBbt:0005741
anterior-most body region containing the pharynx.	head		WBbt:0005739

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00008419	wdr-23	D2030.9	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages