WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr12960

• Pattern: RSD-3::GFP fusion protein was expressed in all somatic tissues including the pharynx, neurons, excretory canal, coelomocytes, intestine, body-wall muscles, hypodermis and seam cells. The RSD-3::GFP fusion protein was diffusely distributed in the cytoplasm and also localized in a punctate pattern in most tissues, indicating that RSD-3 associates with some organelles or vesicles (see Expr12959). Expression of RSD-3 was previously reported to be high in the coelomocytes, but in our observation, the expression level of RSD-3::GFP in coelomocytes was comparable with those in other tissues.
• Primary Identifier: Expr12960

8 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
Longitudinal bands of muscle cells surrounding animal body, with one band running in each quadrant of the body, regulated contraction and relaxation of these muscles cause locomotion.	body wall musculature	body muscle	WBbt:0005813
Epidermal layer.	hypodermis	epidermis	WBbt:0005733
the feeding organ, a neuro-muscular pump in the head of the animal, used to ingest food, bacteria suspended in liquid, filter them out, grind them up and transport posteriorly into the instestine.	pharynx	esophagus	WBbt:0003681
Major cell type of nervous tissue, specialized for transmission of information in the form of patterns of impulses.	neuron	neurone	WBbt:0003679
a group of hypodermal cells that lie along the apical midline of the hypodermis, at the extreme left and right sides between nose and tail	seam cell	lateral hypodermis	WBbt:0005753
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
Four processes (canals) of the excretory canal cell each contain a central collecting lumen which feeds to a central lumenal canal in the cell body; the central canal forms a specialized membrane to release fluids into the excretory duct. These five canals form a continuous H-shaped channel which extends almost the full length of the body, generally in contact with the lateral hypodermis and the pseudocoelom.	excretory canal	canal	WBbt:0005775

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00004682	rsd-3	C34E11.1	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages