WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr7824

• Pattern: Previously, Pins-7::gfp was reported to be expressed exclusively in neurons (see Expr869). However, authors observed that some animals carrying Pins-7::gfp (about 12%) also expressed Pins-7::gfp in intestinal cells. In addition, intestinal (but not neuronal) Pins-7::gfp expression increased with age. On day 8 of adulthood, about 30% of animals exhibited intestinal Pins-7::gfp expression. Not every intestinal cell expressed Pins-7::gfp in these animals. Instead, apparently random subsets of intestinal cells expressed the transgene in different animals.
• Primary Identifier: Expr7824
• Remark: Picture: Fig. 2. Reporter gene fusion type not specified.

2 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
Major cell type of nervous tissue, specialized for transmission of information in the form of patterns of impulses.	neuron	neurone	WBbt:0003679

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00002090	ins-7	ZK1251.2	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages