WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr14587

• Pattern: The integrated smoc-1 transcriptional reporter showed strong GFP expression. GFP was first detectable in several cells located in the anterior of bean stage embryos. In the developing larvae, GFP is expressed in cells of the pharynx, the intestine and the posterior hypodermis. Pharyngeal cells expressing smoc-1p::gfp include the epithelial cells e2, the marginal cells mc1 and mc2, the M4 neuron, and all six of the pharyngeal/intestinal valve cells. Cells of the posterior hypodermis expressing smoc-1p::gfp include hyp8, hyp9, hyp10, and hyp11. Expression in these tissues persisted from the L1 larval stage through adulthood. We noted that while all transgenic animals showed GFP expression in the pharynx and the posterior hypodermis, a small fraction of animals (~8%) did not exhibit GFP expression in all or some of the intestinal cells. We observed no GFP expression in any other tissues, including the nerve cord, body wall muscles (BWMs), or the M lineage.
• Primary Identifier: Expr14587

12 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
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
Tail ventral hypodermis, 9th hypodermis cell	hyp9		WBbt:0004380
Tail ventral hypodermis	hyp10	lineage name: ABplppppppp	WBbt:0004378
Tail ventral hypodermis, 8th hypodermis cell	hyp8		WBbt:0004381
Tail dorsal hypodermis	hyp11	lineage name: Cpappv	WBbt:0004377
marginal cell, type 1.	mc1		WBbt:0003709
marginal cell, type 2.	mc2		WBbt:0003708
Neuron class of one pharyngeal motorneuron.	M4 neuron	lineage name: MSpaaaaaa	WBbt:0004467
pharyngeal epithelial cell, type 2.	e2		WBbt:0003716
cell that makes up the pharyngeal-intestinal valve.	pharyngeal-intestinal valve cell		WBbt:0007848

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00011437	smoc-1	T04F3.2	Caenorhabditis elegans

3 Life Stages

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	The stage that begins when a C.elegans individual is fully-developed and has reached maturity.		adult Ce	WBls:0000041
	A developmental life stage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that occurs from egg hatching until adulthood.		larva Ce	WBls:0000023
	The C. elegans life stage spanning 350-390min after first cleavage at 20 Centigrade. Cell number remains at ~560 cells, with some new cells generated and some cells go through programmed cell death. Emrbyo elongation started but have not formed comma shape yet. The shape of embryo looks like a lima bean. A stage right before comma embryo. Also called lima embryo or lima bean stage.		bean embryo Ce	WBls:0000016