WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr10536

• Pattern: Pklp-4::GFP is expressed in the pharynx, the intestine and throughout the nervous system including the nerve ring, and the lateral, dorsal and ventral nerve cords. This klp-4 expression pattern is consistent with previous expression studies (McKay et al., 2003; Hunt-Newbury et al., 2007). In addition, Pklp-4::GFP is expressed in many head, tail and ventral cord neurons, including glr-1-expressing neurons based on the overlapping expression pattern of Pklp-4::GFP and a glr-1 transcriptional reporter (Pglr-1::dsRED).
• Primary Identifier: Expr10536

10 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
neuron with cell body associated with the ventral nerve cord.	ventral cord neuron	ventral cord motoneuron	WBbt:0005300
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
a large process bundle that runs along the vental mid-line extending from the ventral region of the nerve ring.	ventral nerve cord	ventral cord	WBbt:0005829
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
Complement of nervous tissue (neurones, nerves, receptors and support cells) serving to detect, relay and coordinate information about an animal`s internal and external environments and to initiate and integrate its effector responses and activities.	nervous system		WBbt:0005735
neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx.	head neuron		WBbt:0006751
neuron with its cell body situated in the tail, posterior to rectum.	tail neuron		WBbt:0006759
the most extensive region of neuropil in the animal, consists of a large toroidal bundle of processes.	nerve ring	circumpharyngeal nerve ring	WBbt:0006749
a bundle of nerve processes that runs along the dorsal mid-line of the animal.	dorsal nerve cord	dorsal cord	WBbt:0006750
nerve cord positioned at the lateral flanks of the animal, consists of processes of the neuron classes BDU, CAN, PVD and ALA.	lateral nerve cord		WBbt:0006769

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00002217	klp-4	F56E3.3	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages