WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr1486

• Pattern: Each isoform of gap-2 showed a distinct tissue-specific expression pattern. Exon-10::gfp::lacZ gave weak but consistent staining in four cells symmetricelly localted in the vulva region, probably either vulval muscles or uterine muscles. Exon-13::gfp::lacZ was expressed in many neural cells and some muscle cells in the head region, pharyngeal muscles, pharyngeal epithelial cells, lateral hypodermal cells called seam cells from L2 to adult, and some cells in the developing vulva, typically during the L4 stage. Exon-15::gfp::lacZ exhibited strong expression in the pharyngeal muscle cells m6, in addition to several cells in the tail region. Exon-4::gfp::lacZ was expressed in pharyngeal muscles, pharyngeal epithelial cells and several rectal/blast cells in the tail region.
• Primary Identifier: Expr1486

9 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
female genital.	vulva		WBbt:0006748
type of cells that make up muscle layers in the pharynx.	pharyngeal muscle cell		WBbt:0005451
muscle associated with hermaphrodite vulva.	vulval muscle		WBbt:0005821
neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx.	head neuron		WBbt:0006751
body wall muscle in the head, including first eight cells of each muscle quadrants which are innervated by nerve ring neurons.	head muscle	head body wall muscle	WBbt:0006761
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
posterior region, from rectum to the end	tail		WBbt:0005741
muscle lining of the uterine wall.	uterine muscle		WBbt:0005342
sixth pharyngeal muscle cell layer	pm6	m6	WBbt:0003724

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00001516	gap-2	ZK899.8	Caenorhabditis elegans

1 Life Stages

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	A developemental life stage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that occurs from egg hatching until death.		postembryonic Ce	WBls:0000022