WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr709

• Pattern: Expression first detected in embryos though to adulthood. In L1, strong staining detected in the pharynx and in 2 laterally located cells (NLS-lacZ staining). The pharyngeal cells are muscle cells which occupy most of the body of the pharynx and the lateral cells were CAN neurons based on the position of the nucleus and axon morphology. Both pharyngeal muscle and CAN neurons express reporter as embryo through to adulthood. Also stained were several cells in the tail region. These include the B and Y cells (forming male spicule) from L1 to adult, the hypodermal blast cells T in the L1 and some of its progeny in later stages. In L1, subset of cells in ventral nerve cord and DA identified as DB neurons (cholinergic motor neurons innervating dorsal body wall muscles) stain. Cells identified by GFP: GFP without NLS revealed expression in distal tip cells (DTC) spermatheca and uterus. It is not clear if GFP is expressed by somatic cells of the gonad or by the germline cells (namely sperm) in the spermatheca. Expression in uterus was seen outside the embryos. It is not clear which cells expressed the reporter in uterus although observation of NLS-lacZ and NLS-GFP indicated that some somatic cells of the gonad expressed CePAKGFP without NLS. There is expression in many hypodermal cells surrounding the embryos during the morphogenetic stage. C-terminus two amino-acids of CePAK replaced with GFP coding sequence and fusion protein was expressed from the CePAK promoter used to analyze intracellular localization (pCPK2.77). CePAK GFP was enriched at cell surface in pharyngeal muscle cells especially condensed at cell boundaries. In CAN neurons CePAK GFP detected in cell bodies and along the axons. CePAK GFP localized to cell bodies and their processes running along the excretory canal on the lateral surface of adults.
• Primary Identifier: Expr709
• Remark: This information was extracted from published material (Archana Sharma-Oates, Andrew Mounsey and Ian A. Hope).

14 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
an accordion-like tube that contains sperm and is the site of oocyte fertilization.	spermatheca		WBbt:0005319
type of cells that make up muscle layers in the pharynx.	pharyngeal muscle cell		WBbt:0005451
Epidermal layer.	hypodermis	epidermis	WBbt:0005733
Anterior distal tip cell, inhibit meiosis in neighbouring germ cells, lead gonad during morphogenesis, herm gonad	anterior distal tip cell	gon herm dtc A	WBbt:0004520
Posterior distal tip cell, inhibit meiosis in neighbouring germ cells, lead gonad during morphogenesis, herm gonad	posterior distal tip cell	gon herm dtc P	WBbt:0004506
The organ in which the eggs are developed and protected until laid.	uterus		WBbt:0006760
Neuron class of seven motoneurons that innervate dorsal muscles and have cell bodies in the ventral cord.	DB neuron		WBbt:0005274
Neuron class of nine ventral cord motor neuron, innervates dorsal muscle.	DA neuron		WBbt:0005278
Process runs along excretory canal, no synapses, essential for survival	CANL	lineage name: ABalapaaapa	WBbt:0004949
Process runs along excretory canal, no synapses, essential for survival	CANR	lineage name: ABalappappa	WBbt:0004947
Tail seam hypodermal cell, postembryonic blast cell, functions as phasmid socket in L1	TL	lineage name: ABplappppp	WBbt:0004946
Tail seam hypodermal cell, postembryonic blast cell, functions as phasmid socket in L1	TR	lineage name: ABprappppp	WBbt:0004944
Rectal cell, postembryonic blast cell in male	B cell	lineage name: ABprppppapa	WBbt:0003825
Rectal cell at hatching, becomes PDA in hermaphrodite, postembryonic blast cell in male	Y cell	lineage name: ABprpppaaaa	WBbt:0004578

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00003911	pak-1	C09B8.7	Caenorhabditis elegans

6 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
	The third stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 32.5-40 hours after fertilization, 18.5-26 hours after hatch.		L3 larva Ce	WBls:0000035
	The second stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 25.5-32.5 hours after fertilization, 11.5-18.5 hours after hatch.		L2 larva Ce	WBls:0000027
	The fourth stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 40-49.5 hours after fertilization, 26-35.5 hours after hatch.		L4 larva Ce	WBls:0000038
	The first stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 14-25.5 hours after fertilization, 0-11.5 hours after hatch.		L1 larva Ce	WBls:0000024
	The whole period of embryogenesis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, from the formation of an egg until hatching.		embryo Ce	WBls:0000003