WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr14298

• Pattern: pcdr-1p::GFP expression was observed in ciliated neurons in the head and neurons in the ventral nerve cord (VNC). In the VNC pcdr-1p::GFP expression co-localised with acr-2p::mCherry, which marks the cholinergic motor neurons, however we also observed GFP positive cell bodies which were not colocalised with this marker suggesting that PCDR-1 is expressed in both cholinergic andnon-cholinergic neurons in the VNC. we also observed expression of pcdr-1p::GFP in the vulval muscles and in non-neuronal cells in the tail. To determine the identity of these non-neuronal cells we co-expressed mCherry from a 1.3Kb fragment of the egl-5 promoter that drives expression in rectal epithelial cells. pcdr-1p::GFP expression co-localised with egl-5p::mCherry indicating that PCDR-1 was expressed in the rectal epithelium.
• Primary Identifier: Expr14298

5 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
muscle associated with hermaphrodite vulva.	vulval muscle		WBbt:0005821
neuron that uses vesicular acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter.	cholinergic neuron	ACh neuron	WBbt:0006840
epithelium connecting intestine and anus.	rectal epithelium		WBbt:0005800
neuron type, neurons that have ciliated nerve endings.	ciliated neuron		WBbt:0006816

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00010329	pcdr-1	F59D12.1	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages