WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr12130

• Pattern: nkat-1p::gfp was consistently expressed in head neurons with occasional weak transgene expression in the gonad and intestine. Based on their axonal projections and cell body positions, two of the nkat-1p active neurons were identified as RMDV and RIM pairs of neurons, which are directly adjacent to nmr-1-expressing AVA and AVD neurons, respectively. Only sporadic, weak mCherry expression could be observed in RIM. The third nkat-1p active neuron situated dorsal to the nerve ring with an axon projection along the dorsal nerve cord was identified as RID. Thus, with the potential exception of RIM, nkat-1 is likely expressed in neurons that lack NMDA receptors but are in close anatomical proximity to those that do (White et al., 1986).
• Primary Identifier: Expr12130

7 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
Neuron class of one ring motoneuron, projects along dorsal cord, innervates dorsal body muscle.	RID	lineage name: ABalappaapa	WBbt:0003938
organ producing either sperm or ova.	gonad		WBbt:0005175
Ring motor neuron	RIML	lineage name: ABplppaapap	WBbt:0003926
Ring motor neuron	RIMR	lineage name: ABprppaapap	WBbt:0005053
Ring motor neuron/interneuron, many synapses	RMDVL	lineage name: ABalppapaaa	WBbt:0005031
Ring motor neuron/interneuron, many synapses	RMDVR	lineage name: ABarapppaaa	WBbt:0005029

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00009232	nkat-1	F28H6.3	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages