WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr2200

• Pattern: In males, MAB-23::GFP is observed in several sex-specific cell types during larval development and in the adult, including the A-type ray sensory neurons, ventral male-specific muscles, and unidentified neurons of the male posterior ventral nerve cord. MAB-23::GFP is also detected in a limited number of non-sex-specific tissues in the adult male, including 6-8 unidentified neurons of the head, ventral body wall muscle, and the PHCL/R neurons. It is transiently expressed during larval development in the hindgut and in the tail spike. Many of these MAB-23::GFP-positive tissues have identifiable defects in mab-23 males (ray neurons, tail hypodermis, sex muscles, and hindgut). In adult hermaphrodites, the same set of non-sex-specific tissues are MAB-23::GFP positive as in the male. In addition, MAB-23::GFP is expressed in several hermaphrodite-specific tissues that contribute to the egg-laying apparatus, namely the ventral uterus and spermatheca of the oviduct and the Hermaphrodite Specific Neurons(HSN).
• Primary Identifier: Expr2200

42 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
an accordion-like tube that contains sperm and is the site of oocyte fertilization.	spermatheca		WBbt:0005319
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
Longitudinal bands of muscle cells surrounding animal body, with one band running in each quadrant of the body, regulated contraction and relaxation of these muscles cause locomotion.	body wall musculature	body muscle	WBbt:0005813
neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx.	head neuron		WBbt:0006751
The organ in which the eggs are developed and protected until laid.	uterus		WBbt:0006760
Herm. specific motor neurons (die in male embryo), innervate vulval muscles, serotonergic	HSNL	lineage name: ABplapppappa	WBbt:0004758
Herm. specific motor neurons (die in male embryo), innervate vulval muscles, serotonergic	HSNR	lineage name: ABprapppappa	WBbt:0004757
Tail ventral hypodermis, 9th hypodermis cell	hyp9		WBbt:0004380
Tail ventral hypodermis	hyp10	lineage name: ABplppppppp	WBbt:0004378
Tail ventral hypodermis, 8th hypodermis cell	hyp8		WBbt:0004381
Tail dorsal hypodermis	hyp11	lineage name: Cpappv	WBbt:0004377
	spicule retractor muscle		WBbt:0005827
	spicule protractor muscle		WBbt:0005826
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V6L.pppapaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R4AL	lineage name: V6L.pppapaaa	WBbt:0004030
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V6R.pppapaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R4AR	lineage name: V6R.pppapaaa	WBbt:0004029
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V6L.papapaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R2AL	lineage name: R2L.aaa	WBbt:0004042
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V6R.papapaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R2AR	lineage name: R2R.aaa	WBbt:0004041
specialized muscle type in the posterior of adult male.	longitudinal male muscle	mu_male_long	WBbt:0006909
specialized muscle in the male.	diagonal muscle	dgl	WBbt:0005815
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V6L.pppppaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R6AL	lineage name: V6L.pppppaaa	WBbt:0004018
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V6R.pppppaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R6AR	lineage name: V6R.pppppaaa	WBbt:0004016
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V5L.pppppaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R1AL	lineage name: R1L.aaa	WBbt:0004052
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V5R.pppppaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R1AR	lineage name: R1R.aaa	WBbt:0004050
Male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet	R9AR	lineage name: TR.appapaaa	WBbt:0003970
Male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet	R7AR	lineage name: TR.apappaaa	WBbt:0004002
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V6R.ppppaaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R5AR	lineage name: V6R.ppppaaaa	WBbt:0004023
Male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet	R9AL	lineage name: TL.appapaaa	WBbt:0003971
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree TL.apappaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R7AL	lineage name: TL.apappaaa	WBbt:0004006
Post-embryonic cell of pedigree V6R.papppaaa, male sensory rays, neuron, striated rootlet.	R3AR	lineage name: V6R.papppaaa	WBbt:0004035

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00003114	mab-23	C32C4.5	Caenorhabditis elegans

1 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