WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr14580

• Pattern: In adult males, the SWM-1::mCherry protein was present, as expected, in cells in which we observed the transcriptional reporter [Expr14579]: vas deferens cuboidal cells, diagonal muscles and body wall muscles. Within cuboidal cells, SWM-1::mCherry was contained within large vesicles that were closely associated with the apical membrane, which are not well-characterized but have been shown to contain seminal fluid (Smith and Stanfield, 2011; Lints and Hall, 2009; Kimble and Hirsh, 1979). In muscle cells, we observed SWM-1::mCherry at low levels that appeared to be concentrated near the cell cortex. Interestingly, in jn62[swm-1::mCherry], SWM-1::mCherry was also visible in anterior body wall muscles, rather than being restricted to the posterior region, corresponding to slightly higher levels of rescue and protein expression as compared with the Pswm-1 MosSCI reporter strain.
• Primary Identifier: Expr14580

4 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
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
specialized muscle in the male.	diagonal muscle	dgl	WBbt:0005815
Gonochoristic organism that can produce male gametes.	male	male organism	WBbt:0007850
cell of cuboidal morphology in male vas deferens.	vas deferens cuboidal cell		WBbt:0008444

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00023417	swm-1	C25E10.9	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages