WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr8030

• Pattern: GFP accumulated in late embryos, all larval stages, and adult animals. dkf-2 promoter activity was robust but restricted to 18 cells comprising the intestine and two additional cells positioned near the posterior bulb of the pharynx. Apparently, the remaining 98% of somatic cells of the nematode generate few or no DKF-2 transcripts.
• Primary Identifier: Expr8030
• Remark: Patterns of GFP expression were similar in multiple, independently created lines of transgenic animals. The same developmental and cell-specific expression patterns were observed in C. elegans that contained a transgene encoding GFP-tagged DKF-2 under control of dkf-2 promoter/enhancer DNA. Picture: Fig. 9, B to G.

1 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

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00012019	dkf-2	T25E12.4	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages