WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr1816

• Pattern: All three reporter constructs were expressed in all major contractile tissues, starting during embryogenesis and continuing until adulthood. Fluorescence was particularly pronounced in striated muscle (body wall muscles used for locomotion), non-striated muscle (pharyngeal muscles used for pharyngeal pumping, vulval and uterine muscles used for egg laying, the sphincter muscle and anal depressor used for defecation), and in myoepithelial cells (gonadal sheath cells used for ovulation). Furthermore, all three constructs showed expression in the intestine. Some cells expressed CeSERCAb::GFP but not CeSERCAa::GFP. These include the somatic cells of the spermatheca and the excretory canal and the uterine sheath cells. No cells were found that expressed CeSERCAa::GFP but not CeSERCAb::GFP.
• Primary Identifier: Expr1816
• Subcellular Localization: Fluorescence from Psca-1::GFP was evenly distributed over the cytosol. However, both CeSERCAa::GFP and CeSERCAb::GFP showed specific subcellular localization. Both fusion proteins were found in a tubular meshwork that was most distinct in the body wall muscle cells. This staining was continuous with staining at or near the dense bodies, structures functionally analogous to vertebrate Z-lines. In body wall muscle cells and other cells, staining was also often localized in internal vesicles and membrane-like structures, including the nuclear envelope.

14 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
type of cells that make up muscle layers in the pharynx.	pharyngeal muscle cell		WBbt:0005451
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
muscle associated with hermaphrodite vulva.	vulval muscle		WBbt:0005821
a single, H-shaped cell which lies just above the anus and connects the roof of the anal canal to the dorsal bodywall; its contractions act to increase the size of the anal opening by lifting the roof of the rectum and hence facilitate expulsion of intestinal contents.	anal depressor muscle	dilator muscle	WBbt:0004292
a saddle-shaped muscle cell that encircles the intestinal-rectal valve	anal sphincter muscle	lineage name: ABprpppppap	WBbt:0005798
Four processes (canals) of the excretory canal cell each contain a central collecting lumen which feeds to a central lumenal canal in the cell body; the central canal forms a specialized membrane to release fluids into the excretory duct. These five canals form a continuous H-shaped channel which extends almost the full length of the body, generally in contact with the lateral hypodermis and the pseudocoelom.	excretory canal	canal	WBbt:0005775
muscle lining of the uterine wall.	uterine muscle		WBbt:0005342
five pairs of thin gonadal sheath cells form a single layer covering the germ line component of each arm, each pair occupying a stereotyped position along the gonad proximal-distal axis.	gonadal sheath cell		WBbt:0005828
uterine toroidal epithelial cell.	ut4		WBbt:0006788
uterine toroidal epithelial cell.	ut2		WBbt:0006786
uterine toroidal epithelial cell.	ut1		WBbt:0006785
uterine toroidal epithelial cell.	ut3		WBbt:0006787

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00004736	sca-1	K11D9.2	Caenorhabditis elegans

6 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
	The third stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 32.5-40 hours after fertilization, 18.5-26 hours after hatch.		L3 larva Ce	WBls:0000035
	The second stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 25.5-32.5 hours after fertilization, 11.5-18.5 hours after hatch.		L2 larva Ce	WBls:0000027
	The fourth stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 40-49.5 hours after fertilization, 26-35.5 hours after hatch.		L4 larva Ce	WBls:0000038
	The first stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 14-25.5 hours after fertilization, 0-11.5 hours after hatch.		L1 larva Ce	WBls:0000024
	The whole period of embryogenesis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, from the formation of an egg until hatching.		embryo Ce	WBls:0000003