WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr9216

• Pattern: During embryogenesis, the first expression of mig-6::gfp is in the intestinal primordium followed at the comma and 1.5-fold stages by expression also in future head neurons and head muscle cells. Post-embryonic expression persists in head neurons and muscles, as well as in coelomocytes, body-wall muscles, anal depressor and sphincter, stomatointestinal muscle, and CAN neurons. Expression of the mig-6Tgfp transcriptional reporter is never detected in pharyngeal cells at any stage during development or in adults.
• Primary Identifier: Expr9216

10 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
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
body wall muscle in the head, including first eight cells of each muscle quadrants which are innervated by nerve ring neurons.	head muscle	head body wall muscle	WBbt:0006761
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
intestinal muscle cell, attach to intestine and body wall anterior to anus	intestinal muscle	stomato-intestinal muscle	WBbt:0005796
A free-floating spherical cell lying in the pseudocoelomic cavity of larvae and adult C. elegans which can endocytose many compounds, possibly for immune surveillance. There are six coelomocytes in adult hermaphrodites, and they display prominent cytoplasmic inclusions and vacuoles.	coelomocyte		WBbt:0005751
Process runs along excretory canal, no synapses, essential for survival	CANL	lineage name: ABalapaaapa	WBbt:0004949
Process runs along excretory canal, no synapses, essential for survival	CANR	lineage name: ABalappappa	WBbt:0004947

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00003242	mig-6	C37C3.6	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