WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr16109

• Pattern: Strong ndg-4 GFP expression was seen in the intestine and in hypodermal cells, especially in the nose region, confirming previous observations (Choy & Thomas, 1999). However, as our transgenic strain was made by microinjection, we cannot rule out possible germline expression of endogenous ndg-4, as expression of transgenes in the germline is often silenced.
• Primary Identifier: Expr16109

2 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
primary cell type that forms the hypodermis.	hypodermal cell		WBbt:0007846

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00003577	ndg-4	F56F3.2	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages