WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr9004

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
neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx.	head neuron		WBbt:0006751
neuron with its cell body situated in the tail, posterior to rectum.	tail neuron		WBbt:0006759
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

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00001815	hmt-1	W09D6.6	Caenorhabditis elegans

Pattern	Analysis of the distribution of GFP-mediated fluorescence in the VF1.1 line disclosed the hmt-1 promoter activity in intestinal cells and head and tail neurons. The pattern of hmt-1 expression was confirmed using a rescuing hmt-1 genomic fragment. Although the bulk of the GFP expression, driven by hmt-1 or pcs-1 promoters was found in distinct tissues, GFP in was detected in coelomocytes of both phmt-1::GFP and ppcs-1::GFP transgenic animals.	Primary Identifier	Expr9004
Remark	Picture: Fig 3.

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