| Primary Identifier | Expr9849 | Subcellular Localization | Antibodies that specifically recognize PLK-2 revealed a dynamic localization pattern in the germline. Premeiotic nuclei undergoing mitosis showed faint staining at centrosomes and kinetochores. By contrast, transition zone nuclei showed strong patches of PLK-2 staining at the nuclear envelope that colocalized with all four pairing centers ZnF proteins and the associated patches of SUN-1 and ZYG-12. By mid to late pachytene PLK-2 staining was no longer detected at pairing centers, but appeared along the synaptonemal complexes and disassembled with synaptonemal complex central region components at diplotene. |
| Definition | Name | Synonym | Primary Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| cell line which early in development becomes differentiated from the remaining somatic cell line, and alone has the potential to undergo meiosis and form gametes. | germ line | germline | WBbt:0005784 |
| WormBase Gene ID | Gene Name | Sequence Name | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| WBGene00004043 | plk-2 | Y71F9B.7 | Caenorhabditis elegans |
