WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr11673

• Pattern: BLMP-1::GFP showed overlapping expression with DRE-1::GFP in seam and hypodermal cells as well as the dtcs. In the dtcs, BLMP-1::GFP was expressed from mid-L2, when gonadal outgrowth initiates toward head and tail. By mid-L3 (28-30 hr developmental age [DA]), just prior to the dorsal gonadal turn, BLMP-1::GFP levels in the dtcs dropped dramatically. Correlatively, DRE-1::GFP levels in the dtcs increased steadily from L2 to L4. In seam and hypodermal cells BLMP-1::GFP levels were largely constant throughout larval development, except for a transient peak early in L4, which coincides with the time of seam cell fusion, suggesting this BLMP-1 pulse could trigger the fusion event.
• Primary Identifier: Expr11673
• Remark: Temporal description

3 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
somatic cell that situates at the tip of a gonad arm.	distal tip cell	DTC	WBbt:0006865
Epidermal layer.	hypodermis	epidermis	WBbt:0005733
a group of hypodermal cells that lie along the apical midline of the hypodermis, at the extreme left and right sides between nose and tail	seam cell	lateral hypodermis	WBbt:0005753

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00003847	blmp-1	F25D7.3	Caenorhabditis elegans

1 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