WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr334

• Pattern: In adult hermaphrodites, strong staining were observed in three synaptic rich structures: nerve ring, ventral cord and dorsal cord processes, sites of neuromuscular junctions onto body wall muscles. Stained majority of the pharyngeal nervous system processes. Less intensive staining of the ventral and dorsal sublateral processes and several processes directed anteriorly from the nerve ring. Staining was often restricted to punctate patches occuring at frequent intervals. In adult males, strong immunostaining was observed in the posterior region of the ventral nerve cord. DVB is the only stained neuronal cell body. Staining also observed in several non-neuronal secretory cells. Four cells in the vulva region (uv1 cells). The vas deferens of adult males, about 20 large circular structures, not surround nuclei, suggesting they were cytoplasmic structures, only observed in adult males. Faint staining in spermathecea of adult hermaphrodites.
• Primary Identifier: Expr334
• Remark: Data modified according to Shawn Lockery's expression pattern curations.

9 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
an accordion-like tube that contains sperm and is the site of oocyte fertilization.	spermatheca		WBbt:0005319
a large process bundle that runs along the vental mid-line extending from the ventral region of the nerve ring.	ventral nerve cord	ventral cord	WBbt:0005829
the most extensive region of neuropil in the animal, consists of a large toroidal bundle of processes.	nerve ring	circumpharyngeal nerve ring	WBbt:0006749
a bundle of nerve processes that runs along the dorsal mid-line of the animal.	dorsal nerve cord	dorsal cord	WBbt:0006750
uterine-vulval cell proximal to the vulva.	uv1		WBbt:0006791
That portion of the male reproductive tract, through which sperm are delivered to the proctodeum and then the cloaca in the tail. Thus that portion which is distal to the testis, made of a total of 30 cells.	vas deferens	gon_male_vdef	WBbt:0005337
Neuron class of one ring interneuron, cell body in dorsorectal ganglion, inervates rectal muscles.	DVB	lineage name: K.p	WBbt:0004822
toroidal epithelial cell that make up the bulk of the uterus, four cells anterior and four cells posterior to the vulva.	uterine toroidal epithelial cell	ut cell	WBbt:0006784
	pharyngeal nerve process		WBbt:0005437

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00004921	snt-1	F31E8.2	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