| Pattern | In contrast to the apical localization observed in the intestine, an ERM-1::mCherry reporter showed basolateral and junctional localization and a partial overlap with LET-23::GFP in the VPCs and their descendants. Only after vulval invagination (at the Pn.pxxx stage), ERM-1 relocalized to the apical, luminal plasma membrane of the vulval toroids. The co-localization of LET-23 and ERM-1together with the in vitro protein interaction experiments suggested that both proteins form a complex at the basolateral membrane ofthe VPCs. | Primary Identifier | Expr11779 |
| Definition | Name | Synonym | Primary Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| cell that has the potential to form structural part of a vulva. | vulval precursor cell | VPC | WBbt:0007809 |
| 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 |
| WormBase Gene ID | Gene Name | Sequence Name | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| WBGene00001333 | erm-1 | C01G8.5 | Caenorhabditis elegans |
