WormMine: AnatomyTerm WBbt:0008357

• Definition: blast cell that divides to become mostly vas deferens cells (and a few seminal vesicle cells).
• Name: vas deferens precursor
• Primary Identifier: WBbt:0008357

2 Children

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
vas deferens precursor that follows the 1L configuration (Z1.paa becomes the linker cell) of development.	vas deferens precursor 1L		WBbt:0008358
vas deferens precursor that follows the 4L configuration (Z4.aaa becomes the linker cell) of development.	vas deferens precursor 4L		WBbt:0008359

0 Expression Clusters

1 Expression Patterns

• Primary Identifier: Expr12030
• Pattern: Both YFP::LNKN-1 and LNKN-1::YFP are similarly localized to the plasma membrane of many cells. LNKN-1 begins to be expressed in all somatic gonadal cells of the male, including the LC, the vas deferens precursor cells, and seminal vesicle precursor cells, starting in the early L3 stage and continuing through adulthood. It is also expressed in all somatic gonadal cells of the hermaphrodite, including the distal tip cells, anchor cell, uterine precursor cells, and spermatheca precursor cells. Other expression occurs in pharynx, pharyngeal-intestinal valve, intestine, excretory cell and canal, seam cells, a specialized subset of hypodermal cells, the vulval precursor cells of the hermaphrodite, and hook precursor cells in the male. YFP-tagged LNKN-1 is localized to the plasma membrane, exhibiting stronger localization to the sides of cell-cell contact in tissues such as the intestine, seam, and gonad.

0 Life Stages

2 Parents

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
precursor cell destined to divide some time after hatching.	blast cell		WBbt:0006783
gonadal primordium in male.	gonadal primordium male		WBbt:0008367