WormMine: AnatomyTerm WBbt:0008601

• Definition: A cell that is a sex myoblast or is a lineal descendant of a sex myoblast.
• Name: SM lineage cell
• Primary Identifier: WBbt:0008601

2 Children

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
An SM lineage cell in a hermaphrodite animal.	SM lineage cell hermaphrodite		WBbt:0008603
An SM lineage cell in a male animal.	SM lineage cell male		WBbt:0008602

0 Expression Clusters

4 Expression Patterns

• Primary Identifier: Expr13749
• Pattern: R1::Deltapes-10::gfp was expressed in SM cells, vulval muscles, vulval cells, HSN neurons, and unidentified head cells.

• Primary Identifier: Expr13754
• Pattern: R1-1.3 kb::Δpes-10::gfp: SM cells, Vulval muscles, HSNs, Unidentified head cells

• Primary Identifier: Expr13403
• Pattern: sem-4::GFP is expressed throughout the M lineage from the 1-M stage to the 18-M stage, and in the SM sub-lineage from the 2-SM stage to the 16-SM stage, before the cells differentiate. When these cells terminally differentiate, sem-4::GFP becomes undetectable in the differentiated coelomocytes and vulval muscles, but remains expressed in the differentiated BWMs.

• Primary Identifier: Expr13745
• Pattern: Consistent with previously reported bed-3::gfp reporter expression, bed-3 mRNA (smFISH) was predominantly expressed in hypodermal cells and vulval cells. We next examined whether bed-3 is expressed earlier in the M lineage using ayIs6[hlh-8::gfp]. We found that bed-3 is expressed in M daughters and descendants as well as SM cells. In L1 and L2 stages, the bed-3 smFISH signal appeared stronger in 2 M and 4 M stages compared to 8 M, 16 M and 18 M stages. In the L3 stage, bed-3 is expressed in SM cells near the vulval region of the animal.

0 Life Stages

1 Parents

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
A cell that is the M blast cell or is a lineal descendant of M.	M lineage cell		WBbt:0008439