WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr4854

• Pattern: A-class motor neuron: expressed in embryo; enriched in larva (1.6). Neuronal expression include: Posterior ventral cord motor neurons (VA, VB, DB, AS), head and tail neurons, touch neurons. Pan-neuronal: expressed in embryo; enriched in larva (3.0).
• Primary Identifier: Expr4854

7 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx.	head neuron		WBbt:0006751
neurons that sense body touch, have specialized microtubules in processes.	touch receptor neuron	microtubule cell	WBbt:0005237
Neuron class of eleven motoneurons, distributed along the ventral cord, which innervate ventral body muscles.	VB neuron		WBbt:0005336
Neuron class of seven motoneurons that innervate dorsal muscles and have cell bodies in the ventral cord.	DB neuron		WBbt:0005274
Neuron class of twelve motoneurons, distributed along the ventral cord, which innervate ventral body muscles.	VA neuron		WBbt:0005339
Neuron class of eleven motoneurons, with cell bodies in the ventral cord, which innervate dorsal muscles.	AS neuron		WBbt:0005334
neuron with its cell body situated in the tail, posterior to rectum.	tail neuron		WBbt:0006759

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00006066	sto-4	Y71H9A.3	Caenorhabditis elegans

2 Life Stages

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	The whole period of embryogenesis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, from the formation of an egg until hatching.		embryo Ce	WBls:0000003
	A developmental life stage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that occurs from egg hatching until adulthood.		larva Ce	WBls:0000023