WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr4848

• Pattern: A-class motor neuron: expressed in larva; enriched in embryo (1.8). Neuronal expression include: VA, VB, DA, DB, AS, touch neurons. Also expressed in other cells: Body muscle, pharyngeal neurons. Pan-neuronal: enriched in larva (1.8); not expressed in embryo.
• Primary Identifier: Expr4848

5 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
Neuron class of eleven motoneurons, distributed along the ventral cord, which innervate ventral body muscles.	VB neuron		WBbt:0005336
Neuron class of nine ventral cord motor neuron, innervates dorsal muscle.	DA neuron		WBbt:0005278
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

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00006570	tig-2	F39G3.8	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