WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr4781

• Pattern: Confocal analysis of strains containing the Punc-31::GFP transcriptional reporter revealed expression in the nerve ring, ventral nerve cord motor neurons, preanal ganglion, and head ganglion. Counts of cell bodies in the ventral nerve cord and preanal ganglion revealed an average of 65 +/- 2 (n = 4) GFP-positive cells, indicating that essentially all of the neurons of the ventral nerve cord and preanal ganglion express unc-31. Additional positive identifications were made for SDQ, PDE, BDU, ALM, DVA, DVB, DVC, HSN, and CAN neurons. Because these encompass most of the identifiable neurons in the background of a pan-neuronal expression pattern, authors infer that unc-31 may be expressed in essentially all neurons. All reporter strains also displayed expression in the vulval muscles VM1 and VM2 and occasional expression in what is likely VulE and VulF. Consistent expression was also noted in the UV1 cells and the spermatheca. In summary, CAPS/UNC-31 is expressed throughout the nervous system and in other secretory cells.
• Primary Identifier: Expr4781

6 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
an accordion-like tube that contains sperm and is the site of oocyte fertilization.	spermatheca		WBbt:0005319
muscle associated with hermaphrodite vulva.	vulval muscle		WBbt:0005821
Major cell type of nervous tissue, specialized for transmission of information in the form of patterns of impulses.	neuron	neurone	WBbt:0003679
adult vulval toroid cell, F, formed by fusion of precursors of lineage names P6.papl, P6.papr, P6.ppal and P6.ppar.	vulF		WBbt:0006768
adult vulval toroid cell, E, formed by fusion of precursors of lineage names P6.paal, P6.paar, P6.pppl and P6.pppr.	vulE		WBbt:0006767
uterine-vulval cell proximal to the vulva.	uv1		WBbt:0006791

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00006767	unc-31	ZK897.1	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages