WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr2739

• Pattern: Expressed in embryo. MEL-11 also expressed at the AJs of the developing pharynx and intestine and in the germline precursor cells.
• Primary Identifier: Expr2739
• Subcellular Localization: Prior to elongation, LET-502 and MEL-11 showed extensive colocalization in the cytoplasm with punctate staining at epidermal cell boundaries. As elongation proceeded, MEL-11 became enriched and was restricted to cell boundaries. When elongation was completed, MEL-11 again increased in the cytoplasm, with decreased, punctate localization at cell boundaries, similar to the pre-elongation pattern.

4 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
A chain of very large cuboidal cells forming a wide central lumen in which food arrives from the posterior pharynx, is digested, and from which waste products proceed to the rectum. Intestinal rings form in groups of two and four cells surrounding the common lumen; thus the epithelium is only one cell deep at any point, with neighboring cells firmly secured to their neighbors by apical adherens junctions. These cells have very large nuclei and many large vacuoles, yolk granules, and other inclusions; the latter increase in number and electron density as the animal ages.	intestine	gut	WBbt:0005772
the feeding organ, a neuro-muscular pump in the head of the animal, used to ingest food, bacteria suspended in liquid, filter them out, grind them up and transport posteriorly into the instestine.	pharynx	esophagus	WBbt:0003681
Germ line precursor cell	Z3	lineage name: P4.a	WBbt:0004575
Germ line precursor cell	Z2	lineage name: P4.p	WBbt:0004576

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00003196	mel-11	C06C3.1	Caenorhabditis elegans

1 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