WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr16215

• Pattern: A transcriptional GFP reporter strain MAB336 (hpo- 9p::GFP) was generated. We observed a ubiquitous GFP expression from L1 to adult stage, primarily in the pharynx and head neurons but weaker in the posterior intestine, body wall muscle cells and hypodermal cells. C. elegans hermaphrodites have 8 DAergic neurons, including 4 cephalic neurons (CEPs) and 2 anterior deirid neurons (ADEs) in the head and 2 postdeirid neurons (PDEs) in the posterior. We crossed MAB336 with OH7193, which has mCherry labeled DAergic neurons and found that the GFP signal was co-localized with mCherry labeled DAergic neurons, indicating hpo-9 was expressed in DAergic neurons.
• Primary Identifier: Expr16215

6 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
Longitudinal bands of muscle cells surrounding animal body, with one band running in each quadrant of the body, regulated contraction and relaxation of these muscles cause locomotion.	body wall musculature	body muscle	WBbt:0005813
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
neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx.	head neuron		WBbt:0006751
Neuron that uses dopamine (DA) as a neurotransmitter.	dopaminergic neuron		WBbt:0006746
primary cell type that forms the hypodermis.	hypodermal cell		WBbt:0007846

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00015463	hpo-9	C05C8.6	Caenorhabditis elegans

2 Life Stages

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	The stage that begins when a C.elegans individual is fully-developed and has reached maturity.		adult Ce	WBls:0000041
	A developmental life stage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that occurs from egg hatching until adulthood.		larva Ce	WBls:0000023