WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr1331

• Pattern: PDK-1/GFP expression is observed in late stage embryos and throughout the life of the animal. In postembryonic animals, PDK-1/GFP expression is observed in the cell bodies and processes of the majority of neurons in the head and tail, in the motor neurons of the ventral nerve cord and neuronal processes along the body of the animal, in the cells and neurons of the pharynx, in intestinal cells, and in hypodermal cells. In L4s and adults, PDK-1/GFP is also expressed in the somatic gonad.
• Primary Identifier: Expr1331
• Subcellular Localization: cell bodies and processes of neurons

7 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
Epidermal layer.	hypodermis	epidermis	WBbt:0005733
a large process bundle that runs along the vental mid-line extending from the ventral region of the nerve ring.	ventral nerve cord	ventral cord	WBbt:0005829
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 with its cell body situated in the tail, posterior to rectum.	tail neuron		WBbt:0006759
organ producing either sperm or ova.	gonad		WBbt:0005175

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00003965	pdk-1	H42K12.1	Caenorhabditis elegans

2 Life Stages

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	The C. elegans life stage spanning 620-800min(hatch) after first cleavage at 20 Centigrade. Cell number remains at ~560 cells, with some new cells generated and some cells go through programmed cell death. A stage after elongation is over. The last stage of embryogenesis. Also called pre-hatched embryo, late embryo or morphogenetic embryo.		fully-elongated embryo Ce	WBls:0000021
	A developemental life stage of the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans that occurs from egg hatching until death.		postembryonic Ce	WBls:0000022