WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr1680

• Pattern: The constructs pTMZIII4135 and pTMZIII1743 permanently induced beta-galactosidase expression in pharyngeal muscles and intestinal cells of the worm from L4 stage. Pharyngeal expression was observed in m1, m3, m4, m5 and m7 muscle cells. Between the L2 and L3 stages, both constructs induced expression in tissues corresponding to germ-line tissue of the gonadal primordium: one anterior and one posterior. At this stage, intestinal expression was restricted to the most posterior part of the worm. The expression in the germ-line tissue was eliminated by L4 stage. The beta-galactosidase expression of CeTMIII isoform was stage specific. In about 95 % of L1 worms, expression was observed in the pharynx only; between L2 and L3 stages, the expression extended further to germ-line tissue and intestinal cells. Permanent expressions in pharynx and intestines were evident from L4 stage and continued to adulthood. The pharyngeal staining was much stronger than those of germ-line tissue and intestines. Unlike CeTMIV isoform, embryonic expression of CeTMIII isoform was absent and the expression intensity of intestinal cells did not decrease with stage.
• Primary Identifier: Expr1680
• Remark: Reporter gene fusion type not specified. This Expr_pattern is about CeTMIII, an isoform of tmy-1 transcription.

9 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
cell line which early in development becomes differentiated from the remaining somatic cell line, and alone has the potential to undergo meiosis and form gametes.	germ line	germline	WBbt:0005784
first layer pharyngeal muscle cell.	pm1	M1	WBbt:0003744
seventh pharyngeal muscle cell layer	pm7	m7	WBbt:0003721
third pharyngeal muscle cell layer	pm3	M3	WBbt:0003740
fifth pharyngeal muscle cell layer	pm5	M5	WBbt:0003737
fourth pharyngeal muscle cell layer	pm4	M4	WBbt:0003739
any of 20 large epithelial cells which form a tube and are mostly situated as bilaterally symmetric pairs around the tubular lumen. Each of these cell pairs forms an intestinal ring ( II-IX int rings). The most anterior intestinal ring (int ring I), however, is made of four cells. Intestinal cells contain large nuclei with large nucleoli and numerous autofluorescent granules in their cytoplasm.	intestinal cell		WBbt:0005792

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00002978	lev-11	Y105E8B.1	Caenorhabditis elegans

4 Life Stages

Remark	Definition	Other Name	Public Name	Primary Identifier
	The second stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 25.5-32.5 hours after fertilization, 11.5-18.5 hours after hatch.		L2 larva Ce	WBls:0000027
	The fourth stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 40-49.5 hours after fertilization, 26-35.5 hours after hatch.		L4 larva Ce	WBls:0000038
	The stage that begins when a C.elegans individual is fully-developed and has reached maturity.		adult Ce	WBls:0000041
	The third stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 32.5-40 hours after fertilization, 18.5-26 hours after hatch.		L3 larva Ce	WBls:0000035