WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr3225

• Pattern: LEV-8 is first detected in L1 animals in a single pair of neurons in the head, approximately midway along the isthmus. It is also expressed in the PVT interneuron situated in the lumbar ganglion, at the rear of the animal. By L4, LEV-8 is expressed in all six DD motor neurons in the ventral nerve cord. As well as expression in several neuronal cell types, LEV-8 is expressed in body wall and in uterine muscles UV1 and UV2. Expression in the body wall was strongest anteriorly, which accords with the higher level of resistance exhibited by the head muscles of lev-8(x15) mutant worms. In the adult worm, LEV-8 is expressed in many neurons in the anterior nervous system. One of the more prominent of these is a single cell in the dorsal ganglion, ALA. LEV-8 is expressed in the IL and OL socket cells but not the neurons themselves.
• Primary Identifier: Expr3225
• Remark: Reporter gene fusion type not specified.

21 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
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
Neuron class of one interneuron, projects along ventral cord to ring.	PVT	lineage name: ABplpappppa	WBbt:0004070
Neuron class of one neuron, sends processes laterally and along dorsal cord.	ALA	lineage name: ABalapppaaa	WBbt:0003955
uterine-vulval cell proximal to the vulva.	uv1		WBbt:0006791
Inner labial socket	ILsoR	lineage name: ABalaaapprr	WBbt:0004517
Quadrant outer labial socket	OLQsoVL	lineage name: ABalppaaapp	WBbt:0004424
Inner labial socket	ILsoVL	lineage name: ABalppapapp	WBbt:0004503
Quadrant outer labial socket	OLQsoVR	lineage name: ABalaappapp	WBbt:0004423
Inner labial socket	ILsoVR	lineage name: ABarapppapp	WBbt:0004501
Inner labial socket	ILsoDL	lineage name: ABplaapaaap	WBbt:0004521
Inner labial socket	ILsoDR	lineage name: ABpraapaaap	WBbt:0004519
Quadrant outer labial socket	OLQsoDL	lineage name: ABarpaaaaal	WBbt:0004426
Inner labial socket	ILsoL	lineage name: ABalaaapall	WBbt:0004518
Quadrant outer labial socket	OLQsoDR	lineage name: ABarpaaaaar	WBbt:0004425
uterine-vulval cell, medial position of three ut cells.	uv2		WBbt:0006792
Ventral cord motor neurons, reciprocal inhibitors, chnage synaptic pattern during postembryonic development	DD6	lineage name: ABprppapppp	WBbt:0004824
Ventral cord motor neurons, reciprocal inhibitors, chnage synaptic pattern during postembryonic development	DD2	lineage name: ABprppappap	WBbt:0004838
Ventral cord motor neurons, reciprocal inhibitors, chnage synaptic pattern during postembryonic development	DD4	lineage name: ABprppapppa	WBbt:0004826
Ventral cord motor neurons, reciprocal inhibitors, chnage synaptic pattern during postembryonic development	DD5	lineage name: ABplppapppp	WBbt:0004825
Ventral cord motor neurons, reciprocal inhibitors, chnage synaptic pattern during postembryonic development	DD3	lineage name: ABplppapppa	WBbt:0004837
Ventral cord motor neurons, reciprocal inhibitors, chnage synaptic pattern during postembryonic development	DD1	lineage name: ABplppappap	WBbt:0004839

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00002975	lev-8	C35C5.5	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages