WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr10011

• Pattern: ALG-2 was predominantly expressed in subsets of neurons in the head ganglia. Cells in the tail also displayed specific expression. Expression was seen in vulva, seam cells, ventral nerve chord and somatic gonad. Examination of the ALG-2 expression during larval development did not reveal differences in expression during the four larval stages and adults. During embryogenesis ALG-2 started to be expressed from pre-morphogenetic embryonic stages.
• Primary Identifier: Expr10011

18 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
female genital.	vulva		WBbt:0006748
an accordion-like tube that contains sperm and is the site of oocyte fertilization.	spermatheca		WBbt:0005319
somatic cell that situates at the tip of a gonad arm.	distal tip cell	DTC	WBbt:0006865
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
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 passageway in the hindgut between the posterior intestine, the rectal valve and the opening to the exterior.	rectum		WBbt:0005773
neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx.	head neuron		WBbt:0006751
The organ in which the eggs are developed and protected until laid.	uterus		WBbt:0006760
neuron with its cell body situated in the tail, posterior to rectum.	tail neuron		WBbt:0006759
a group of hypodermal cells that lie along the apical midline of the hypodermis, at the extreme left and right sides between nose and tail	seam cell	lateral hypodermis	WBbt:0005753
	excretory system		WBbt:0005736
five pairs of thin gonadal sheath cells form a single layer covering the germ line component of each arm, each pair occupying a stereotyped position along the gonad proximal-distal axis.	gonadal sheath cell		WBbt:0005828
The components of the gonad that are separate from the germline proper. In hermaphrodite, these include five tissues which are all derived from the somatic primordium : the distal tip cells, the gonadal sheath, the spermatheca, the spermatheca-uterine valve (sp-ut) and the uterus.	somatic gonad	somatic germline	WBbt:0005785
cylindrical hypodermal syncytium in the head, including hyp1-hyp6	anterior hypodermis	head hypodermis	WBbt:0005373
neuron of the somatic nervous system.	somatic neuron	body neuron	WBbt:0006752
hypodermis making up the tail.	tail hypodermis		WBbt:0006978

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00000106	alg-2	T07D3.7	Caenorhabditis elegans

6 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 first stage larva. At 25 Centigrade, it ranges 14-25.5 hours after fertilization, 0-11.5 hours after hatch.		L1 larva Ce	WBls:0000024
	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
	The whole period of embryogenesis in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, from the formation of an egg until hatching.		embryo Ce	WBls:0000003