WormMine: ExpressionPattern Expr3394

• Pattern: In transgenic animals expressing the UNC-63::GFP fusion protein fluorescence was observed in all body wall muscles and in vulval muscles. Expression was also detected in many cells of the nervous system, including motor neurons in the ventral nerve cord (AS, DA, DB, which innervate dorsal muscles; VB, VD and DB, which innervate ventral muscles; VC which innervates vulval and ventral muscles) and neurons in the head, posterior lateral, pre-anal, and lumbar ganglia. No expression is observed either in the sphincter muscle cell or in the anal depressor muscle.
• Primary Identifier: Expr3394
• Remark: Reporter gene fusion type not specified.

13 Anatomy Terms

Definition	Name	Synonym	Primary Identifier
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
muscle associated with hermaphrodite vulva.	vulval muscle		WBbt:0005821
neuron with its cell body situated in the head, excluding the pharynx.	head neuron		WBbt:0006751
Neuron class of eleven motoneurons, distributed along the ventral cord, which innervate ventral body muscles.	VB neuron		WBbt:0005336
Neuron class of nine ventral cord motor neuron, innervates dorsal muscle.	DA neuron		WBbt:0005278
Neuron class of seven motoneurons that innervate dorsal muscles and have cell bodies in the ventral cord.	DB neuron		WBbt:0005274
Neuron class of thirteen motoneurons, with cell bodies in the ventral cord, which innervate ventral muscles. Each cell has an anteriorly directed process emanating from its cell body.	VD neuron		WBbt:0005303
Neuron class of eleven motoneurons, with cell bodies in the ventral cord, which innervate dorsal muscles.	AS neuron		WBbt:0005334
Neuron class of six motoneurons in the ventral cord, which innervate ventral body muscles and the vm2 muscles of the vulva.	VC neuron		WBbt:0005304
ganglion anterior to the anus.	preanal ganglion		WBbt:0005448
The left and right lumbar ganglia lie behind the pre-anal ganglion in the tail, in lateral positions. Each contains 12 neuron cell bodies that send most of their neuronal processes into the ventral nerve cord via lumbar commissures and the pre-anal ganglion. There is no local neuropil in these ganglia in the hermaphrodite, instead they form most synapses in the pre-anal ganglion. Most lumbar neurons have sensory functions. In the adult male tail, these two ganglia gain many additional neurons and have some local neuropil. The lumbar neurons lie in close association with the lateral hypodermis, and most are posterior to the anus.	lumbar ganglion	lumbar lateral ganglia	WBbt:0005830
The left and right lateral ganglia lie beside the nerve ring in the head. They each contain about (30) neuron cell bodies and send their neuronal processes into the ring at its posterior margin either laterally or ventrally via the amphid commissures and ventral ganglion, but form no local neuropil separate from the nerve ring. The lateral ganglia are in close contact with the lateral hypodermal cords.	lateral ganglion	lateral ganglia	WBbt:0005105

1 Genes

WormBase Gene ID	Gene Name	Sequence Name	Organism
WBGene00006797	unc-63	Y110A7A.3	Caenorhabditis elegans

0 Life Stages