| Pattern | In males (and sperm-producing hermaphrodites), NHR-23::GFP was first observed in early pachytene spermatocytes, increased in intensity through late pachytene and became undetectable during late meiotic prophase with onset of chromatin condensation. NHR-23 was undetectable in meiotically dividing spermatocytes or mature spermatids. | Primary Identifier | Expr15794 |
| Subcellular Localization | NHR-23::GFP labeled most chromosomes along their entire length yet failed to label a region of DNA in each pachytene stage spermatocyte. Presumably NHR-23 is not labeling the X chromosome, which is transcriptionally silent during spermatocyte meiosis (Kelly et al., 2002). |
| Definition | Name | Synonym | Primary Identifier |
|---|---|---|---|
| A cell which gives rise to spermatids by meiosis. | spermatocyte | WBbt:0006799 | |
| Gonochoristic organism that can produce male gametes. | male | male organism | WBbt:0007850 |
| WormBase Gene ID | Gene Name | Sequence Name | Organism |
|---|---|---|---|
| WBGene00003622 | nhr-23 | C01H6.5 | Caenorhabditis elegans |
