WormMine

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Intermine data mining platform for C. elegans and related nematodes

Gene :

WormBase Gene ID  ? WBGene00003173 Gene Name  mec-9
Sequence Name  ? C50H2.3 Brief Description  mec-9 encodes a predicted extracellular protein containing six EGF-like repeats,five Kunitz-type protease inhibitor domains, and a glutamic acid-rich region possibly involved in protein-protein interactions; mec-9 encodes two proteins, only one of which, MEC-9L, appears to be required for normal mechanosensory response to gentle touch and proper functioning of the touch receptor neurons; mec-9 interacts genetically with mec-5, which encodes a unique C. elegans collagen secreted by the hypodermis; MEC-9L is expressed and secreted by the touch receptor neurons.
Organism  Caenorhabditis elegans Automated Description  Predicted to enable calcium ion binding activity and serine-type endopeptidase inhibitor activity. Involved in positive regulation of multicellular organismal process and response to mechanical stimulus. Predicted to be located in extracellular region. Expressed in PVDL; PVDR; head neurons; touch receptor neurons; and ventral cord neurons.
Biotype  SO:0001217 Genetic Position  V :2.2108 ±0.000399
Length (nt)  ? 7507
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1 Organism

Name Taxon Id
Caenorhabditis elegans 6239

1 Synonyms

Value
WBGene00003173

Genomics

2 Transcripts

WormMine ID Sequence Name Length (nt) Chromosome Location
Transcript:C50H2.3b.1 C50H2.3b.1 1857   V: 9907615-9910566
Transcript:C50H2.3a.1 C50H2.3a.1 2840   V: 9907632-9915121
 

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2 CDSs

WormMine ID Sequence Name Length (nt) Chromosome Location
CDS:C50H2.3b C50H2.3b 1509   V: 9907906-9908144
CDS:C50H2.3a C50H2.3a 2517   V: 9907906-9908144

5 RNAi Result

WormBase ID
WBRNAi00067621
WBRNAi00042982
WBRNAi00012263
WBRNAi00112683
WBRNAi00089014

119 Allele

Public Name
gk963301
WBVar02060556
WBVar02060557
WBVar02060558
WBVar02060559
WBVar02060560
WBVar02060561
gk964351
gk962860
gk964304
gk963572
gk964400
gk963573
WBVar01863946
tm10659
WBVar01863942
WBVar01863943
WBVar01863940
WBVar01863941
WBVar01863947
WBVar01863944
WBVar01863945
WBVar01863948
WBVar01863949
WBVar01863950
WBVar01863951
WBVar01863952
WBVar01863936
WBVar01863939
WBVar01863937

1 Chromosome

WormBase ID Organism Length (nt)
V Caenorhabditis elegans 20924180  

1 Chromosome Location


Feature . Primary Identifier
Start End Strand
WBGene00003173 9907615 9915121 -1

4 Data Sets

Name URL
WormBaseAcedbConverter  
GO Annotation data set  
C. elegans genomic annotations (GFF3 Gene)  
Panther orthologue and paralogue predictions  

0 Downstream Intergenic Region

167 Expression Clusters

Regulated By Treatment Description Algorithm Primary Identifier
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in L1 neural cells comparing to in adult neural cells. DESeq2 (v1.18.1) fold change > 2, P-adj<0.05, using BenjaminiHochberg correction. WBPaper00060811:L1_vs_adult_upregulated_neural
  Transcripts of coding genes that showed significantly decreased expression in muscle. DESeq2 (version 1.24.0). Transcripts with a false-discovery rate adjusted p-value less than 0.05 were considered significantly differentially expressed. WBPaper00062325:muscle_depleted_coding-RNA
  Transcripts expressed in neuronal cells, by analyzingfluorescence-activated cell sorted (FACS) neurons. DESeq. False discovry rate (FDR) < 0.1. WBPaper00048988:neuron_expressed
  Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (embryonic 24hr reference). A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes. WBPaper00037950:all-neurons_L1-larva_expressed
adult vs dauer larva Transcripts that showed differential expression in adult vs dauer lava in N2 animals at 20C. N.A. WBPaper00050488:adult_vs_dauer_regulated_N2_20C
Osmotic stress Transcripts that showed significantly altered expression with 500 mM salt (NaCl) vs 100 mM salt when food was present DESeq(version 1.10.1), FDR < 0.05. WBPaper00050726:OsmoticStress_regulated_Food
  Neuronally enriched transcripts according to a comparison of neuronal nuclei IP samples to total nuclei using isolation of nuclei from tagged specific cell types (INTACT) technology. DESEQ2, fold change > 2 and FDR < 0.01. WBPaper00062103:neuron_enriched
Osmotic stress Transcripts that showed significantly altered expression with 500 mM salt (NaCl) vs 100 mM salt when no food was present DESeq(version 1.10.1), FDR < 0.05. WBPaper00050726:OsmoticStress_regulated_NoFood
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression glp-1(e2141); TU3401 animals comparing to in TU3401 animals. Fold change > 2, FDR < 0.01. WBPaper00065993:glp-1(e2141)_upregulated
  Genes that are significantly up regulated in tdp-1(ok803) poly(A) RNA-seq verses in N2. DESeq v1.14, with cut-off p-value < 0.05 and FDR < 0.1. WBPaper00046012:tdp-1(ok803)_upregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in atfs-1(cmh15) (null allele) animals comparing to in N2 animals at L4 larva stage. edgeR, fold change > 2, FDR < 0.05 WBPaper00060909:atfs-1(cmh15)_downregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in day 3 adult hermaphrodite comparing to in L4 larva daf-16(mu86);glp-1(e2141) animals. Fold change > 2, FDR < 0.05 WBPaper00064088:Day-3-adult_vs_L4_downregulated_daf-16(mu86);glp-1(e2141)
  Transcripts that showed significantly decreased expression in day 3 adult hermaphrodite comparing to in L4 larva glp-1(e2141) animals. Fold change > 2, FDR < 0.05 WBPaper00064088:Day-3-adult_vs_L4_downregulated_glp-1(e2141)
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression after four-day-old young adult worms were placed on NGM plates seeded with OP50 in the presence 5% Agaro-oligosaccharides(AGO) for 24 h, comparing to animals grown in the absence of AGO. Fold change > 2. WBPaper00064306:Agaro-oligosaccharides_upregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in aak-1(tm1944);aak-2(ok524) animals comparing to in N2. DEseq 1.18.0, adjusted p-value < 0.05. WBPaper00056471:aak-1(tm1944);aak-2(ok524)_upregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in alg-1(gk214), comparing to in N2. DESeq2, Fold change > 1.5. WBPaper00051404:alg-1(gk214)_upregulated
  Genes that showed significantly increased expression in daf-2(e1370);hel-1(gk148684) comparing to in hel-1(gk148684) To identify DEGs, Students t test and the log2 median ratio test were performed to compute t values and median ratios for all the annotated genes. The adjusted P values from each test were computed using an empirical distribution of the null hypothesis, which was obtained from random permutations of the samples. Finally, the adjusted P values from the individual tests were combined to compute the overall P values using Stouffers method , and genes with overall P < 0.05 and fold change > 1.5 were selected as DEGs. WBPaper00047131:daf-2(e1370)_upregulated_hel-1(gk148684)-background
  Genes that showed significantly increased expression in daf-2(e1370) comparing to in N2. To identify DEGs, Students t test and the log2 median ratio test were performed to compute t values and median ratios for all the annotated genes. The adjusted P values from each test were computed using an empirical distribution of the null hypothesis, which was obtained from random permutations of the samples. Finally, the adjusted P values from the individual tests were combined to compute the overall P values using Stouffers method , and genes with overall P < 0.05 and fold change > 1.5 were selected as DEGs. WBPaper00047131:daf-2(e1370)_upregulated_N2-background
  Transcripts that showed significantly altered expression after 24 hour exposure to stavudine (d4T) starting at L1 lava stage. DESeq WBPaper00053302:stavudine_24h_regulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in wdr-5(ok1417);skn-1(lax188) comparing to in skn-1(lax188) at day 2 adult stage. fold change > 2 WBPaper00058711:wdr-5(ok1417)_upregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in 10-days post L4 adult hermaphrodite npr-8(ok1439) animals grown at 25C, comparing to in N2 animals. CuffDiff, fold change > 2. WBPaper00065096:npr-8(ok1439)_upregulated_Day10_25C
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in xrep-4(lax137). DESeq2. Genes were selected if their p value < 0.01. WBPaper00066062:xrep-4(lax137)_upregulated
  Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (L2 all cell reference). A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes. WBPaper00037950:A-class-motor-neurons_L2-larva_expressed
  Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (L2 all cell reference). A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes. WBPaper00037950:all-neurons_L2-larva_expressed
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in hpk-1(pk1393) comparing to in N2 at adult day 2. DESeq 2, fold change > 2, FDR < 0.05. WBPaper00065581:hpk-1(pk1393)_upregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in hda-1(ne4752[3xFLAG-Degron-HDA-1]) in gonads dissected from 1-day old adult animals. Salmon was used to map the mRNA-seq reads with the worm database WS268, and its output files were imported to DESeq2 in R. The differentially expressed genes were filtered by fold change more than 2 and adjusted p-value < 0.05. The scatter plots were generated by the plot function in R. WBPaper00061479:hda-1(ne4752)_upregulated
  Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (L3/L4 all cell reference). A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes. WBPaper00037950:dopaminergic-neurons_L3-L4-larva_expressed
  Genes that showed expression levels higher than the corresponding reference sample (L3/L4 all cell reference). A Mann-Whitney U test with an empirical background model and FDR correction for multiple testing was used to detect expressed transcripts (Benjamini and Hochberg 1995). Genes and TARs with an FDR <= 0.05 were reported as expressed above background. Authors detected differentially expressed transcripts using a method based on linear models. Genes and TARs were called differentially expressed if the FDR was <= 0.05 and the fold change (FC) >= 2.0. To more strictly correct for potential false-positives resulting from multiple sample comparisons, authors divided individual FDR estimates by the number of samplesor sample comparisons, respectively. This resulted in an adjusted FDR of 1.3 * 0.0001 for expression above background and of 7.4 * 0.0001 for differential expression. Authors called genes selectively enriched in a given tissue if they met the following requirements: (1) enriched expression in a given tissue (FDR <= 0.05 and FC >= 2.0), (2) fold change versus reference among the upper 40% of the positive FC range observed for this gene across all tissues, and (3) fold-change entropy among the lower 40% of the distribution observed for all genes. WBPaper00037950:PVD-OLL-neurons_L3-L4-larva_expressed
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in wdr-23(mac32) embryos from parents fed with E. coliHB101, comparing to N2 embryos parents fed with E. coli HB101. DESeq2, Fold Change > 2 or < 0.5. WBPaper00059566:wdr-23(mac32)_upregulated
  Transcripts that showed significantly increased expression in ilc-17.1(syb5296) comparing to in N2 animals at L4 larva stage. DESeq2, fold change > 2, FDR < 0.05. WBPaper00066594:ilc-17.1(syb5296)_upregulated

5 Expression Patterns

Remark Reporter Gene Primary Identifier Pattern Subcellular Localization
Data modified according to Shawn Lockery's expression pattern curations. Reporter gene fusion type not specified. [mec-9::lacZ] or [mec-9::gfp] . Multiple lacZ or gfp fusion constructs. Expr268 A long transcript mec-9lacZ fusion (TU#165) was expressed only in the 6 touch cells and occasionally in the PVD cells. A fusion specific to the short transcript (TU#160) was expressed in about 25 cells in the head and 50 cells in the ventral cord. Replacing lacZ with the gfp coding region, which permitted visualization of cell processes (in fusion TU#163), showed that the expressing cells were neurons. An integrated line (uIs10) with a mec-9lacZ fusion (TU#171) designed to be expressed in both transcripts was expressed in both sets of cells.  
    Expr2013503 Single cell embryonic expression. Only cell types with an expression fraction of greater 0.2 of the maximum expressed fraction are labeled (Full data can be downloaded from http://caltech.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/datasets-published/packer2019/). The colors represent the broad cell class to which the cell type has been assigned. The size of the point is proportional to the log2 of the numbers of cells in the dataset of that cell type. Interactive visualizations are available as a web app (https://cello.shinyapps.io/celegans/) and can also be installed as an R package (https://github.com/qinzhu/VisCello.celegans).  
    Expr1026433 Developmental gene expression time-course. Raw data can be downloaded from ftp://caltech.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/datasets-published/levin2012  
    Expr2031737 Single cell embryonic expression. Only cell types with an expression fraction of greater 0.2 of the maximum expressed fraction are labeled (Full data can be downloaded from http://caltech.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/datasets-published/packer2019/). The colors represent the broad cell class to which the cell type has been assigned. The size of the point is proportional to the log2 of the numbers of cells in the dataset of that cell type. Interactive visualizations are available as a web app (https://cello.shinyapps.io/celegans/) and can also be installed as an R package (https://github.com/qinzhu/VisCello.celegans).  
    Expr1146947 Developmental gene expression time-course. Raw data can be downloaded from ftp://caltech.wormbase.org/pub/wormbase/datasets-published/hashimshony2015  

15 GO Annotation

Annotation Extension Qualifier
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  enables
  enables
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  located_in

4 Homologues

Type
orthologue
orthologue
orthologue
orthologue

1 Locations


Feature . Primary Identifier
Start End Strand
WBGene00003173 9907615 9915121 -1

15 Ontology Annotations

Annotation Extension Qualifier
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  enables
  enables
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  involved_in
  located_in

0 Regulates Expr Cluster

1 Sequence

Length
7507

1 Sequence Ontology Term