Expressed in ASE, PVT, RMG, I4, M4, pharyngeal muscle. Faint or variable expression observed in P8 and I2. Male specific expression in Rays 1, 5, 7, HOB.
The lin-11 gene is specifically expressed in ventral cord motor neurons and thus the Plin-11::gfp reporter specifically labels the ventral cord cells, P3.aap-P8.aap.
GFP expression in most if not all nuclei during embryogenesis and in newly hatched L1s. During larval development, fluorescence observed in many nuclei in the head and tail regions. GFP was also present in hypodermal cells throughout development. At the time of vulval induction, GFP was visible in all P3.p to P8.p cells and persisted until after the P3.p to P8.p cell divisions and vulval morphogenesis were complete.
Before vulval induction occurs, lin-39 was expressed uniformly in the VPCs. At the time of vulval induction, lin-39 expression increased dramatically in P6.p. P3.p, P4.p, and P8.p showed the lowest levels of lin-39 expression.
Analysis of wild-type worms showed that eff-1p::GFP was expressed in the daughter cells of P3.p, P4.p, and P8.p that are committed to fusion, and was absent in the daughter cells of P(5-7).p which escape the fusion fate.