Isoform gei-16A had a distribution characteristic of epidermal fibrous organelles. Specifically, PAT-12A colocalized with cytoplasmic intermediate filaments (cIFs) in the epidermis.
gei-8a is expressed throughout development, with a peak of expression in the L4 stage. This late larval increase possibly reflects expression in the maturing germline.
Asymmetric expression of imb-2 in AWCON was also observed in our initial assessment of the imb-2 expression pattern using imb-2 fosmid::GFP in which we fused GFP with the C terminus of IMB-2 by homologous recombination, that rescued imb-2(vy10) mutants.