Neuronal expression include: Bright in anterior ventral cord neurons, weak and mosaic in posterior ventral cord. Also expressed in other cells: Pharyngeal/intestinal valves, hypodermis.
cpx-1 expression was observed in a large number of neurons in the head, ventral cord, and tail, including all cholinergic and GABAergic motor neurons in the ventral cord.
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.