The wild-type
cdh-3::GFP (syIs50) expression in vulval cells is detected during L4 stage in the vulC, vulD, vulE and vulF cells. In
lin-11(
n389) animals,
cdh-3::GFP expression is completely abolished in the presumptive vulC and vulD cells. In addition, expression in the 1 lineage cells is considerably affected: presumptive vulF shows very weak GFP fluorescence, whereas vulE shows fluorescence only on rare occasions.