WormBase Tree Display for Anatomy_term: WBbt:0004522

WBbt:0004522 Definition: anchor cell, induces vulva, part of hermaphrodite gonad. Paper_evidence: WBPaper00004052
  Term: anchor cell
  Synonym: AC
    gon herm anch
    lineage name: Z1.ppp/Z4.aaa
  Legacy: Cell: gon_herm_anch
    Fate: Program: differentiation
    Lineage: Parent_term: WBbt:0003408
      Lineage_name: Z1.ppp OR Z4.aaa
    Life_stage: WBls:0000038
      WBls:0000027
      WBls:0000035
    Tree_Node: herm_anat_repro_0
      Z1.ppp_herm.1
      Z4.aaa_herm.2
    Contains: Sub_group: WBbt:0005178
    Contained_in: WBbt:0005178
  DB_info: Database: WormAtlas html hermaphrodite/egglaying apparatus/Eggframeset.html
  Child: PART_OF_c: WBbt:0005728
  Parent: IS_A_p: WBbt:0007815
    CELL_p: WBbt:0007627
      WBbt:0007687
  Attribute_of: Expr_pattern (122)
    Expression_cluster: WBPaper00065258:anchor-cell_enriched
      WBPaper00065258:anchor-cell_depleted
    Function: Anatomy_function (21)
      Anatomy_function_not: WBbtf0447
        WBbtf0448
        WBbtf0449
        WBbtf0454
  Attribute_index: Expr_ancestor (1645)
  Index: Ancestor (17)
    Descendant: WBbt:0005728
  Remark: Legacy information from Cell gon_herm_anch Summary: fuses with the syncytial utse in the L4 stage
    Legacy information from Cell gon_herm_anch Remark: Anchor cell, induces vulva, herm gonad
    Legacy information from Cell gon_herm_anch Remark: In each worm EITHER Z1.ppp OR Z4.aaa becomes the anchor cell
  Picture (56)
  WBProcess: WBbiopr:00000020