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Expr10053Expression_ofGeneWBGene00021848
Reflects_endogenous_expression_ofWBGene00021848
Expression_data (2)
TypeReporter_gene
RT_PCR
PatternThe nhr-239::gfp reporter was weakly expressed in three to four pairs of neurons in the head and a pharyngeal neuron in late stage embryos and all larval and adult stages. One pair of dorsal neurons express nhr-239::gfp very consistently and appear to be sensory, as do one pair of pharyngeal cells that appear to be the MC, NSM or M3 neurons.Faint fluorescence was observed in the pharynx (which may be an artefact), but did not observe nhr-239 expression in other cells at any stage. As expected from the modest expression levels observed in qRT-PCR experiments, fluorescence from the nhr-239::gfp transgene was very faint. While it is possible that the translational fusion did not recapitulate the entire nhr-239 expression pattern, this result suggests that nhr-239 is expressed only in a very limited subset of neurons.
nhr-239 transcripts were identified by real-time qRT-PCR at very low levels (no more than 2x10-6 the level of 18 S rRNA standards) and displayed a more complicated pattern, increasing somewhat from embryos to L1, before declining progressively during later larval development.
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ReferenceWBPaper00041200
TransgeneWBTransgene00015436