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Table 1 Expression patterns of known and putative X-box containing C. elegans genes revealed by promoter::GFP transgenic analyses

From: Identification of ciliary and ciliopathy genes in Caenorhabditis elegansthrough comparative genomics

Gene

Locus

SAGE

Microarray

Previous X-box prediction

WormBase description/annotation

Anatomical expression

    

Blacque et al. [17]

Efimenko et al. [16]

  

C02H7.1

-

-

-

+

+

Microtubule-binding protein MIP-T3

ADF, ADL, AFD, ASG, ASH, ASI, ASJ, ASK, AWB, PHA, PHB, URX [22]; head neurons, amphid, tail neurons, phasmid [17]

C04C3.3*

-

-0.15

0.9

 

+

Pyruvate dehydrogenase E1, beta subunit

Pharynx, body wall muscle, head neurons, tail neurons

C27A7.4

che-11

0.21

3

 

+

Intraflagellar transport 140 homolog

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [16,18,63,64]

C38D4.8

arl-6 (bbs-3)

-

-

  

ADP-ribosylation factor-like protein 6 (BBS3)

Head neurons, tail neurons [8]

D1009.5

dylt-2 (xbx-2)

0.31

10.4

+

+

Dynein light chain

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [16]

F02D8.3

xbx-1

-

22.7

 

+

Dynein 2 light intermediate chain, isoform 1

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [16,65]

F09G2.8*

-

0.86

-

  

Phospholipase D3, isoform 1

Pharynx, head neurons

F20D12.3

bbs-2

0.89

-

+

+

Bardet-Biedl syndrome 2 protein

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [10,16]

F32A6.2*

-

0.87

6

+

 

Splice isoform 2 of intraflagellar transport 81

Head neurons, tail neurons

F38G1.1

che-2

0.82

11

+

+

Intraflagellar transport 80 homolog

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [6,66]

F40F9.1a

xbx-6

-0.41

-

  

Fas apoptotic inhibitory molecule 2

Body wall muscles, pharyngeal muscles, ventral nerve cord, phasmids [16]

F41E7.9*

-

-

-

 

+

Mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase kinase kinase 4 isoform 2

Head neurons, tail neurons, hypodermis

K07G5.3

-

-

22.6

+

 

C2 Ca2+-binding motif-containing protein

Head neurons, tail neurons [17]

M04C9.5*

dyf-5 †

-

5.3

 

+

Serine/threonine-protein kinase MAK

Amphids and phasmids

R01H10.6

bbs-5

0.95

4.6

+

+

Bardet-Biedl Syndrome 5 protein

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [9,16]

R31.3

osm-6

-0.11

34

+

+

Intraflagellar transport 52 homolog

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [6,67]

T25F10.5

bbs-8

0.46

7.7

 

+

Bardet-Biedl Syndrome 8 protein

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [10,16,18]

T27B1.1

osm-1

-

4.3

+

+

Predicted intraflagellar transport raft protein

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [6,68]

Y105E8A.5

bbs-1

0.56

5.3

+

+

Bardet-Biedl syndrome 1 protein

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [10,16]

Y110A7A.20*

-

-

-

 

+

Intraflagellar transport protein 20 homolog

Head neurons, tail neurons [17]

Y37D8A.17

-

-

-

 

+

Uncharacterized integral membrane protein

Pharynx

Y41G9A.1

osm-5

0.58

5.3

+

+

Tg737/IFT88 protein

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [10,16,69]

Y69A2AR.2a*

ric-8

-0.21

-

  

Signaling protein RIC-8/synembryn

Amphids and phasmids

Y75B8A.12

osm-12 (bbs-7)

-

2.1

 

+

Bardet-Biedl Syndrome 7 protein

Many, most, all ciliated neurons [10,16]

ZK520.3

dyf-2 †

-

16.6

  

WD repeat membrane protein

Amphids, tail neurons [23]

  1. *Genes in these rows are uncharacterized X-box containing genes. †Connections between gene names (for example, M04C9.5) and locus names (for example, dyf-5) were made in this project. The unreferenced expression data were taken from the C. elegans Gene Expression Consortium database [33].