Table 1.
Expression of tat-2, tat-3, tat-4 and tat-5 in C. elegans tissues.
| Cells and tissues | tat-2 | tat-3 | tat-4 | tat-5 |
| All somatic tissues | +++ | |||
| Germline | - | - | - | - |
| Alimentary system | ||||
| Pharyngeal gland cells | +++ | - | - | |
| Pharyngeal muscle cells | - | +++ | - | |
| Pharyngeal marginal cells | - | +++ | - | |
| Buccal epithelium | - | +++ | - | |
| Pharyngeal-intestinal valve | +++ | +++ | +++ | |
| Intestine | +++ | - | +++ | |
| Rectal gland cells | +++ | - | +++ | |
| Rectal epithelial cells | - | ++ | - | |
| Reproductive system | ||||
| DTCs | - | +++ | - | |
| AC | - | +++ | - | |
| Developing vulva: vulE and vulF cells only | +++ | +++ | - | |
| Developing vulva: VPC progeny | - | +++ | - | |
| Adult vulva | - | ++ | - | |
| Uterus | ++ | - | +++ | |
| Spermatogenesis | +++ | - | +++ | |
| Adult spermatheca | +++ | - | +++ | |
| Excretory system | +++ | - | - | |
| Epithelial system | ||||
| Seam cells | - | +++ | - | |
| Hypodermis | - | ++ | - | |
| Other | ||||
| Head and tail region cells/XXX cells | - | ++ | - |
Expression pattern of tat-1 could not be determined by our method of choice, and tat-6 was excluded because this gene appears to be a recent poorly expressed duplicate of tat-5.