Fig 4. mex-3 3´UTR deletions in mex-3(spr9) and mex-3(spr10) mutants promote expression of somatic genes.

(A) volcano plot of genes expressed in the mex-3(spr9) mutant animal. Differentially expressed genes are highlighted in blue (downregulated) or red (upregulated). (B) Tissue enrichment analysis and gene category analysis of the genes differentially expressed in mex-3(spr9) compared to N2. (C) Top: Venn diagrams showing the overlap in the upregulated and downregulated genes in mex-3(spr9) and mex-3(spr10) mutant animals. Bottom: plotted log2 Fold changes of the 7 overlapping genes that are differentially expressed in both mex-3(spr9) and mex-3(spr10) mutant animals. (D) Description of the predicted function and expression pattern of the genes in the graph in panel C.