Picture from Gobel V et al. (2004) Dev Cell "Lumen morphogenesis in C. elegans requires the membrane-cytoskeleton linker ...."

Figure 1. ERM-1 Is Enriched at Luminal Surfaces. Here and elsewhere, animals are viewed from the side: anterior left, posterior right, dorsal top, ventral bottom. Gray boxes in schematics (iA, iiA, and iiiA) indicate areas magnified in images beneath. (iC and iiB) Nomarski images; (iD and iF) confocal sections; (iE, iiC, iiiB, and iiiC) confocal projections.i. Intestine. (A) ERM-1 localizes to intestinal lumen (green). (B) Wild-type intestine with 20 bilaterally symmetrical cells in 9 rings (4 cells for first ring; blue), intestinal lumen (green), AJ (red); tube is rotated along longitudinal axis. (C-F) Anterior intestinal tube; apical (small arrowheads) and basal (large arrowheads) sides of tube indicated. ERM-1-GFP (D and E) is at the lumen, apical to but distinct from α-AJM-1 (yellow in [E] from integration of sections, not overlap). ERM-1-GFP also seen in excretory canal in (E) (arrow). NFM-1-lacZ (F) is localized basolaterally.ii. Excretory canals. (A) ERM-1 localizes to excretory canals (red; canals shown separated for clarity). (B and C) Anterior excretory canals: ERM-1-GFP outlines canals and also the intestinal (arrow), but not pharyngeal (arrowhead) lumen.iii. Gonad. (A) ERM-1 localizes to gonad lumina: spermathecae, uterus, vulva (blue). (B) Integration of sections through uterine-vulval connection (ventral view); vulva opens to right: ERM-1-GFP outlines eggs in uterus and vulval opening (arrowhead). (C) Vulva (large arrowhead) at higher magnification (ventrolateral view; vulva opens to right): ERM-1-GFP is separate from complex junctional α-AJM-1 pattern (yellow from integration of sections, not overlap); intestinal lumen at left (small arrowhead).

Picture from Shaye DD et al. (2015) Dev Cell "The disease-associated formin INF2/EXC-6 organizes lumen and cell outgrowth ...."

Figure 3. EXC-6 Localizes to, and Regulates, Leading-Edge F-Actin in the EC(A-A00) Maximum projection of a confocal z stack from a transgenic animal immunostained to visualize (A) Venus::EXC-6 and (A') ERM-1, which binds apical F-actin (Gobel et al., 2004). Merge of Venus::EXC-6 and ERM-1 is shown in (A''). In this region of the EC, which includes the cell body (the EC nucleus is marked),Venus::EXC-6 accumulates in basolateral microfilaments and does not colocalize with apical ERM-1.(B-B0000) Maximum projection of spinning disk confocal z sections of a live wild-type hermaphrodite showing (B) cytoplasmic CFP, (B0) LifeAct::TagRFP, and (B00) Venus::EXC-6. Area boxed in (B-B00) is magnified in (B000 and B0000). Arrowhead marks the extent of apical lumen, as seen with cytoplasmic CFP (B). Note leading edge F-actin structure past this point of lumen extension in (B0), magnified in (B000). Venus::EXC-6 (B00) colocalizes with F-actin only at this leading-edge structure (B0000). Post., posterior.(C-C0000) Maximum projection of spinning disk confocal z sections of a live exc-6(0) hermaphrodite showing (C) cytoplasmic CFP, (C0) LifeAct::TagRFP, and (C00) Venus::EXC-6(I213A). Mutation of the conserved actin-binding Ile213 abolishes rescue of exc-6(0) (Figure 1F) and colocalization with the aberrant leading-edge Factin structure (C0-C0000), without altering Venus::EXC-6 accumulation on basolateral microfilaments (arrows in C00). Ant., anterior.

Picture from Barriere A et al. (2012) PLoS Genet "Coevolution within and between regulatory loci can preserve promoter function ...."

Figure 1. The expression pattern of unc-47 is conserved despite divergent regulation. (A) Both C. elegans and C. briggsae promoters fused upstream of GFP in their endogenous trans-regulatory environments drive expression in all 26 GABAergic neurons (green). However, the C. briggsae promoter placed in the C. elegans trans environment additionally drives expression in SDQR and SDQL (blue). (B) Those cells were identified as SDQR/L based on their position and their characteristic projections. (C) For each combination of promoter and trans-regulatory environment, expression in SDQR and SDQL is presented. C. elegans is represented by straight lines, C. briggsae by wavy lines. Frequency of expression is represented by the width, and intensity of expression relative to D-type neurons by the height of black boxes. Number of individuals expressing and total number of individuals scored is indicated underneath. Measurements for independent strains are given in Figure S1. Differences in frequency of expression in SDQR are significant for all comparisons: C. elegans and C. briggsae promoters in C. elegans trans environment (p = 8.1610212), C. elegans and C. briggsae promoters in C. briggsae trans environment (p = 1.561028), C. elegans promoter in C. elegans and C. briggsae trans environments (p = 4.8610211), C. briggsae promoter in C. elegans and C. briggsae trans environments (p = 2.4610214). (D) Interpretation of the results presented in panel C. Both C. elegans and C. briggsae promoters in their endogenous trans environments drive low levels of expression in SDQR and SDQL, while disruption of the endogenous interactions either drives high levels of expression (C. briggsae promoter in C. elegans) or abolishes expression (C. elegans promoter in C. briggsae).

Picture from Beaster-Jones L et al. (2004) J Mol Biol "DNA binding and in vivo function of C.elegans PEB-1 require a conserved FLYWCH ...."

Figure 2. Cb-PEB-1 and Ce-PEB-1 are expressed in similar pattern. Fluorescence micrographs of 1.5-fold stage C. briggsae (A) and C. elegans embryos (B) stained with C. elegans PEB-1 antibodies (anterior is left). Staining is most abundant in pharyngeal nuclei in both C. briggsae and C. elegans (brackets). Fainter staining is visible in hypodermal cells and the hindgut in C. elegans and C. briggsae, although all staining was generally weaker in C. briggsae.

Picture from Hao L et al. (2006) BMC Genomics "Comprehensive analysis of gene expression patterns of hedgehog-related ...."

(C, C') Pgrl-2::GFP is expressed in the excretory duct and pore cells.

Picture from Barkoulas M et al. (2016) PLoS Genet "Evolution of New cis-Regulatory Motifs Required for Cell-Specific Gene ...."

(B-E) smFISH using a lin-3 probe in C. elegans N2 (data from [2]) (B), C. briggsae AF16 (C), C. angaria RGD1 (D) and O. tipulae CEW1 (E). Red arrow marks the position of the anchor cell.

Picture from Hobert O et al. (1999) J Cell Biol "A conserved LIM protein that affects muscular adherens junction integrity and ...."

(A-C): UNC-97::GFP localization in live worms at embryonic stage 300 min (A), 400 min (comma stage) (B), and 500 min (threefold pretzel stage) (C). (A'-C') Corresponding DIC micrographs. White arrows in C, a muscle nucleus and dense bodies, respectively. Note UNC-97::GFP localization to the periphery of nuclei in A-C.

Picture from Vazquez-Manrique RP et al. (2007) Genomics "The frataxin-encoding operon of Caenorhabditis elegans shows complex ...."

(a-c) Expression of F59G1.1::gfp in pharynx and gut (a), anal cells (b), and spermatheca (sph) (c).

Picture from Cui Y et al. (2009) J Biol Chem "Cadmium induces retinoic acid signaling by regulating retinoic acid metabolic ...."

bcmo-1::GFP expression in post-embryonic C. elegans. Images of untreated C. elegans (A, C, and E). L1 (A) and L4 (C) larvae are at 400x and 200x magnification, respectively. Adult C. elegans (E) is a composite of images acquired at 200x magnification. Arrowhead, indicates the location of a bcmo-1::GFP expressing embryo in a gravid adult nematode.

Picture from Loria PM et al. (2003) Curr Biol "Two neuronal, nuclear-localized RNA binding proteins involved in synaptic ...."

(B and C) Expression of promoter fusions in embryos at the (B) 300-cell stage and in (C) L1 larvae.