Figure 3. Expression patterns of innexins functioning in C. elegans body-wall muscle. Expression patterns were assessed by analyzing GFP signal in live worms expressing innexin promoter and GFP transcriptional fusions. Body-wall muscle expression (indicated by arrows) was observed for four of the six innexins important to muscle electrical coupling, including
unc-9,
inx-10,
inx-11 and
inx-18. The
unc-9 expression data were shown previously [33,34].