L. Ding et Epm. Candido, HSP43, a small heat-shock protein localized to specific cells of the vulvaand spermatheca in the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, BIOCHEM J, 349, 2000, pp. 409-412
Heat-shock protein 43 (HSP43) of Caenorhabditis elegans is prominently expr
essed in the utse cell, which attaches the uterus to the hypodermis, the uv
l cells joining the vulva and the uterus, the spermathecal valve and juncti
ons between cells of the spermathecal cage. In body-wall muscle, HSP43 form
s a punctate pattern of circumferential lines, probably corresponding to re
gions where the hypodermis contacts the muscle cells.