Type: Interneuron
In MoW: BDU
Male Wiring Project: BDUL, BDUR
In Wormbase: BDU, BDUL, BDUR
Lineage: AB arppaappp, AB arpppappp
Location: Lateral. Left and right sides
of the anterior half of the body.
Description: Interneuron, process runs along excretory canal and then into NR via the deirid commissures.
Neurotransmitter: Express neuropeptide-like proteins, NLP-1 and NLP-15 (Nathoo et al., 2001).
Function: Guidance for AVM process outgrowth during L1 stage (Walthall and Chalfie, 1988).
Receptor Expression: Express glutamate receptor subunit, GLR-8 (Brockie et al., 2001). Express a splice variant of the tyramine receptor SER-2 (Tsalik et al., 2003).