RIFL, RIFR

Type: Interneuron
Connectivity:
- In MoW: RIF
- In WormWiring: RIFLh, RIFRh, RIFLm, RIFRm
- In Nemanode: RIF
In Wormbase: RIF, RIFL, RIFR
Lineage: AB plppapaaap, AB prppapaaap
Location: Head, retrovesicular ganglion
Description: RIF processes cross over to the opposite side within the ventral cord and enter the nerve ring on the other side (Durbin, 1987). They meet at the midline of the nerve ring but do not make gap junctions to each other.
Neurotransmitter/ Neuropeptide:
- Acetylcholine
(Pereira et al., 2015)
Innexin expression:
- INX-1a
- INX-1b
- INX-2
- INX-7
- INX-10a
- INX-14
- UNC-7
- UNC-9
(Bhattacharya et al., 2019)
Receptor expression:
PDFR-1; pigment dispersing factor (PDF-1) receptor
(Barrios et al., 2012)
Function:
Reporters:
- At CGC:
- Other:

 
 

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RIFL (AB plppapaaap) development in the embryo. Dorsal view. Bottom is left side of the embryo. Spheres indicate individual nuclei. Black sphere: ancestors of RIFL (since last RIFL ancestor has not yet gone through its final division, the black sphere seen at the end of this movie is still AB plppapaaa); dark grey spheres: apoptotic cells; other cells follow the WA color code (after they acquire specific cell or tissue identities). 0 min is fertilization. Click on the movie for higher resolution rendition (by A. Santella & Z. Bao).
 
 

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RIFR (AB prppapaaap) development in the embryo. Dorsal view. Bottom is left side of the embryo. Spheres indicate individual nuclei. Black sphere: ancestors of RIFR (since last RIFR ancestor has not yet gone through its final division, the black sphere seen at the end of this movie is still AB prppapaaa); dark grey spheres: apoptotic cells; other cells follow the WA color code (after they acquire specific cell or tissue identities). 0 min is fertilization. Click on the movie for higher resolution rendition (by A. Santella & Z. Bao).


Last Revision: July 25, 2025
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