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Table 1 Expression of tat-2, tat-3, tat-4 and tat-5 in C. elegans tissues.

From: An unexpectedly high degree of specialization and a widespread involvement in sterol metabolism among the C. elegans putative aminophospholipid translocases

Cells and tissues	tat-2	tat-3	tat-4	tat-5
All somatic tissues				+++
Germline	-	-	-	-
Alimentary system
Pharyngeal gland cells	+++	-	-
Pharyngeal muscle cells	-	+++	-
Pharyngeal marginal cells	-	+++	-
Buccal epithelium	-	+++	-
Pharyngeal-intestinal valve	+++	+++	+++
Intestine	+++	-	+++
Rectal gland cells	+++	-	+++
Rectal epithelial cells	-	++	-
Reproductive system
DTCs	-	+++	-
AC	-	+++	-
Developing vulva: vulE and vulF cells only	+++	+++	-
Developing vulva: VPC progeny	-	+++	-
Adult vulva	-	++	-
Uterus	++	-	+++
Spermatogenesis	+++	-	+++
Adult spermatheca	+++	-	+++
Excretory system	+++	-	-
Epithelial system
Seam cells	-	+++	-
Hypodermis	-	++	-
Other
Head and tail region cells/XXX cells	-	++	-

Expression pattern of tat-1 could not be determined by our method of choice, and tat-6 was excluded because this gene appears to be a recent poorly expressed duplicate of tat-5.

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