Gene Information: daf-2

Namedaf-2 View on WormBase
Species C. elegans
SequenceY55D5A.5
Genetic positionIII:-8.03 +/- 0.111 cM
Genomic positionIII: 2994514..3040846

Strains carrying this gene

Strain Genotype Description
DR608 daf-2(m212) III. Temperature sensitive Daf-c. Maintain at 15C. Adults Age and Itt, but not Unc (severe class 1 allele). m212 results in an amino acid substitution(C883Y) in the extracellular portion of the DAF-2 receptor (specificaly, the FnIII2ID domain).
DR629 unc-15(e73) I; sus-1(m156) daf-2(e1370) III; eDp23 V. Temperature sensitive dauers. Paralyzed Unc. sus-1 suppresses the ability of eDp23 to suppress unc-15. eDp23 = sup-3(e1407).
DV2275 daf-2(e1370) dpy-17(e164) III.
ENL21 daf-2(e1370) mir-80(nDf53) III; mir-58.1(n4640) IV; mir-81&mir-82(nDf54) X. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive dauer constitutive (daf-c).
ENL54 daf-2(e1370) III; mir-58.1(n4640) IV; mir-81&mir-82(nDf54) X. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive dauer constitutive.
ENL55 daf-2(e1370) mir-80(nDf53) III; mir-81&mir-82(nDf54) X. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive dauer constitutive.
ENL70 daf-2(e1370) III; sma-10(ok2224) IV. Derived from RB1739 and CB1370.
GA132 daf-16(mgDf50) I; daf-2(m646) III. Maintain at 15C.
GA158 daf-16(mgDf50) I; daf-2(m65) III. Maintain at 15C.
GA2002 daf-2(e1370) III; wuIs305. wuIs305 [myo-3p::Queen-2m]. Temperature sensitive dauer constitutive. Maintain at 15C. ATP sensor Queen-2m is expressed under the control of myo-3 promoter. Reference: Galimov et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Mar 6;22(10):2730-2741.
GA2003 daf-16(mgDf50) I; daf-2(e1370) III; wuIs305. wuIs305 [myo-3p::Queen-2m]. ATP sensor Queen-2m is expressed under the control of myo-3 promoter. Reference: Galimov et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Mar 6;22(10):2730-2741.
GR1308 daf-16(mg54) I; daf-2(e1370) III. mg54 almost completely suppresses the daf-c phenotype of daf-2. 0.4% dauers.
GR1309 daf-16(mgDf47) I; daf-2(e1370) III. mgDf47 completely suppresses daf-c phenotype of daf-2. mgDf47 deletes approximately 8kb of the daf-16 gene beginning after exon 4.
GR1336 daf-2(e1370) III; njEx32. njEx32 [ges-1p::daf-2(+) + ges-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Wolkow CA, et al. Science. 2000 Oct 6;290(5489):147-50.
GR1337 daf-2(e1370) III; njEx38. njEx38 [unc-54p::daf-2(cDNA)::unc-54 3'UTR + unc-54p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Wolkow CA, et al. Science. 2000 Oct 6;290(5489):147-50.
GR1339 daf-2(e1370) III; mgEx376. mgEx376 [unc-14p::daf-2 + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Wolkow CA, et al. Science. 2000 Oct 6;290(5489):147-50.
GR1340 daf-2(e1370) III; mgEx373. mgEx373 [unc-119p::daf-2(cDNA)::unc-54 3'UTR + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Wolkow CA, et al. Science. 2000 Oct 6;290(5489):147-50.
GR1895 daf-2(e1370) III; mgIs67. mgIs67 [daf-16p::daf-16::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive. Daf-c. Maintain at 15C. Dauer formation at 25C. Slow growing. Dauer-like at 20C. DAF-16::GFP is fully nuclear at 20C. Reference: Riedel CG, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2013 May;15(5):491-501.
GR2107 daf-2(e1370) III; mgEx371. mgEx371 [dpy-30p::daf-2(cDNA)::unc-54 3'UTR + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Wolkow CA, et al. Science. 2000 Oct 6;290(5489):147-50.
GR2117 daf-2(e1365) III; mgIs35. mgIs35 [ins-1(genomic) + mec-7p::GFP]. Temperature-sensitive. Maintain at 15C. Daf-c. High penetrance of dauer formation at 20C. Integration of mgEx557. Reference: Pierce SB, et al. Genes Dev. 2001 Mar 15;15(6):672-86.
HT1881 daf-16(mgDf50) I; daf-2(e1370) unc-119(ed3) III; lpIs12. lpIs12 [daf-16a::RFP + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15C. Extended lifespan. Reference: Kwon ES, et al., Nature. 2010 Jul 22;466(7305):498-502.
HT1882 daf-16(mgDf50) I; daf-2(e1370) unc-119(ed3) III; lpIs13. lpIs13 [daf-16b::CFP + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15C. Extended lifespan. Reference: Kwon ES, et al., Nature. 2010 Jul 22;466(7305):498-502.
HT1883 daf-16(mgDf50) I; daf-2(e1370) unc-119(ed3) III; lpIs14. lpIs14 [daf-16f::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15C. Extended lifespan. Reference: Kwon ES, et al., Nature. 2010 Jul 22;466(7305):498-502.
HT1890 daf-16(mgDf50) I; daf-2(e1370) III. Short-lived. Dauer-defective (Daf-d). Maintain under standard conditions. Reference: Kwon ES, et al. Nature. 2010 Jul 22;466(7305):498-502.
JK1438 daf-2(m65)/qC1 [dpy-19(e1259) glp-1(q339)] III. Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, non-conditional dauers, and Sterile Dpys. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it directly from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.
JT193 daf-2(sa193) III. Adults Age and Itt, but not Unc (class 1 allele). sa193 results in an amino acid substitution(A580T) in the extracellular portion of the DAF-2 receptor (specifically, the L2 domain).
MAH14 daf-2(e1370) III; adIs2122. adIs2122 [lgg-1::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Maintain at 15C. ~30% animals form dauers at 20C. Not all animals will roll, but all should be GFP+. Reference: Egan DF, et al. Science. 2011 Jan 28;331(6016):456-61.
MQ513 daf-2(e1370) clk-1(e2519) III. Daf-c at 25C. Slower growing than clk-1(e2519).
MQD774 daf-2(e1370) III; hqIs180. hqIs180 [sdhb-1p::mtLS::cpYFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. About two mitoflash events per anterior pharynx per 200 seconds on adult day 3 when cultured on standard NGM plates at 20 ºC. In hqIs180, mtLS is a mitochondrial localization sequence from SDHB-1 and cpYFP is circularly permuted yellow fluorescent protein, a superoxide sensor (Wang W. et al., Cell, 2008). The cpYFP signal is detected in most or all tissues, but most strongly in the pharyngeal muscles. Reference: Shen E-Z, et al. Nature. 2014 Feb 12. doi: 10.1038/nature13012.
MQD812 daf-16(mu86) I; daf-2(e1370) III; hqIs180. hqIs180 [sdhb-1p::mtLS::cpYFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. About three mitoflash events per anterior pharynx per 200 seconds on adult day 3 when cultured on standard NGM plates at 20 ºC. In hqIs180, mtLS is a mitochondrial localization sequence from SDHB-1 and cpYFP is circularly permuted yellow fluorescent protein, a superoxide sensor (Wang W. et al., Cell, 2008). The cpYFP signal is detected in most or all tissues, but most strongly in the pharyngeal muscles. Reference: Shen E-Z, et al. Nature. 2014 Feb 12. doi: 10.1038/nature13012.
MR905 daf-2(e1370) aakb-2(rr88) III. Daf-C at 25C.
MT3363 daf-2(e1370) dpy-17(e164) III. Dpy. Daf-C. Maintain at 15C.
OH14654 daf-16(ot853[daf-16::mNeonGreen::3xFlag::AID]) I; daf-2(e1370) III. Temperature sensitive dauer constitutive. Maintain at 15C. CRISPR/Cas9-engineered AID conditional daf-16 allele in daf-2(e1370) background (TIR1-less control). Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted
OH14888 daf-16(ot853[daf-16::mNG::3xFlag::AID]) I; ieSi57 II; daf-2(e1370) III. ieSi57 [eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR] II. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive dauer constitutive. CRISPR/Cas9-engineered AID conditional daf-16 allele in daf-2(e1370) background with ubiquitous TIR1 expression. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted
OH14897 daf-16(ot853[daf-16::mNeonGreen::3xFlag::AID]) I; ieSi60 II; daf-2(e1370) III. ieSi60 [myo-2p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR] II. Temperature sensitive dauer constitutive. Maintain at 15C. Pharyngeal muscle-specific depletion of DAF-16 in the presence of auxin. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted
OH14945 daf-16(ot853[daf-16::mNeonGreen::3xFlag::AID]) I; ieSi61 II; daf-2(e1370) III. ieSi61[ges-1p::TIR1::mRuby + unc-119(+)] II. Temperature sensitive dauer constitutive. Maintain at 15C. Intestine-specific depletion of DAF-16 in the presence of auxin. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted
OH15845 daf-16(ot853[daf-16::mNG::AID]) I; daf-2(e1370) III; otIs730. otIs730 [UPN::TIR1::mTur2 + inx-6(prom18)::TagRFP]. Temperature sensitive dauer constitutive. Maintain at 15C. UPN (Ultra Pan-Neuronal) promoter contains four short pan-neuronal promoters fused together (unc-11::rgef-1::ehs-1::ric-19). Panneuronal depletion of DAF-16 in the presence of auxin. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted
OH16508 daf-16(ot975[daf-16::mNeptune2.5::3xFlag::AID]) I; daf-2(e1370) III; otIs730. otIs730 [UPN::TIR1::mTur2 + inx-6(prom18)::TagRFP]. Temperature sensitive dauer constitutive. Maintain at 15C. UPN (Ultra Pan-Neuronal) promoter contains four short pan-neuronal promoters fused together (unc-11::rgef-1::ehs-1::ric-19). Panneuronal depletion of DAF-16 in the presence of auxin. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted
PJ1146 daf-2(m41) III; ccIs55 V; pdk-1(mg142) X. ccIs55 [unc-54::lacZ + sup-7(st5)] V. Gain of function allele of pdk-1.
PJ1166 daf-2(m41) III; ccIs55 V; njEx38. ccIs55 [unc-54::lacZ + sup-7(st5)] V. njEx38 [unc-54p::daf-2(+) + goa-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain by picking Rollers. Arrest as dauers at 25C. Maintain at 15C.
PJ1700 daf-2(m41) III; unc-51(e369) ccIs55 V. ccIs55 [unc-54::lacZ + sup-7(st5)] V. Unc -- very slow. Grows very slowly.
PS5531 Cbr-daf-2(sy5445). This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.
QQ202 daf-2(cv20[daf-2::gfp]) III. Superficially wild-type. Reference: Simske J & Dong Y. (2017). International Worm Meeting. The role of DAF-2 In the transmission of maternal and paternal nutritional status during embryogenesis. WBPaper00051789.
QQ253 daf-16(mgDf50) I; daf-2(m65) III; zuIs45 V. zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Maintain at 15C. Derived from parental strains GA158 and JJ1473. Reference: Simske J & Dong Y. 2017). The role of DAF-2 In the transmission of maternal and paternal nutritional status during embryogenesis presented in International Worm Meeting.
SD1625 egl-27(we3) II; daf-2(e1370) III. Maintain at 20C. Embryonic lethal at 15C. Dauer formation at 25C. Reference: Xu X, Kim SK. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(12):e1003108.
SD1743 egl-27(we3) II; daf-2(e1370) III; muIs84. muIs84 [sod-3p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 20C. Embryonic lethal at 15C. Dauer formation at 25C. GFP should be visible at low magnification. Reference: Xu X, Kim SK. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(12):e1003108.
SD1776 daf-2(e1370) III; ccIs4251; stIs10161. ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. stIs10161 [egl-27p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 20C or lower. Dauer formation at 25C. mCherry visible at low magnification. Reference: Xu X, Kim SK. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(12):e1003108.
SD1777 daf-2(e1370) III; elt-3(vp1) X; stIs10161. stIs10161 [egl-27p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 20C or lower. Dauer formation at 25C. mCherry visible at low magnification. Reference: Xu X, Kim SK. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(12):e1003108.
SD1778 daf-16(mu86) I; daf-2(e1370) III; stIs10161. stIs10161 [egl-27p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. mCherry visible at low magnification. Reference: Xu X, Kim SK. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(12):e1003108.
TM127 daf-2(e1370) III; sod-3(sj134) X. High frequency of dauer formation under hyperoxia (90% oxygen) at 20C. Reference: Honda Y, Tanaka M, Honda S, (2008) Exp Gerontol 43:520-9.