Laboratory Information

NameCV View on WormBase
Allele designationrj
HeadMonica Paola Colaiacovo
InstitutionHarvard Medical School, Boston, MA
Address Dept of Genetics, Harvard Medical School,
NRB room 334
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston 02115
United States
Website http://genepath.med.harvard.edu/colaiacovo/
Gene classes cra  fan  lab  slx  acer  eme  natb 

Strains contributed by this laboratory

Strain Genotype Species Description
AV267 syp-3(me42)/hT2 [bli-4(e937) let-?(q782) qIs48] (I;III). C. elegans Heterozygotes are WT and GFP+. Segregate syp-3(me42) homozygotes that are non-GFP and lay mostly dead eggs; these mutants form abnormal synaptonemal complex formation during meiosis. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] animals are inviable.
CV199 fan-1(tm423) IV/nT1 [qIs51] (IV;V). C. elegans Maintain under normal condition. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP fan-1 homozygotes. Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Smogorzewska A, et al. (2010) Molec Cell 39:36-47.
CV2 syp-3(ok758)/hT2 [bli-4(e937) let-?(q782) qIs48] (I;III). C. elegans Heterozygotes are WT and GFP+. Segregate syp-3(ok758) homozygotes that are non-GFP and lay mostly dead eggs; these mutants lack synaptonemal complex formation during meiosis. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] animals are inviable.
CV203 rjSi1 II. C. elegans rjSi1 [cra-1p::cra-1::GFP::cra-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Single copy insertion. cra-1 promoter, cra-1::GFP and 3'UTR was cloned into pCFJ150 (ttTi5605) vector and inserted into ttTi5605 of EG4322 strain. Outcrossed three times to N2 Bristol; could still carry unc-119(ed9) in the background. Superficially wild-type. This CRA-1::GFP fusion construct has been shown to be functional and its localization reflects endogenous CRA-1 localization. rjSi1 transgene can rescue synapsis defects of cra-1 mutants and restore cross-over events (six bivalents instead of the 11 to 12 univalents characteristic of cra-1 mutants). Brood size and embryonic lethality were significantly, albeit not completely, restored in the rescued line suggesting that the GFP tag might affect other CRA-1 functions. Reference: Gao J, et al. PLOS Genetics 11(3): e1005029. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1005029
CV385 acer-1(rj15) II. C. elegans acer-1(rj15) is a 7 nt deletion (removes nt 35-41 from the start codon) resulting in an out-of-frame deletion. Increased histone acetylation. Reference: Gao J, et al., PLoS Genet. 2015 Mar 13;11(3):e1005029.
CV78 cra-1(tm2144) I/hT2 [bli-4(e937) let-?(q782) qIs48] (I;III). C. elegans Homozygous lethal allele balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP cra-1(tm2144) homozygotes (99.7% embryonic lethality, 61% larval lethality, Him). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Smolikove S, et al. (2008) PLoS Genet 4(6):e1000088.
CV87 syp-4(tm2713) I/hT2 [bli-4(e937) let-?(q782) qIs48] (I;III). C. elegans Homozygous lethal allele balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP syp-4(tm2713) homozygotes (viable but throw 97% dead eggs, 40% males). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Smolikove S, et al. (2009) PLoS Genet 5(10):e1000669.
CV98 him-18(tm2181)/qC1 [dpy-19(e1259) glp-1(q339) qIs26] III. C. elegans qIs26 [lag-2::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Heterozygous animals show roller phenotype and GFP signal at the distal tip cells. Segregates roller GFP(+) heterozygotes, wild-type moving GFP(-) him-18(tm2181) homozygotes. qC1 [dpy-19(e1259) glp-1(q339) qIs26] homozygous animals are dead. P0 him-18(tm2181) homozygous animals show 80% embryonic lethality and 12% high incidence of male at F1. Pick roller GFP(+) worms to maintain. Reference: Saito TT, et al. (2009) PLoS Genet 5:e1000735.
This laboratory hasn't submitted any alleles to the CGC.