Laboratory Information

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Allele designationay
HeadStern, Michael
InstitutionNortheastern Illinois University, Chicago, IL
Address Northeastern Illinois University
CGSR, LWH 0041
5500 N. St. Louis Ave.
Chicago 60625-4699
United States
Website https://www.neiu.edu/academics/college-of-arts-and-sciences/departments/biology/faculty-and-staff
Gene classes soc 

Strains contributed by this laboratory

Strain Genotype Species Description
MT3184 sem-4(n1378) unc-13(e51) I. C. elegans Unc. Egl. Transformation of sex myoblasts into body wall muscle.
MT3188 egl-17(n1377) X. C. elegans Egg-laying defective. Moderate to severe bloating. 30% make bags of worms. Males mate.
MT3213 dpy-5(e61) sem-4(n1378) I. C. elegans Dpy. Egl. Transformation of sex myoblasts into body wall muscle.
MT3433 egl-15(n1458) X. C. elegans Egl. Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: DeVore DL, et al. Cell. 1995 Nov 17;83(4):611-20.
MT3456 egl-15(n1477) X. C. elegans Temperature sensitive Egl.
MT3458 egl-15(n1457) X. C. elegans Egl. Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: DeVore DL, et al. Cell. 1995 Nov 17;83(4):611-20.
MT3460 +/szT1 I; dpy-6(e14) egl-15(n1454)/szT1 [lon-2(e678)] X. C. elegans WT strain which segregates WT, Dpy L1 lethals, Lon males and dead eggs. Class II egl-15 mutation.
MT3858 sem-3(n1655) IV. C. elegans Egl.
MT3870 clr-1(e1745) II; egl-15(n1477) X. C. elegans Egl. Temperature sensitive Scrawny-cannot be maintained at 25C. Class III egl-15 mutation.
MT3989 clr-1(e1745) bli-2(e768) II. C. elegans Adult Blistered, especially in the head. Starved translucent appearance at 20c; inviable at 25C.
MT4030 clr-1(e1745) II; soc-2(n1774) IV. C. elegans clr-1 suppressed.
MT4035 clr-1(e1745) II; sem-5(n1779) X. C. elegans About 11% of the animals should be Vulvaless. n1779 suppresses clr-1.
MT4039 clr-1(e1745) II; egl-15(n1783) X. C. elegans non-Egl. non-Scrawny. Class IV egl-15 mutation.
MT4045 clr-1(e1745) II; soc-1(n1789) V. C. elegans clr-1 suppressed.
MT4185 sem-5(n1779) X. C. elegans
MT4732 clr-1(n1992) II; egl-15(n1477) X. C. elegans Non-Scr, non-Clr. Egl.
MT5104 lin-31(n301) clr-1(e1745) dpy-10(e128) II. C. elegans Dpy. Muv. Starved translucent appearance at 20c; inviable at 25C.
MT5267 soc-1(n1789) V. C. elegans WT. Suppresses clr-1.
MT5554 clr-1(e1745) II; egl-15(n2202) X. C. elegans Soc. Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: DeVore DL, Development. 2003 Aug;130(16):3757-66.
MT5562 clr-1(e1745) II; egl-15(n2210) X. C. elegans Soc. Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: DeVore DL, Development. 2003 Aug;130(16):3757-66.
NH2020 clr-1(e1745) II; sem-5(n1619) X. C. elegans Vulvaless. About 91% of the animals die as L1 or early L2. n1619 suppresses clr-1.
NH2038 clr-1(e2530) II; egl-15(n1477) X. C. elegans Non-Scr, non-Clr. Egl.
NH2044 egl-15(ay1) X. C. elegans Egl. Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: Chen EB, et al. Dev Biol. 1997 Feb 1;182(1):88-100.
NH2103 egl-17(ay6) X. C. elegans Egg-laying defective. Null allele. Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: Burdine RD, et al. (1997) PNAS 94(6):2433-7.
NH2106 ceh-20(ay9) III. C. elegans Egl (Vul). 90% penetrant. lesion: M78I.
NH2192 egl-17(ay8) X. C. elegans Egg-laying defective. Null allele. Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: Burdine RD, et al. (1997) PNAS 94(6):2433-7.
NH2267 let-60(n1046) IV; egl-15(n1454) X. C. elegans Unc and scrawny, but viable. Egl. Class II egl-15 mutation. Lethality suppressed by let-60.
NH2296 ceh-20(ay42) unc-36(e251)/sma-3(e491) unc-36(e251) III. C. elegans Heterozygotes are Unc and segregate Unc, SmaUnc and UncVul. ay42 is a strong Vul and is recessive. ay42 has slow growth.
NH2466 ayIs4 I; dpy-20(e1282) IV. C. elegans ayIs4 [egl-17p::GFP + dpy-20(+)] IV.
NH2531 let-60(ay75)/dpy-20(e1362) IV. C. elegans ay75gf: ts dominant Clr, Sterile; Dominant sterile at 25C, fertile at 15C, severely reduced fertility at 20C. At 15C, ay75gf: recessive adults Clr, partially penetrant Muv. At 15C, heterozygotes segregate 50% WT, 25% Dpy, and 25% adult Clear.
NH2552 ceh-20(ay38) unc-36(e251)/sma-3(e491) unc-36(e251) III. C. elegans Heterozygotes are Unc and segregate Unc, SmaUnc and larval lethals. Putative null allele.
NH2693 +/szT1 [lon-2(e678)] I; egl-15(n1456)/szT1 X. C. elegans Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Lon Males, early L1 larval arrested animals (n1456 homozygotes) and dead eggs. n1456 is an early nonsense mutation in the extracellular domain of EGL-15/FGFR (Q268 STOP).
NH3027 ncl-1(e1865) III; egl-15(n1456) X; ayEx86. C. elegans ayEx86 [col-19::GFP + egl-15(+) (NH#112) + ncl-1(+)(c33c3)]. Maintain by picking non-Egl. Referene: Lo TW, et al. Dev Biol. 2008 Jun 15;318(2):268-75.
NH3119 F54A5.3a(ok198) I. C. elegans No obvious phenotype. The primers used to isolate (ok198)were: LS969.E1: TGAGCTCGGAGATGTTGCT; LS969.E2: CCGGTCATTCCTCATTCACT; LS969.I1: GGGAGGGTCTTACGTTGTGA; LS969.I2: GTCGAAAAATCAACTTGCGG; The deletion band runs at about 2000bp. The wt band (based on the inside primers) is 3195bp making the deletion about 1200bp of the gene F54A5.3.

Alleles contributed by this laboratory

Allele Type DNA Change Protein Change
ay38 Allele substitution nonsense
ay1 Allele substitution
ay6 Allele deletion
ay9 Allele substitution
ay8 Allele substitution nonsense
ay42 Allele substitution
ay75 Allele substitution