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dbEx719 [npr-5::mCherry + unc-122p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. mCherry expression in a subset of amphid neurons (ADF, ASE, ASG, ASI, ASJ, ASK, AWA, AWB), in the inner labial neuron IL2, in the interneurons AIA and AUA, and in the phasmids (PHA, PHB). Expression was also seen in head, neck, and body wall muscles. Reference: Cohen M, et al. 2009 Cell Metabolism 9: 375-385.

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from a C. elegans population in rotting apple. LB, 20-26C. Sampled in: Orsay, France. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: TGCAGTCGGACGGGANCCGTCGGAGAGCTTGCTCGAAGACGGTGAGAGTGGCGCACGG GTGCGTAACGCGTGAGCAACCTACCTCTATCAGGGGGATAGCCTCTCGAAAGAGAGATTAAC ACCGCATAACATATCTGACCGGCATCGGTTNGNTATTAAATATTTATAGGATAGAGATGGGCTC GCGTGACATTAGCTAGTTGGTAGGGTAACGGCTTACCAAGGCGACGATGTCTAGGGGCTCT GAGAGGAGAATCCCCCACACTGGTACTGAGACACGGACCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCA GTAAGGAATATTGGTCAATGGGCGGAAGCCTGAACCAGCCATGCCGCGTGCAGGATGACTG CCCTATGGGTTGTAAACTGCTTTTGTCCAGGAATAAACCTTTCTACGTGTAGGAAGCTGAATG TACTGGAAGAATAAGGATCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGATCCG AGCGTTATCCGGATTTATTGGGTTTAAAGGGTGCGTAGGCGGCCTATTAAGTCAGGGGTGAAA TACGGTGGCTCAACCATCGCAGTGCCTTTGATACTGATGGGCTTGAATCCATTTGAAGTGGG CGGAATAAGACAAGTAGCGGTGAAATGCATAGATATGTCTTAGAACTCCGATTGCGAAGGCAG CTCACTAAGCTGGTATTGACGCTGATGCACGAAAGCGTGGGGATCGAACAGGATTAGATACC CTGGTAGTCCACGCCCTAAACGATGATAACTCGATGTTGGCGATAGACAGCCAGCGTCCAA GCGAAAGCGTTAAGTTATCCACCTGGGGAGTACGCCCGCAAGGGTGAAACTCAAAGGAATT GACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGAGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGATACGCGAGGAACCTT ACCCGGGCTTGAAAGTTAGTGAAGAATGCAGAGACGCATTCGTCCTTCGGGACACGAAACT AGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGCCGTGAGGTGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGA GCGCAACCCCTATGTTTAGTTGCCAGCATGTAATGGNGGGGACTCTAAACAGACTGCCTGT GCAAA

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from a C. elegans population in rotting apple. Sampled in: Orsay, France. LB, 20-26C. Slow Grower. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: TATAGAGTTTGATCCTGGCTCAGATTGAACGCTGGCGGCATGCTTTACACATGCAAGTCGAACGGTAACAGGTCTTCGGATGCTGACGAGTGGCGAACGGGTGAGTAATACATCGGAACGTGCCTAGTAGTGGGGGATAACTACTCGAAAGAGTAGCTAATACCGCATGAGATCTAAGGATGAAAGCAGGGGATCGCAAGACCTTGTGCTACTAGAGCGGCTGATGGCAGATTAGGTAGTTGGTGGGATAAAAGCTTACCAAGCCGACGATCTGTAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGACGACCAGCCACACTGGAACTGAGACACGGTCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATTTTGGACAATGGGCGAAAGCCTGATCCAGCAATGCCGCGTGTAGGATGAAGGCCCTCGGGTTGTAAACTACTTTTGTACGGAACGAAAAGACTCTTTCTAATAAAGAGGGTCCATGACGGTACCGTAAGAATAAGCACCGGCTAACTACGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGTAGGGTGCAAGCGTTAATCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGTGCGCAGGCGGTTATGTAAGACAGAGGTGAAATCCCCGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCCTTTGTGACTGCATAGCTAGAGTACGGTAGAGGGGGATGGAATTCCGCGTGTAGCAGTGAAATGCGTAGATATGCGGAGGAACACCGATGGCGAAGGCAATCCCCTGGACCTGTACTGACGCTCATGCACGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCCTAAACGATGTCAACTGGTTGTTGGGAATTAACTTTCTCAGTAACGAAGCTAACGCGTGAAGTTGACCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGTTGAAACTCAAAGGAATTGACGGGGACCCGCACAAGCGGTGGATGATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGCAACGCGAAAAACCTTACCCACCTTTGACATGTACGGAAGTGACCAGAGATGGACATGTGCTCGAAAGAGAACCGTAACACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTCGTGAGATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTTGCCATTAGTTGCTACATTTAGTTGGGCACTCTAATGGGACTGCCGGTGACAAACCGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCCTCATGGCCCTTATAGGTGGGGCTACACACGTCATACAATGGCTGGTACAAAGGGTTGCCAACCCGCGAGGGGGAGCTAATCCCATAAAGCCAGTCGTAGTCCGGATCGCAGTCTGCAACTCGACTGCGTGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGTGGATCAGAATGTCACGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGTCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACCATGGGAGCGGGTCTCGCCAGAAGTAGGTAGCCTAACCGCAAGGAGGGCGCTTACCACGGCGGGGTTCGTGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAGCCGTATCGGAAGGTGCGGCTGGATCACCTCCTTT

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Natural isolate from a C. elegans natural habitat (rotting Petasites stem). LB, 20-26C. Sampled in: Ivry, France. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: TGGAGCTTGCTCCTTGGGTGACGAGTGGCGGACGGGTGAGTAATGTCTGGGAAACTGCCC GATGGAGGGGGATAACTACTGGAAACGGTAGCTAATACCGCATAACGTCGCAAGACCAAAGT GGGGGACCTTCGGGCCTCACACCATCGGATGTGCCCAGATGGGATTAGCTAGTAGGTGGG GTAATGGCTCACCTAGGCGACGATCCCTAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGATGACCAGCCACACTGGA ACTGAGACACGGTCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGCACAATGGGCG CAAGCCTGATGCAGCCATGCCGCGTGTATGAAGAAGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAAAGTACTTTCA GCGGGGAGGAAGGCGGTGAGGTTAATAACCTCACCGATTGACGTTACCCGCAGAAGAAGCA CCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGTGCAAGCGTTAATCGNAATTA CTGGGCGTAAAGCGCACGCCGGCGGTCTGTCAAGTCGGATGTGAATCCCCGGGCTTAAC CTGGGAACTGCATTCGAAACTGGCAGGCTAGAGTCTCGTAGAGGGGGGTAGAATTCCAGGT GTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGAGATCTGGAGGAATACCGGTGGCGAAGGCGGCCCCCTGGAC GAAGACTGACGCTCAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTC CACGCCGTAAACGATGTCGACTTGGAGGTTGTTCCCTTGAGGAGTGGCTTCCGGAGCTAA CGCGTTAAGTCGACCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGTTAAAACTCAAATGAATTGACGG GGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGCAACGCGAAGAACCTTACCTA CTCTTGACATCCAGCGAACTTAGCAGAGATGCCCTGGTGCCTTCGGGAACCCTGAGACAG GTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTTGTGAAATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGC GCAACCCTTATCCTTTGTTGCCAGCGGTCCGGCCGGGAACTCAAAGGAGACTGCCAGTGA TAAACTGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCATCATGGCCCTTACGAGTAGGGCTACACA CGTGCTACAATGGCGCATACAAAGAGAAGCGACCTCGCGAGAGCAAGCGGACCTCATAAAG TGCGTCGTAGTCCGGATCGGAGTCTGCAACTCGACTCCGTGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAGTAAT CGTAGATCAGAATGCTACGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACC ATGGGAGTGGGTTGCAAAAGAAGTAGGTAGCTTAAC

Heterozygotes are Unc and segregate Uncs, dead eggs, and non-Uncs (dsb-1 homozygotes), which produce 99% inviable embryos due to meiotic nondisjunction. Pick Unc to maintain and check for correct segregation of progeny. we11 is a TCA to TAA nonsense mutation in the dsb-1 coding sequence that introduces a premature stop after leucine 96. Reference: Stamper EL, et al. PLoS Genet. 2013;9(8):e1003679.

Chemotaxis abnormal. Amphid defect-EM. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS

Dauer defective. Not leaky. Crowds. Amphid defect by EM. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS.

Amphid defect. Chemotaxis defective (Na+). Crowds. Dauer defective. Very leaky. M-MATING+POOR <1%WT.

Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. Apparently identical to N2. Isolated by Carl Johnson in June 1973 in a garden in Altadena, CA. Sample obtained from laboratory of R.E. Russell in October 1980. Sent to CGC in Jan. 1997. Reference WBG 10(2) 140-141. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

No FITC uptake by phasmids and amphids. Dauer formation defective. Osmotic avoidance defective.

Some FITC uptake by amphids but not by phasmids. Hypodermal defect.

Wild isolate from Pasadena, Ca. [Flower bed on CIT campus in summer of 1971 (or 1973??). Wild type phenotype. High copy Tc1. Reference WBG 10(2) 140-141. Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. CB subclone of PA1 (Tc1 pattern HCG?). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Endogenous sftb-1 reporter generated by CRISPR/Cas9 using the Nested CRISPR protocol (Vicencio et al., 2019 Genetics). mCherry was amplified from pJJR83 plasmid and inserted at the 5' end of the sftb-1 gene. External primers used for genotyping: (For: AGCTATCGAAGTTTAGGATGTTGTT) (Rev: CGGTTCCAATCGAGTCTAGGTA) Reference: Serrat X, et al. PLoS Genet. 2019 Oct 21;15(10):e1008464.

Isolated in 1991 by Carlos E. Winter in soil samples taken at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Hermaphrodite strain. Adults are smaller than C. elegans. The life cycle is a little longer than C. elegans at 22C. Each lays about 300 eggs in the three days following the moult from L4 to adult. Eggs are laid just after being fertilized resulting sometimes in plates with many eggs (much more than C. elegans). See Comp. Biochem. Physiol 103B: 189, 1992. See Nematology 2(1): 89-98, 2000. Can be grown and maintained on NGM. L1s easily frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen. This strain is deposited in Paul Sternberg's collection under the name PS1022. The species has not yet been determined; Lynn Carta will publish a paper proposing Oscheius brevesophaga. DO NOT use this name before the paper is published. Contact Carles E. Winter or Lynn Carta before publishing anything official about this strain. See also WBPaper00004471 and WBPaper00004485. AKA Oscheius sp. 1.

CGC1 (formerly known as PD1074) is intended to be used as a wild-type reference strain with the closely matched genome assembly of Yoshimura, et al. (Genome Res. 2019 Jun;29(6):1009-1022) available on Wormbase as VC2010-1.0. (ENA study accession PRJEB28388; assembly accession GCA_900538205). CGC1 is a defined and recently cloned population of animals derived from the original "Bristol" variant of C. elegans originally obtained by Brenner from E. Dougherty with no known history of mutagenesis. Brenner's original population, called N2, was used as the basis for the vast majority of laboratory strains in use currently. No early frozen stock of the unmutagenized N2 population currently exists, but later stocks were available from several laboratories. CGC1 is a clonal population founded by picking a single worm of one such stock, VC3510. VC3510 in turn derives from a subpopulation of N2 described in the literature as VC2010. We note that CGC1 is expected to be largely similar to most lab N2 strains, but that as a clonal isolate derived from N2, there will be some loci that will vary compared to any other particular N2 isolate. One such example is a partial deletion of the alh-2 locus in CGC1. Additional loci that were found to vary between the prior N2 reference genome (WormBase release WS264) and the VC2010-1.0 assembly are detailed in supplemental table 8 in Yoshimura, et al, (2019). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

kyIs722 [str-2p::GCaMP5(D380Y) + elt-2::mCherry]. GCaMP5a expression driven by str-2 promoter, providing a very bright integrated calcium indicator useful for imaging of AWC(on).

kyIs4 [ceh-23p::unc-76::GFP + lin-15(+)] X. kyIs4 contains a fragment of unc-76 protein that drives enrichment of GFP in the axons. sax-6 is temperature sensitive. Posterior axon from amphid neuron. This strain may contain lin-15(n765) X. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it 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.

kyIs4 [ceh-23p::unc-76::GFP + lin-15(+)] X. kyIs4 contains a fragment of unc-76 protein that drives enrichment of GFP in the axons. sax-9 is temperature senstive. Amphid axon guidance defects (termination, guidance). This strain may contain lin-15(n765) X. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it 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.

Amphid axon guidence defect. HSN axon guidence defect. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it 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.

Amplify with the following external primers: EL1(agtcctgaacggagctttga); ER1(tacaatggcagcagcaagtc). Then re-amplify with the nested primer set: IL1(tcgcacattggtttgttgtt); IR1(aacggcatgagttagccaat).

juIs319 [col-19p::GCaMP3 + col-19p::tdTomato]. col-19p::GCaMP3 expression is induced by either laser or needle wounding. col-19 is an adult-specific collagen and is not expressed until the end of the L4 larval stage. Reference: Xu S & Chisholm AD. Curr Biol. 2011 Dec 6;21(23):1960-7.

juSi103 [col-19p::mito::GCaMP5]. GCaMP5 reporter labels hypodermal mitochondria. Reference: Xu S & Chisholm AD. Dev Cell. 2014 Oct 13;31(1):48-60. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2014.08.002. PMID: 25313960.

juIs550 [mec-4p::mito::GCaMP5 + ttx-3p::RFP]. Mitochondrial calcium reporter expressed in touch neurons. Reference: Tang NH, et al. Curr Biol. 2020 Mar 9;30(5):865-876.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2019.12.061. PMID: 31983639

C07H6.5. Homozygous sterile deletion chromosome 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 ok492 homozygotes (sterile adult, tends to explode at vulva). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: GGCAGCTCGAAAATATTGCC. External right primer: GGAAAACCGCAAGGATGGTGG. Internal left primer: TCACGGAGCTAGATGTGACG. Internal right primer: CGTCAAAAAGAACCCGATGT. Internal WT amplicon: 3095 bp. Deletion size: 1043 bp. Deletion left flank: GAGAACATACACAATCTGGACGAGATCACT. Deletion right flank: CCTGGGGTGGCGATGACCAAGTGAACCGTT. This strain was provided by the C. elegans Reverse Genetics Core Facility at the University of British Columbia, which is part of the international C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. URL: http://www.celeganskoconsortium.omrf.org.

Recessive, early stop mutation within the coding sequence (C to T substitution in aa52) makes sa734 a likely null allele. May grow slightly better at 15C. Hyperactive, lays early stage eggs, increased amplitude of locomotory wave-form. Suppresses the lethargy and egg-laying defects of unc-43(n498). Reverses direction of locomotion more frequently than WT.

Original sample from peach orchard at Lodi CA. Original culture sent to DWF from B. Jaffee. Identification by E. Mae Noffsinger.

eagIs6 [spn-4p::jGCaMP7s::pie-1 3'UTR + HygR [*fxIs10] ] II. CaFE reporter (calcium inducible fluorescence in germline). Calcium-inducible fluorescent jGCaMP7s protein codon-optimized for elegans and expressed in germline enables visualization of calcium wave upon fertilization. Reference: Toperzer KM, et al. Biol Open. 2023 Sep 15;12(9):bio059832. PMID: 37602653.

eagIs6 [spn-4p::jGCaMP7s::pie-1 3'UTR + HygR [*fxIs10] ] II. ujIs113 [pie-1p::mCherry::H2B::pie-1 3'UTR + nhr-2p::his-24::mCherry::let-858 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. CaFE reporter (calcium inducible fluorescence in germline). Calcium-inducible fluorescent jGCaMP7s protein codon-optimized for elegans and expressed in germline enables visualization of calcium wave upon fertilization. H2::mCherry marks germline nuclei. Reference: Toperzer KM, et al. Biol Open. 2023 Sep 15;12(9):bio059832. PMID: 37602653.

eagIs6 [spn-4p::jGCaMP7s::pie-1 3'UTR + HygR [*fxIs10] ] II. ltIs44 [pie-1p::mCherry::PH(PLC1delta1) + unc-119(+)] IV. CaFE reporter (calcium inducible fluorescence in germline). Calcium-inducible fluorescent jGCaMP7s protein codon-optimized for elegans and expressed in germline enables visualization of calcium wave upon fertilization. mCherry::PH marks cell membranes. Reference: Toperzer KM, et al. Biol Open. 2023 Sep 15;12(9):bio059832. PMID: 37602653.

Isolated as a single hermaphrodite from a flower bed soil sample in the botanic gardens in Chungcheng, Taipei, Taiwan, September 29, 2005. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Caenorhabditis briggsae wild isolate. Isolated from compost from Jenny Pettifor's garden in the Paview neighborhood in Johannesburg, South Africa, on May 5, 2006. Landscape: Urban_garden. Isolated from a compost sample from a private garden in Johannesburg, South Africa, March-April 06 by E. Dolgin. Same compost sample as ED3078-3089. WBPaper00035666. GPS: -26.200001 28.000000, Johannesburg, South Africa. Substrate: compost_heap. Sampled_by: Elie Dolgin WBPerson12345. 2006. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Caenorhabditis sp. 9 Male-female strain. Isolated from a sample collected by Joel Ehrenkranz on May 20, 2008, around 11 AM in Shinkolobwe, Katanga Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo (~11°S, 26°E). The sample was collected from worked soil which contained organic material around the foundation of a wattle hut. This time of year was the dry season in Katanga Province, so daytime temperatures were in the high 70s and nighttime temperatures in the low 50s. The specimen was placed in a ziplock bag with a slice of apple for transport to Susan Mango's lab at the Huntsman Cancer Institute, Salt Lake City, Utah. From the date of collection until the specimen reached the lab was approximately 2 weeks.

oxTi185 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi179 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi444 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi177 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi365 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi354 [myo-2p::GFP::H2B + ttTi5605 + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals contain a myo-2p::GFP::H2B construct next to the insertion site and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

M01G12.12. External left primer: GAGTGGTGGGCAATTGAGTT. External right primer: CCACCCAAGATCTGGTCAGT. Internal left primer: TGTCAACTTGAGGATCGACG. Internal right primer: ATTCCTGCAATTGGTCAAGG. Internal WT amplicon: 2509 bp. Deletion size: 979 bp. Deletion left flank: ATTTTCAACGAAAGTTTTTCGGTTATTTCA. Deletion right flank: AGAGGAAAAAATACGGACAAGAAGAATAAT.

H01G02.2. External left primer: TGCATCCCTTTGATTCCTTC. External right primer: AAACCTGGGCGCTTTTATTT. Internal left primer: GCAATCCTTGCTTGATCCAT. Internal right primer: TGATTGCAACGTTCCATGAT. Internal WT amplicon: 3033 bp. Deletion size: 1251 bp. Deletion left flank: AAACTCACTTTTGAAACATTCGGGACCATT. Deletion right flank: GATGAAGATCATGGAACGTTGCAATCAATT. This strain was provided by the C. elegans Reverse Genetics Core Facility at the University of British Columbia, which is part of the international C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. URL: http://www.celeganskoconsortium.omrf.org.

Homozygous or195 hermaphrodites make 100% dead embryos at 26C. One-cell embryo has a very small but bipolar spindle, severe chromosome segregation defect. Maintain at 15C. Previously called spd-4. 2/06: From Bruce Bowerman: The or195 mutation changes base 10,679 of the cosmid clone T21E12 from a C to a T. This corresponds to dhc-1 cDNA nucleotide 9599 (WS153) , which is the center nucleotide of codon 3200. This codon changes from Serine in N2 to Leucine in or195 (S3200L). Note: this is not the same mutation for or195ts that we reported in Hamill et al, 2002(Dev Cell 3, 673-684). The mutation reported in our paper is not present in this strain. We apologize for the confusion. The pairs dhc-11a,b amplify the mutated fragment in dhc-1(or195). The mutation is near the center of this fragment; a clean (gel purified) DNA prep helps get a good read of it. dhc-11b: 5' aacagacgcacgattgacct 3'. dhc-11a: 5' ctcaaatcaaggaaggagct 3'. PCR conditions: 5 min at 94 degrees C; 30 sec at 94 degrees C; 30 sec at 55 degrees C; 1 min at 72 degrees C. 35 Cycles using Taq polymerase.

Constructed by crossing individual fluorescence knock-in worms. GFP inserted into the endogenous klp-20 gene at its C-terminus, tagRFP::3xFlag inserted into the endogenous xbx-1 gene at its C-terminus and tagBFP inserted into the endogenous ift-81 gene at its C-terminus by Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. GFP enriched at the proximal region (middle segment) of amphid or phasmid sensory cilia while red and blue fluorescence enriched along the whole cilia. Very weak fluorescence in the cell bodies of ciliated neurons.

GFP inserted into the endogenous che-3 gene at its N-terminus and R1384C mutation introduced by Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Lipophilic dye filling is superficially wild-type and the amphid and phasmid sensory cilia are mildly shortened without evident IFT particle accumulation.

GFP inserted into the endogenous che-3 gene at its N-terminus and R1693C mutation introduced by Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Lipophilic dye filling is 100% defective and the amphid and phasmid sensory cilia are severely shortened without evident IFT particle accumulation.

GFP inserted into the endogenous che-3 locus at its N-terminus and K2935Q mutation introduced by Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Lipophilic dye filling is 100% defective and the amphid and phasmid sensory cilia are severely shortened with strong IFT particle accumulation.

mgIs45 [mir-84(over-expressing) + tub-1::GFP] I. wIs54 [scm::GFP] V. Maintain by picking animals with good expression of tub-1::GFP in amphid neurons to maintain. somi-1 mutation suppresses precocious development of the vulva and hypodermal cells caused by over-expression of mir-84. Reference: Hayes GD, Riedel CG, Ruvkun G. 2011. Genes Dev. 2011 Oct 1;25(19):2079-92.

aSi8 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p:: NLS::GCaMP7s::egl-13-NLS::SL2::NLS::mScarlet-I:: egl-13-NLS] II. mec-7 promoter driving nuclear-localized expression of GCaMP7f in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.

aSi23 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p:: NLS::GCaMP7f::egl-13-NLS::SL2::NLS::mScarlet-I:: egl-13-NLS] II. mec-7 promoter driving nuclear-localized expression of GCaMP7f in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.

aSi26 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p:: NLS::GCaMP7s::ras-2-CAAX::SL2::mScarlet-I::ras-2-CAAX] II. mec-7 promoter driving membrane-localized expression of GCaMP7f in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.

aSi31 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p:: NLS::GCaMP7f::ras-2-CAAX::SL2::mScarlet-I::ras-2-CAAX] II. mec-7 promoter driving membrane-localized expression of GCaMP7f in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.