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dvIs100 [unc-54p::A-beta-1-42::unc-54 3'-UTR + mtl-2p::GFP]. mtl-2p::GFP produces constitutive expression of GFP in intestinal cells. unc-54p::A-beta-1-42 expresses full-length human A-beta-1-42 peptide in bodywall muscle cells that aggregates in vivo. Shifting L4 or young adult animals from 20C to 25C causes paralysis. Reference: McColl G, et al. Mol Neurodegener. 2012 Nov 21;7:57.

pgIs2 [gcy-8p::TU#813 + gcy-8p::TU#814 + unc-122p::GFP + gcy-8p::mCherry + gcy-8p::GFP + ttx-3p::GFP]. TU#813 and TU#814 are split caspase vectors (Chalfie Lab) subcloned downstream of the gcy-8 promoter. Expression of GFP in coelomocytes and AIY neuron, and mCherry in AFD neuron when caspase activity is lost. Reference: Glauser DA, et al. Genetics. 2011 May;188(1):91-103.

Constructed by crossing individual fluorescence knock-in worms. TagRFP inserted into the endogenous arx-2 gene at its C-terminus and GFP inserted into the endogenous wsp-1a gene at its N-terminus by Cas9-triggered homologous recombination.

Constructed by crossing individual fluorescence knock-in worms. GFP inserted into the endogenous che-3 locus at the N-terminus and tagRFP::3xFlag inserted into the endogenous xbx-1 locus at the C-terminus by Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Fluorescence enriched in most if not all sensory cilia. Very weak fluorescence in the cell bodies of ciliated neurons.

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.

No visible phenotype. Dominant suppressor of daf-c phenotype of age-1.

No visible phenotype. Dominant suppressor of daf-c phenotype of age-1. Ala303Val substitution.

Slow pumping. Egg laying defective. Low frequency of dauer formation. Residual serotonin immunoreactivity, rare and very faint (<1% of NSMs) in most stages, but nearly 100% of CP neurons in adult males show faint to moderate serotonin immunoreactivity. Males mate quite well (E. Hare and C. Loer). Some phenotypic defects originally attributed to mg280 in this strain are likely due to vs166. vs166 is a large deletion (approx. 9.8kb) in the cam-1 gene; flanking sequences are: 5'-gctactggtaaataaggtaa-3' and 5'-atgcttttaaagtttatatt-3' (Edith Myers, personal commnication). See MT15434 for a strain carrying mg280 without the cam-1 mutation.

mgEx579 [ins-18p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. ins-18::GFP promoter fusion containing 4.9 kb upstream regulatory sequence and 2.1 kb of coding region (including exons and introns) driving GFP expression with 0.8 kb downstream sequence. Reference: Pierce SB, et al. Genes Dev. 2001 Mar 15;15(6):672-86.

Can be maintained on OP50. Requires dietary Moco for viability. Reference: Warnhoff K & Ruvkun G. Nat Chem Biol. 2019 Mar 25. doi: 10.1038/s41589-019-0249-y.

F49E2.1. Can be maintained on OP50. Requires dietary Moco for viability. Reference: (F49E2.1 referred to as moc-5) Warnhoff K & Ruvkun G. Nat Chem Biol. 2019 Mar 25. doi: 10.1038/s41589-019-0249-y.

CRISPR/Cas9 used to engineer a 6bp in-frame deletion in 5' coding region removing 2 amino acid residues that are conserved from yeast to human that might be critical for U1A binding to U1 snRNA Reference: Newman MA, et al. Genes Dev. 2018 May 1;32(9-10):670-681. PMID: 29739806

gnaIs2 [myo-2p::YFP + unc-119p::Abeta1-42]. Pan-neuronal amyloid beta1-42 expression. Impaired neuromuscular and sensorimotor behavior. See GRU101 for wild-type control strain. Reference: Fong S, et al. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 22;6:33781. doi: 10.1038/srep33781.

Temperature sensitive maternal effect lethal if shifted from 15C to 25C at the L4 and later stages; sterile if it gets past embryogenesis before being shifted. Maintain at 15C. MJ61 contains a lin-12 allele (ar170) which results in 2 anchor cells. GS1369 was derived by outcrossing MJ61 to remove ar170. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. Added 10/2005: Zhuoyu Ni in Sylvia Lee's lab did not find the published missense mutation in this strain. It does have the ts sterile/lethal phenotype still.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Coelomocyte endocytosis defect. GFP accumulates in body cavity. MTM-9=Y39H10A.3 mtm-9 pka cup-10. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Uncs and Sterile Dpys which have an everted vulva. ar95 previously called evl-10(ar95). See also WBPaper00004382. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUncs and Steriles which have an everted vulva. Segregates males, so may have a him- mutation? ar104 previously called evl-22 and mat-2. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Steriles with an Everted Vul and DpyUncs. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. ar105 previously called evl-5(ar105).

arIs41 [lin-12::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Reference: Levitan D, Greenwald I. Development. 1998 Aug;125(16):3101-9. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

RollerUnc. At 25C e1948 recessively suppresses the Egl phenotype of n676n930. At 15C a high percentage of hermaphrodites have a 0 AC-Egl phenotype. e1948 recessively suppresses vulval lineage defects and proximal mitosis. sc8 previously called rol-4(sc8). See also WBPaper00002448. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC.

arTi85 [lin-31p::ERK::KTR::mClover::T2A::mCherry::his-11::unc-54 3'UTR + rps-27p::NeoR::unc-54 3'UTR]. Superficially wild-type. arTi85 transgene is a single-copy transposon insertion expressing a fluorescent protein (ERK::KTR::mClover) that reports MPK-1 kinase activity in vulval precursor cells (VPCs). A nuclear histone marker is co-expressed (mCherry::H2B). Reference: de la Cova C, et al. Developmental Cell. 2017 Vol. 42(5):542-553.

arTi101 [lin-31p::ERK::KTR(S43A, T55A, S62A)::mClover::T2A::mCherry::his-11::unc-54 3'UTR + rps-27p::NeoR::unc-54 3'UTR]. Superficially wild-type. arTi101 transgene is a single-copy transposon insertion expressing a mutant, unphosphorylated form of a fluorescent protein (ERK::KTR::mClover) that reports MPK-1 kinase activity in vulval precursor cells (VPCs). A nuclear histone marker is co-expressed (mCherry::H2B). Use arTi101 as a negative control for transgene arTi85. Reference: de la Cova C, et al. Developmental Cell. 2017 Vol. 42(5):542-553.

arTi145 [ckb-3p::mCherry::his-58::unc-54 3'UTR] II. miniMos insertion with bright expression due to perdurance mediated by the histone; expressed in all cells from Z1/Z4 until somatic gonad blast cells divide, so labels the entire somatic gonad primordium in continuous L2 or dauer larvae. Reference: Attner et al., 2019, Current Biology 29, 1-7.

arSi12 [mex-5p::ERK::KTR::GFP(smu-1 introns)::T2A::mCherry::his-11::tbb-2 3'UTR]. arSi12 is a single-copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion expressing a fluorescent protein (ERK::KTR::GFP) that reports MPK-1 kinase activity in the germline. A nuclear histone marker is co-expressed (mCherry::H2B). Reference: de la Cova C, et al. Developmental Cell. 2017 Vol. 42(5):542-553.

arSi15 [mex-5p::ERK::KTR(S43A, T55A, S62A)::GFP(smu-1 introns)::T2A::mCherry::his-11::tbb-2 3'UTR]. arSi15 is a single-copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion expressing a mutant, unphosphorylated form of a fluorescent protein (ERK::KTR::GFP) that reports MPK-1 kinase activity in the germline. A nuclear histone marker is co-expressed (mCherry::H2B). Use arSi15 as a negative control for transgene arSi12. Reference: de la Cova C, et al. Developmental Cell. 2017 Vol. 42(5):542-553.

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.

aSi13 [lox2272 + loxN 3' (delta)Cbr-unc-119(+) + 3' (delta)mNeonGreen::PEST] aSi14[lox2272 + loxP 3’ (delta)HygR + 3’ (delta)mScarlet-I::PEST]?II. Unc. Strain contains a set of dual specialized safe harbor transgene landing pads for integration of promoters: one driving mScarlet and rescuing hygromycin resistance upon integration, the other driving mNeonGreen and rescuing the unc phenotype upon integration. Reference: Stevenson ZC, et al. bioRxiv 2022.10.30.514301; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.30.514301. Paper accepted at eLife.

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.

aSi27 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p::GCaMP7s::SL2::mScarlet-I] II. mec-7 promoter driving expression of GCaMP7s 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.

aSi36 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p::GCaMP7f::SL2::mScarlet-I] II. mec-7 promoter driving 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.

pkIs1582 [let-858::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] V. Homozygous lethal lsm-8 deletion balanced by GFP-marked nT1 translocation. xe17 generated by CRISPR/Cas9-engineered replacement of the gene with a red pharyngeal marker. lsm-8 heterozygotes are wild-type (will roll in this case because of pkIs1582) green & red pharynx, and will segregate rolling heterozygotes (green & red pharynx), arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids (only green pharynx), and lsm-8 homozygotes (only red pharynx). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick rollers with green & red pharynx and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Mattout A, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2020 May;22(5):579-590. PMID: 32251399

xeSi302 [nhx-2p::npp-9::GFP::BLRP::3xFLAG::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. gwIs114 [hsp-16.2p::hlh-1 + rol6(su1006)]. Intestine-specific expression of nuclear GFP reporter. Rollers have heat-shock-inducible expression of hlh-1 transcription factor. gwIs114 was generated using constructs provided by Michael W. Krause`s lab (NIDDK). Reference: Gonzalez-Sandoval A, et al. Cell. 2015 Dec 3;163(6):1333-47. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2015.10.066. PMID: 26607792.

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. bqSi225 [emr-1p::emr-1::mCherry + unc-119(+)] IV. gwIs59 [pha-4::mCherry::256xLacO::4xLexA + unc-119(+)]. Superficially wild-type. Express ubiquitous EMR-1::mCherry at the nuclear periphery. Expresses GFP-LacI from early embryogenesis and throughout development, which forms a small spot at the lacO array. Worms have red intestine (all stages) and green intestine (from late L4 stage). Reference: Harr JC, et al. Genes Dev. 2020 Apr 1;34(7-8):560-579. PMID: 32139421.

lsIs17 [pie-1p::GFP::pcn-1(W03D2.4) + unc-119(+)]. Worms are slow growing with reduced brood size and become sterile at elevated temperatures. Express GFP::PCN-1 in dividing cells of germline, embryos and larvae. Reference: Padeken J, et al. Genes Dev. 2019 Apr 1;33(7-8):436-451. PMID: 30804228

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. gwIs34 [myo-3::mCherry + 256xlacO + unc-119(+)] III. Superficially wild-type. Expresses GFP-LacI throughout development from early embryogenesis, forming a small spot at the lacO array. Worms have red muscle (from L1 stage) and green intestine (from late L4 stage). Reference: Meister P, et al. Genes Dev. 2010 Apr 15;24(8):766-82. PMID: 20395364

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. gwIs58 [hsp-16.2p::mCherry::256xLacO::4xLexA + unc-119(+)]. Small transgene/large array. Superficially wild-type. Expresses GFP-LacI from early embryogenesis and throughout development, which forms a small spot at the lacO array. Worms have green intestine (from late L4 stage). Might still carry unc-119(ed3) in background. Reference: Rohner S, et al. J Cell Biol. 2013 Mar 4;200(5):589-604. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201207024. PMID: 23460676

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. ygIs2 [baf-1::GFP::lmn-1(Y59C) + unc-119(+)]. caIs3 [pha-4::lacZ + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Strain expressing low level of GFP::LMN-1 (carrying the Y59C mutation). Expresses GFP-LacI from early embryogenesis and throughout development, which forms a small spot at the lacO array. Worms have red muscle (from L1 stage) and green intestine (from late L4 stage). Reference: Mattout A, et al. Curr Biol. 2011 Oct 11;21(19):1603-14. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.030. PMID: 21962710

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. gwIs4 [baf-1p::GFP-lacI::let-858 3’UTR + myo-3p::RFP] X. Superficially wild-type. Expresses GFP-LacI throughout development from early embryogenesis, forming a large spot at the lacO array. Worms have red muscle (from L1 stage) and green intestine (from late L4 stage). Reference: Towbin BD, et al. Cell. 2012 Aug 31;150(5):934-47. PMID: 22939621

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. gwIs58 [hsp-16.2p::mCherry::256xLacO::4xLexA + unc-119(+)]. Small transgene/large array. Slow growing and dumpy. Expresses GFP-LacI from early embryogenesis and throughout development, which forms a small spot at the lacO array. Worms have green intestine (from late L4 stage). Might still carry unc-119(ed3) in background. Reference: Rohner S, et al. J Cell Biol. 2013 Mar 4;200(5):589-604. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201207024. PMID: 23460676

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. gwIs4 [baf-1p::GFP-lacI::let-858 3’UTR + myo-3p::RFP] X. Superficially wild-type. Expresses GFP-LacI throughout development from early embryogenesis, forming a large spot at the lacO array. Worms have red muscle (from L1 stage) and green intestine (from late L4 stage). Reference: Gonzalez-Sandoval A, et al. Cell. 2015 Dec 3;163(6):1333-47. PMID: 26607792

gwSi17 [cec?4p::cec?4::WmCherry::cec?4 3'UTR] II. gwIs4 [baf-1p::GFP-lacI::let-858 3’UTR + myo-3p::RFP] X. Worms are slow growing with reduced brood size and become sterile at elevated temperatures. Expresses GFP-LacI throughout development from early embryogenesis, forming a large spot at the lacO array. Worms have red muscle (from L1 stage). CEC-4::WmCherry is visible at the nuclear periphery in embryos and L1 stage animals. Reference: Cabianca DS, et al. Nature 2019 May;569(7758):734-739. PMID: 31118512

Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. Isolated from soil under a Kiwi fruit tree in a botanical garden in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, on Nov 11, 2010. Lat: 30° 32' 34.40" N; Lon: 114° 25' 11.38" E. This strain was whole-genome sequenced as part of the Million Mutation Project (MMP). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

nuIs175 [myo-2p::RFP + unc-129p::RFP::snb-1] X. smn-1 heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP rt248 homozygotes (larval arrest). Homozygous hT2 [bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. NOTE: myo-2p::RFP is not visible in this strain. rt248 is a 8 bp deletion in smn-1. [rt248: TTTTGATTAGC--------ATCCCAAAC] [wild-type: TTTTGATTAGCTCCGTATCATCCCAAAC] Reference: Dimitriadi M, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Jul 26;113(30):E4377-86. O'Hern PJ, et al. Elife. 2017 May 2;6. pii: e20752.

rtSi10 [smn-1p::smn-1 + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. nuIs175 [myo-2p::RFP + unc-129p::RFP::snb-1] X. rtSi10 transgene partially rescues smn-1(ok355): smn-1 homozygotes normally arrest as larvae, but somatic defects, including late larval lethality, are ameliorated by rtSi10. Sterility in smn-1(ok355) homozygotes is not rescued by rtSi10. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ok355 homozygotes (sterile due to partial rescue by rtSi10). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Note: qIs48 has been observed to recombine off hT2, typically leaving behind a functional homozygous viable hT2 with Bli-4 phenotype. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: O'Hern PJ, et al. eLife 2017;6:e20752 doi: 10.7554/eLife.20752

rtIs11 [osm-10p::GFP + osm-10p::HtnQ150 + dpy-20(+)]. osm-10 promoter drives expression of both GFP and Htn-Q150 strongly in ASH and more weakly in other neurons of the head and tail. pqe-1(rt13) accelerates Htn-Q150 induced toxicity resulting in ASH neuron cell death predominantly during larval stages. Hence, many adult animals will lack overt GFP expression in ASH neurons. rtEx377 in the original HA759 was selected against leaving only rtIs11 in the strain available at the CGC.

goeIs240 [hsp-16.2p::flp-11::SL2::mKate2::unc-54 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Likely intergrated into LG I or LG III. Heat shock-induced over-expression of FLP-11 neuropeptide causes behavioral quiescence. Reference: Turek et al. eLife 2016;5:e12499.