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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.

mudIs1 [tph-1p::ChR2::GFP + myo-3p::mCherry]. When tph-1 mutants carrying mudIs1 are exposed to blue light, the worms continue to move rather than stopping like wild-type animals. Reference: Pokala N & Glater EE. 2018. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 162(2): A152-A158.

mudIs1 [tph-1p::ChR2::GFP + myo-3p::mCherry]. Worms stop moving when exposed to blue light. Reference: Pokala N & Glater EE. 2018. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 162(2): A152-A158.

mudIs1 [tph-1p::ChR2::GFP + myo-3p::mCherry]. Worms stop moving when exposed to blue light. Reference: Pokala N & Glater EE. 2018. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 162(2): A152-A158.

oxIs318 [spe-11p::mCherry::histone + unc-119(+)]. Wild type. Dim mCherry expression in hermaphrodite sperm. Barely visible on bright dissection microscope; visible on compound microscope. Plasmid pCFJ167 inserted by MosSCI into ttTi5605 site.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Wild type worms with mCherry fluorescence in pharyngeal and body wall muscle. Visible on dissection microscope at high magnification. Complex transgene insertion in place of Mos1 allele ttTi5605. Useful for following "invisible" insertions at ttTi5605 site by Mos1 Single Copy gene Insertion (MosSCI). Please note: The insertion was a complex event pulling in more than one transgene and parts of the array. Therefore, the exact molecular structure of the insert is not known. Therefore the strain should NOT be used as a control for insert copy number or other detailed molecular controls of MosSCI insertions. Succesfully used as a balancer for the ttTi5605 locus.

oxIs351 contains [unc-47p::channelrhodopsin::mCherry + lin-15(+) + Litmus]. Superficially wild-type.

oxIs353 contains [myo-3p::channelrhodopsin::mCherry + lin-15(+) + Litmus]. Superficially wild-type.

oxIs364 contains [unc-17p::channelrhodopsin::mCherry + lin-15(+) + Litmus]. Superficially wild-type.

dpy-13(ox495::Cbr-unc-119(+) + myo-2p::mCherry + unc-122p::GFP) IV. Dpy, mCherry pharyngeal muscle, dim GFP+ in coelomycytes. Insertion/deletion into cxTi10882 MosSCI site on Chr. IV. Can be used as balancer.

oxSi212 [pie-1p::GFP::mCherry::H2B::gld-2 3'UTR::operonGFP::H2B::cye-1UTR] II. Maintain under normal conditions; expression is stable. Superficially wildtype. Bright, nuclear mCherry and GFP fluorescence in germline. Reference: Frokjaer-Jensen C, et al. Nat Methods. 2012 Jan 30;9(2):117-8.

oxIs565 [dpy-30p::frt::mCherry::frt::GFP::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Ubiquitous mCherry expression. Green nuclei after FLP activity. Integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi80 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] III. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr. III: 21.21. oxSi199 [unc-57p::tdTomato + unc-119(+)] IV. Synaptic red fluorescence visible on fluorescence dissecting scope. Integration into cxTi10882 mosSCI site (IV:-0.05). Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II, LG III and LG IV.

oxSi487 [mex-5p::mCherry::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR::gpd-2 operon::GFP::H2B::cye-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] II. MosSCI insertion into ttTi5605 site on Chr II. unc-119 rescue, bright nuclear GFP and nuclear mCherry fluorescence in germline.

oxTi417 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Broad, cytoplasmic red fluorescence. pCFJ660 inserted into unc-119(ed3) III (11X outcross) background. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for exact insertion site.

oxTi302 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Broad, cytoplasmic red fluorescence. pCFJ660 inserted into unc-119(ed3) III (11X outcross) background. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for exact insertion site.

oxTi420 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Broad, cytoplasmic red fluorescence. pCFJ660 inserted into unc-119(ed3) III (11X outcross) background. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for exact insertion site.

oxTi419 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Broad, cytoplasmic red fluorescence. pCFJ660 inserted into unc-119(ed3) III (11X outcross) background. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for exact insertion site.

oxTi414 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Broad, cytoplasmic red fluorescence. pCFJ660 inserted into unc-119(ed3) III (11X outcross) background. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for exact insertion site.

oxTi418 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Broad, cytoplasmic red fluorescence. pCFJ660 inserted into unc-119(ed3) III (11X outcross) background. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for exact insertion site.

oxTi421 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Broad, cytoplasmic red fluorescence. pCFJ660 inserted into unc-119(ed3) III (11X outcross) background. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for exact insertion site.

oxTi416 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Broad, cytoplasmic red fluorescence. pCFJ660 inserted into unc-119(ed3) III (11X outcross) background. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for exact insertion site.

oxTi302 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]; inserted in Chr. I: 10,166,145. oxTi75 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] II; inserted in Chr. II: 5,448,544. oxTi411 [eft-3p::tdTomato::H2B::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] inserted in Chr. III: 6,076,837. Him. Somewhat sick at higher temperatures. Maintain at 20C or below. This mapping strain uses three dominant fluorescent insertions that can be distinguished when scoring segregation. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for additional strain information.

oxTi76 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)]; inserted in Chr. IV: 11,899,008. oxTi405 [eft-3p::tdTomato::H2B::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]; inserted in Chr. V: 15,838,568. oxTi421 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR] inserted in Chr. X: 6,180,397. Him. Somewhat sick at higher temperatures. Maintain at 20C or below. This mapping strain uses three dominant fluorescent insertions that can be distinguished when scoring segregation. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for additional strain information.

oxSi259 [eft-3p::GFP + Cbr-unc-119(+)] I. Cytoplasmic, green fluorescence expressed broadly (most cells). Integration into ttTi4348 mosSCI site (I:-5.32). oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi81 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] V. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr.V: 1.21. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG I, LG II and LG V.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxSi199 [unc-57p::tdTomato + unc-119(+)] IV. Synaptic red fluorescence visible on fluorescence dissecting scope. Integration into cxTi10882 mosSCI site (IV:-0.05). oxTi81 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] V. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr.V: 1.21. Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II, LG IV and LG V. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi80 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] III. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr. III: 21.21. Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II and LG III. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi80 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] III. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr. III: 21.21. oxSi199 [unc-57p::tdTomato + unc-119(+)] IV. Synaptic red fluorescence visible on fluorescence dissecting scope. Integration into cxTi10882 mosSCI site (IV:-0.05). Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II, LG III and LG IV. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi79 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3' UTR + unc-18(+)] III. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr. III: -26.22. Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II and LG III. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

oxSi255 [snt-1p::GFP + Cbr-unc-119(+)] I. Integration into ttTi4348 mosSCI site (I:-5.32). Pan-neuronal GFP expression visible under dissection microscope. oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxSi199 [unc-57p::tdTomato + unc-119(+)] IV. Synaptic red fluorescence visible on fluorescence dissecting scope. Integration into cxTi10882 mosSCI site (IV:-0.05). Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG I, LG II and LG IV. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

eraIs1 [dat-1p::mCherry + dat-1p::hSNCA::Venus]. Inclusions of human alpha-Synuclein::Venus in dopaminergic neurons with marked with mCherry. Overexpression of human SNCA (alpha-Synuclein tagged with Venus) causes degenerative signs in dopaminergic neurons. Reference: Vozdek R, et al. 2022 Apr 27:14:806000. doi: 10.3389/fnagi.2022.806000. PMID: 35572147.

jyEx4 [zip-2::GFP + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry+ pharynx to maintain. Array is stable; might have integrated. ZIP-2::GFP protein is only expressed in the intestine when animals are infected with pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain (PA14) or when other processes (e.g. translation) are perturbed (see Dunbar TL, et al. for more information). Reference: Dunbar TL, et al. Cell Host Microbe. 2012 Apr 19;11(4):375-86.

jyEx6 [zip-2::GFP + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry+ pharynx to maintain. zip-2p::GFP reporter is constitutively on. Reference: Dunbar TL, et al. Cell Host Microbe. 2012 Apr 19;11(4):375-86.

jyIs8 [pals-5p::GFP + myo-2p::mCherry] X. GFP expression induced in the intestine after intracellular infection or proteasomal inhibition. Reference: Bakowski MA, et al. PLoS Pathog. 2014 Jun 19;10(6):e1004200.

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. orIs13 [pie-1p::GFP::npp-22(genomic)::pie-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. GFP-tagged NPP-22. Superficially wild-type. Might still carry unc-119(ed3) in background. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS Genet. 2007 Aug;3(8):e128.

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Temperature-sensitive. Viable at 15C. Complete loss of aspm-1 function at 26C. Shift to restrictive temperature for 3-6 hours to induce oocyte meiotic spindle phenotype and bypass sterility. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly A, et al. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Apr;25(8):1298-311. PMID: 24554763

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Shift to 25-26C for 2-6 hours to induce meiotic spindle phenotype. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly AA, et al. J Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 14;210(6):917-32. PMID: 26370499

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15C; sterile at 26C. Shift to restrictive temperature (26C) for 3-6 hours to induce oocyte meiotic spindle phenotype and bypass sterility. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly A, et. al. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Apr;25(8):1298-311.

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Shift to 25-26C for 2-6 hours to induce meiotic spindle phenotype. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly AA, et al. J Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 14;210(6):917-32. PMID: 26370499

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. orIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::mei-1 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 25C to retain transgene fluorescence. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly AA, et al. J Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 14;210(6):917-32. PMID: 26370499

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. GFP::aspm-1 localizes to meiotic spindle poles and centrosomes during early development. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Connolly AA, et al. J Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 14;210(6):917-32. PMID: 26370499

itIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::H2B::pie-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] IV. GFP::aspm-1 localizes to meiotic spindle poles and centrosomes during early development. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Shift to 25-26C for 2-6 hours to induce meiotic spindle phenotype. Reference: Connolly AA, et al. J Cell Biol. 2015 Sep 14;210(6):917-32. PMID: 26370499

sas-7(or1940[gfp::sas-7]) III. ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. Green centriole signal and red chromosome signal. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Sugioka, et al., 2017 Elife 6 e20353.

ijmSi3 [mex-5p::cls-2(re-encoded)::GFP::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] I. ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. The coding sequence of GFP-tagged cls-2 in the transgene was re-coded using silent mutations to render it insensitive to RNAi-depletion of endogenous cls-2 expression. mCherry expression marks histones. Not known if unc-119(ed3) is still carried in the background of this strain. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Schlientz A and Bowerman B. PLoS Genet. 2020 Oct 7;16(10):e1008751. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008751.

ItIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. Maintain at 15C. Fast-acting temperature-sensitive allele. At restrictive temperature (26C), animals give rise to 100% dead embryos. At 15C, animals give rise to viable progeny. GFP::aspm-1 localizes to meiotic spindle poles and centrosomes during early development. Might still carry unc-119(ed3) III in background. Reference: Harvey AM, et al. PLoS Genet. 2023 Jan 6;19(1):e1010363. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1010363. PMID: 36608115

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ruIs57 [pie-1p::GFP::tubulin + unc-119(+)]. tmC18 balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry and Dpy. Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal mCherry, and segregate mCherry+ heterozygotes, tmC18 homozygotes (mCherry+ Dpy) and non-mCherry klp-15/16 homozygotes. Homozygous double deletion mutants are fertile but produced reduced brood sizes with highly penetrant embryonic lethality; will also segregate some males. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Chuang CH, et al., Biology Open 2020 9: bio052308 doi: 10.1242/bio.052308 Published 25 June 2020

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. GFP tag inserted into endogenous tac-1 locus. Might still contain unc-119(ed3) in the background. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Chuang CH, et al., Biology Open 2020 9: bio052308 doi: 10.1242/bio.052308 Published 25 June 2020

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. GFP tag inserted into endogenous zyg-9 locus. Might still contain unc-119(ed3) in the background. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Chuang CH, et al., Biology Open 2020 9: bio052308 doi: 10.1242/bio.052308 Published 25 June 2020

ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ruIs57 [pie-1p::GFP::tubulin + unc-119(+)]. GFP tag inserted into endogenous aspm-1 locus. tmC18 balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry and Dpy. Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal mCherry, and segregate mCherry+ heterozygotes, tmC18 homozygotes (mCherry+ Dpy) and non-mCherry triple mutant homozygotes. Homozygous triple mutants are fertile but produced reduced brood sizes with highly penetrant embryonic lethality; will also segregate some males. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Chuang CH, et al., Biology Open 2020 9: bio052308 doi: 10.1242/bio.052308 Published 25 June 2020

fgpIs20 [(pFGP79) pie-1p::mCherry::smo-1(GG) + unc-119(+)]. Propagate at 20-25°C. Switching to 25C prior to imaging may enhance the signal from fgpIs20. Allows SUMO localization/conjugation to be observed within the germline and embryos. Reference: Pelisch et al. Nat Commun. 2014 Dec 5;5:5485.

fgpIs21 [(pFGP80) pie-1p::mCherry::smo-1(GA) + unc-119(+)]. Propagate at 20-25°C. Switching to 25C prior to imaging may enhance the signal. May be used to follow unconjugated SUMO localization within the germline and embryo. When compared with strain FGP1, the difference in fluorescence signal corresponds to SUMO conjugation in FGP1. Reference: Pelisch et al. Nat Commun. 2014 Dec 5;5:5485.