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acEx173 [mrp-1::GFP]. Pick GFP+ animals to maintain. Translationally fused MRP-1::GFP expressed under its own promoter rescues mrp-1. Reference: Lalsiamthara J & Aballay A. Commun Biol. 2022 May 5;5(1):422. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03381-1. PMID: 35513700.

acEx174 [ges-1p::mrp-1::GFP + unc-122p::RFP]. Pick GFP+ or RFP+ animals to maintain. Translational fusion of MRP-1::GFP driven by intestine-specific ges-1 promoter. Reference: Lalsiamthara J & Aballay A. Commun Biol. 2022 May 5;5(1):422. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-03381-1. PMID: 35513700.

ynIs78 [flp-8p::GFP]. acEx178 [flp-8p::ced-3 (p15)::nz + flp-32::cz::ced-3 (p17) + unc-122p::RFP]. AUA interneurons ablated in flp-8p::GFP background. GFP-labelled AUA neurons are missing in the neuronal ablated animals. Pick RFP+ animals to maintain. Reference: Filipowicz A, et al. BMC Biol. 2022 Oct 8;20(1):229. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01424-x. PMID: 36209082.

ynIs78 [flp-8p::GFP]. acEx179 [flp-21p::ced-3 (p15)::nz + ncs-1p::cz::ced-3 (p17) + unc-122p::RFP]. RMG interneurons ablated in flp-21p::GFP background. GFP-labelled RMG neurons are missing in the neuronal ablated animals. Pick RFP+ animals to maintain. Reference: Filipowicz A, et al. BMC Biol. 2022 Oct 8;20(1):229. doi: 10.1186/s12915-022-01424-x. PMID: 36209082.

Pick animals red animal. The marker used was myo-3:mcherry.

Pick animals with roller. The marker used was rol-6.

acEx190 [tax-2p::CZ::ced-3(p17)::unc-54 3’UTR + lim-6p::ced-3(p15)::NZ::unc-54 3’UTR + myo-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ to maintain.  ASG is ablated in animals carrying the array by employing a two-component system reconstituted caspase (recCaspase) using the tax-2 and lim-6 promoters.  Strain viable at all temperatures.  Reference Otarigho, B. and Aballay, A., 202. Cell reports, 35(8). PMID: 34038721.

ruIs37 [myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)] III. Expresses GFP in the pharynx. pAZ119.

ruIs38 [partial myo-2 promoter::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Expresses GFP in the pharynx. pAZ119.

Temperature sensitive. 8% of total oocytes produced are fertilized and give rise to larvae at 16C. Almost completely sterile at 25C.

Hermaphrodites are sterile; Males are fertile. Hermaphrodites lay oocytes (produce a few fertile eggs and many oocytes). Produce viable progeny when mated to males. Hermaphrodites produce 10X more self progeny at 20C (2.5/herm) than at either 16C or 25C.

Endogenous his-72 coding sequence replaced with human H3.3 tagged with HA, and his-71 coding sequence replaced with human H3.3 tagged with Myc. Reference: Piazzesi A, et al. Cell Rep. 2016 Oct 18;17(4):987-996.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Unc-36 and dead eggs. Maintain by picking WT. Original isolation: BO strain BC1261 unc-22(s727) hermaphrodite heat shocked for 1 hour at 34C. Crossed to N2 strain BC1270 unc-22(s7) unc-31(e169)/nT1 IV; +/nT1 V. Picked individual WT hermaphrodites. Screened for the absence of gravid Unc-22. Retained strain as BC1379. Balanced over eT1: BC1379 unc-22(s727)[BO]/nT1[N2] IV; sDf31[BO]/nT1[N2] hermaphrodite crossed to BC 1265 dpy-18(e364)/eT1 III; unc-46(e177)/eT1 V. Pick WT hermaphrodites that twitch in 1% nicotine. Retained one strain that segregated Unc-36 as BC1428. Pseudolinked sDf31 to dpy-18: BC1428 +/eT1 III; sDf31[BO]/eT1 V crossed to BC 1265 dpy-18/eT1 III; unc-46/eT1 V male. Picked WT hermaphrodite F1. From strains segregating Unc-36 but no Dpy or Unc-46 or DpyUnc-46, cross WT hermaphrodites to BC1265 males. From strains producing Dpy, crossed individual WT males to BC70 eT1;eT1. From each cross, crossed WT X WT. Kept one strain producing on Dpy or DpyUncs as S-H716 male. Picked one hermaphrodite to start BC1519. Comments: 1) The LGV region balanced by eT1 should be all BO. 2) Probably the rest of the genome still has a considerable amount from BO since it was crossed to N2 only 4 times. This strain was generated by the Genetic Toolkit project, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use: The Genetic Toolkit is funded by the NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) (USA) to Ann M. Rose, David L. Baillie, and Donald L. Riddle. Report all experimental results to David Baillie.

Increased recombination (3X - 4X over WT) for linkage groups I, IV and V. Recessive. Dominant with s155.

Unc strain. This strain was generated by the Genetic Toolkit project, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use: The Genetic Toolkit is funded by the NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) (USA) to Ann M. Rose, David L. Baillie, and Donald L. Riddle. Report all experimental results to David Baillie.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT and Unc Rollers. sC4(s2172) is not viable as a homozygote. As a heterozygote it reduces recombination between unc-76 and rol-9 to 1.8%. Note: This strain has been sequenced and the sC4 balancer contains a large deletion from V:16,060,619 to V:19,331,432 that removes 1,279 genes and has a complex rearrangement on LGIV. See Maroilley et al. Sci Reports (2021)11:18258 for more details. doi.org/10.1038/s41598-021-97764-9

Unc strain. Aged: Original sDf121 strain (BC4201) was maintained on plates for approx. 2 years, and then frozen as BC4697. See also WBPaper00003827.

sEx570 [C14A1 (X) + pCes1943[rol-6(su1006)]]. 20 ng/ul C14A1 + 80 ng/ul pCes1943[rol-6(su1006dm)] injected into hermaphrodite from BC842 (N2 male strain). pCes1943 carries rol-6(su1006) [an EcoRI insert from pRF4] and a kanamycin cassette. Select Rollers to maintain. Presence of cosmid confirmed by PCR. This transgenic strains were constructed in collaboration with the C. elegans Genome Sequencing Consortium Labs in St. Louis, MO and Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. Funding for the creation of this transgenic strain was provided by a grant to Ann Rose and David Baillie from the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program (CGAT), and from a grant from NSERC (Canada) to David Baillie. If you use this strain in work which you publish, please acknowledge these grants.

sEx572 [ZK1074 (X) + pCes1943[rol-6(su1006)]]. 20 ng/ul ZK1074 + 80 ng/ul pCes1943[rol-6(su1006dm)] injected into hermaphrodite from BC842 (N2 male strain). pCes1943 carries rol-6(su1006) [an EcoRI insert from pRF4] and a kanamycin cassette. Select Rollers to maintain. Presence of cosmid confirmed by PCR. This transgenic strains were constructed in collaboration with the C. elegans Genome Sequencing Consortium Labs in St. Louis, MO and Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. Funding for the creation of this transgenic strain was provided by a grant to Ann Rose and David Baillie from the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program (CGAT), and from a grant from NSERC (Canada) to David Baillie. If you use this strain in work which you publish, please acknowledge these grants.

sEx579 [R02E12 (X) + pCes1943[rol-6(su1006)]]. 10 ng/ul R02E12 + 90 ng/ul pCes1943[rol-6(su1006dm)] injected into hermaphrodite from BC842 (N2 male strain). pCes1943 carries rol-6(su1006) [an EcoRI insert from pRF4] and a kanamycin cassette. Select Rollers to maintain. Presence of cosmid confirmed by PCR. This transgenic strains were constructed in collaboration with the C. elegans Genome Sequencing Consortium Labs in St. Louis, MO and Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. Funding for the creation of this transgenic strain was provided by a grant to Ann Rose and David Baillie from the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program (CGAT), and from a grant from NSERC (Canada) to David Baillie. If you use this strain in work which you publish, please acknowledge these grants.

sEx794 [C14E2 (X) + pCes1943[rol-6(su1006)]]. 10 ng/ul C14E2 + 90 ng/ul pCes1943[rol-6(su1006dm)] injected into hermaphrodite from BC842 (N2 male strain). pCes1943 carries rol-6(su1006) [an EcoRI insert from pRF4] and a kanamycin cassette. Select Rollers to maintain. Presence of cosmid confirmed by PCR. This transgenic strains were constructed in collaboration with the C. elegans Genome Sequencing Consortium Labs in St. Louis, MO and Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. Funding for the creation of this transgenic strain was provided by a grant to Ann Rose and David Baillie from the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program (CGAT), and from a grant from NSERC (Canada) to David Baillie. If you use this strain in work which you publish, please acknowledge these grants.

sEx714 [F57E5 (X) + pCes1943[rol-6(su1006)]]. 21 ng/ul F57E5 + 80 ng/ul pCes1943[rol-6(su1006dm)] injected into hermaphrodite from BC842 (N2 male strain). pCes1943 carries rol-6(su1006) [an EcoRI insert from pRF4] and a kanamycin cassette. Select Rollers to maintain. Presence of cosmid confirmed by PCR. This transgenic strains were constructed in collaboration with the C. elegans Genome Sequencing Consortium Labs in St. Louis, MO and Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. Funding for the creation of this transgenic strain was provided by a grant to Ann Rose and David Baillie from the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program (CGAT), and from a grant from NSERC (Canada) to David Baillie. If you use this strain in work which you publish, please acknowledge these grants.

sEx726 [F49E7 (X) + pCes1943[rol-6(su1006)]]. 20 ng/ul F49E7 + 80 ng/ul pCes1943[rol-6(su1006dm)] injected into hermaphrodite from BC842 (N2 male strain). pCes1943 carries rol-6(su1006) [an EcoRI insert from pRF4] and a kanamycin cassette. Select Rollers to maintain. Presence of cosmid confirmed by PCR. This transgenic strains were constructed in collaboration with the C. elegans Genome Sequencing Consortium Labs in St. Louis, MO and Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. Funding for the creation of this transgenic strain was provided by a grant to Ann Rose and David Baillie from the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program (CGAT), and from a grant from NSERC (Canada) to David Baillie. If you use this strain in work which you publish, please acknowledge these grants.

GFP knocked into C terminal of vit-2 gene by CRISPR/Cas9 using self-excising drug selection cassette method of Dickinson et al. (2015, Genetics). Strain is derived from BCN9070, which was outcrossed to remove a linked background mutation on LG X causing transgenic males to mate poorly. Reference: Perez MF, et al. Nature. 2017 Dec 7;552(7683):106-109.

Left-handed Dpy Roller. Recessive.

Temperature sensitive. Left hand Roller and Dpy at 25C. Dpyish at 16C. Recessive.

Temperature sensitive. Left hand Roller and Dpy at 25C. Wild-type at 16C. Recessive.

mjIs134 [mex-5p::GFP::(Gly)5Ala::his-58::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Germ granule defective. ~30% sterility, maintain by picking gravid adults with visible embryos. Nuclear GFP expression in the germline. Reference: Lev I, et al. Curr Biol. 2019 Sep 9;29(17):2880-2891.e4. PMID: 31378614

mjIs134 [mex-5p::GFP::(Gly)5Ala::his-58::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 15C. Heritable RNAi deficient, Mortal germline (Mrt) at 25C. Expressing nuclear GFP in the germline. Reference: Lev I, et al. Curr Biol. 2019 Sep 9;29(17):2880-2891.e4. PMID: 31378614

mjIs134 [mex-5p::GFP::(Gly)5Ala::his-58::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 15C. Heritable RNAi deficient, germ granule defective, high sterility. Expresses nuclear GFP in the germline. Reference: Lev I, et al. Curr Biol. 2019 Sep 9;29(17):2880-2891.e4. PMID: 31378614

bqSi577 [myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)] IV. Germline granules defective, ~30% sterility. Males fail to be attracted by hermaphrodite-secreted volatile sex pheromones. Express GFP in pharyngeal muscles. Reference: Toker IA, et al. Dev Cell. 2022 Feb 7;57(3):298-309.e9. PMID: 35134343

mjIs134 [mex-5p::GFP::(Gly)5Ala::his-58::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. N-terminal Auxin-Inducible AID-1* and HA tag inserted into the endogenous hrde-1 locus. GFP fluorescence in germline (mex-5::gfp). Control strain for BFF69; does not carry TIR1 transgene necessary for the degradation. hrde-1(pig6) crRNA sequence: CAUAAUUUUGUCGAGCAAGU. Reference: Toker IA, et al. Dev Cell. 2022 Feb 7;57(3):298-309.e9. PMID: 35134343.

mjIs134 [mex-5p::GFP::(Gly)5Ala::his-58::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. N-terminal Auxin-Inducible AID* and HA tag inserted into the endogenous hrde-1 locus. Germline-expressed TIR1 and germline GFP. Allows for the degradation of hrde-1 and heritable RNAi deficiency in the presence of auxin. hrde-1(pig6) crRNA sequence: CAUAAUUUUGUCGAGCAAGU. Reference: Toker IA, et al. Dev Cell. 2022 Feb 7;57(3):298-309.e9. PMID: 35134343.

bqSi577 [myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)] IV. Germ granule defective, ~30 sterility. Express GFP in pharyngeal muscles. Reference: Toker IA, et al. Dev Cell. 2022 Feb 7;57(3):298-309.e9. PMID: 35134343

qpIs95 [exc-9p::mCherry::eea-1] X. Expression of mCherry-tagged EEA-1 of early endosomes in cytoplasm of excretory canals along nearly entire length of worm. Fluorescence not strong. Generated in N2 background. Construct integrated on X chromosome. Reference: Mattingly BC & Buechner M. Dev Biol. 2011 Nov 1;359(1):59-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.08.011. PMID: 21889936.

qpIs101 [exc-9p::mCherry::rme-1] X. N2 containing construct conferring expression of mCherry-tagged RME-1 of recycling endosomes in cytoplasm of excretory canals along nearly entire length of worm. Reference: Mattingly BC & Buechner M. Dev Biol. 2011 Nov 1;359(1):59-72. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2011.08.011. PMID: 21889936.

Large cysts in excretory canal, sometimes visible with dissecting microscope. qp110 deletion removes part of promoter and first 2 bases of start codon of ifc-2. Deletion of bases 650114 ttttctagggtcctcatcacaaAT 650091 of Chr X (Wormbase WS297 release). Reference: Al-Hashimi H, et al. Genetics. 2018 Oct;210(2):637-652. doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.301078. PMID: 29945901.

GFP::3xFlag tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous ifc-2 locus. Strong GFP signal forming meshwork at lumenal surface of excretory canal cell, visible along entire canal lengths. Insertion between bases 650089 and 650090 of Chrom. X (Wormbase WS297 release). Reference: Al-Hashimi H, et al. Genetics. 2018 Oct;210(2):637-652. doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.301078. PMID: 29945901.

mKate2::3xMyc tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous ifa-4 locus. Strong mKate2 signal at lumenal surface of excretory canal cell lumen along entire canal lengths. Insertion between bases 4515979 and 4515978 of Chom. X (Wormbase WS297 release). Reference: Al-Hashimi H, et al. Genetics. 2018 Oct;210(2):637-652. doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.301078. PMID: 29945901.

GFP::3xFlag tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous ifc-2 locus. mKate2::3xMyc tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous ifa-4 locus. Strong GFP signal forming meshwork at lumenal surface of excretory canal cell. Strong GFPand mKate2 signal at lumenal surface of excretory canal cell lumen along entire canal lengths. qpIs112 insertion made in parental strain BK531 qpIs111. Inserted between bases 4515979 and 4515978 of Chom. X (Wormbase WS297 release). Reference: Al-Hashimi H, et al. Genetics. 2018 Oct;210(2):637-652. doi: 10.1534/genetics.118.301078. PMID: 29945901.

GFP::3xFlag tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous exc-9 locus. Large cysts in excretory canal, sometimes visible with dissecting microscope, due to loss of intermediate filament-like protein IFC-2 (formerly called EXC-2). Canals labeled with GFP and 3xFlag. GFP::3xFlag tag was inserted with repair of qp130 deletion in parental strain BK596. Derived by crossing parental strains BK583 x NJ678 and selecting for canal cysts and fluorescence. Reference: Yang Z, et al. J Cell Biol. 2020 Nov 2;219(11):e202003152. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202003152. PMID: 32860501.

GFP::3xFlag tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous exc-9 locus. Large cysts in excretory canal, sometimes visible with dissecting microscope, due to loss of intermediate filament IFA-4. Canals labeled with GFP and 3xFlag. GFP::3xFlag tag was inserted with repair of qp130 deletion in parental strain BK596. Derived by crossing parental strains BK583 x VC1221 and selecting for canal cysts and fluorescence. Reference: Yang Z, et al. J Cell Biol. 2020 Nov 2;219(11):e202003152. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202003152. PMID: 32860501.

mKate2::3xMyc tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous ifa-4 locus. GFP::3xFlag tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous exc-9 locus. GFP::3xFlag tag was inserted with repair of qp130 deletion in parental strain BK596. Strong mKate2 signal at lumenal surface of excretory canal cell lumen and along entire canal lengths. Canals labeled with GFP and 3xFlag. Derived by crossing parental strains BK583 x BK532 and selecting for canal cysts and both GFP and mKate fluorescence. Reference: Yang Z, et al. J Cell Biol. 2020 Nov 2;219(11):e202003152. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202003152. PMID: 32860501.

GFP::3xFlag tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous exc-1 locus. Strong GFP signal forming meshwork at apical (lumenal) surface of excretory canal cell canals visible along entire canal lengths. Expression also visible in uterine seam cell and distal tip cells. Inserted between bases 15477404 and 15477403 of Chrom. X (Wormbase WS297 release). Reference: Yang Z, et al. J Cell Biol. 2020 Nov 2;219(11):e202003152. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202003152. PMID: 32860501.

arIs198 [glt-3p::CFP + glt-3p::LifeAct::TagRFP]. Shortened excretory canals from loss of GTPase (IRG homologue). Derived by crossing parental strains NJ51 to GS7637 and outcrossing to remove cyk-1 mutation on LG IV. Reference: Yang Z, et al. J Cell Biol. 2020 Nov 2;219(11):e202003152. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202003152. PMID: 32860501.

arIs198 [glt-3p::CFP + glt-3p::LifeAct::TagRFP]. Large cysts in excretory canal, sometimes visible with dissecting microscope. Fluorescence shows some filamentation of actin fibers at apical (lumenal) surface of cysts. Derived by crossing parental strains NJ731 to GS7637 and outcrossing 3x to remove cyk-1 mutation on LG IV. Reference: Yang Z, et al. J Cell Biol. 2020 Nov 2;219(11):e202003152. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202003152. PMID: 32860501.

arIs198 [glt-3p::CFP + glt-3p::LifeAct::TagRFP]. Large cysts in excretory canal, sometimes visible with dissecting microscope. Fluorescence shows some filamentation of actin fibers at apical (lumenal) surface of cysts. Derived by crossing parental strains MT6984 to GS7637 and outcrossing 3x to remove cyk-1 mutation on LG III. Reference: Yang Z, et al. J Cell Biol. 2020 Nov 2;219(11):e202003152. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202003152. PMID: 32860501.

inIs179 [ida-1p::GFP]. GFP is expressed in a subset of neurons and the neuroendocrine uv1 cells of the vulva. Identified neurons include ADE, ALA, ASI, ASK, AUA, ASG, AVH, AVJ, AVK, VC, HSN, PDE, PVP, PHA, PHB, PHC. Male sex-specific neurons include CA and some ray neurons. Plasmid pida-1::GFP 7.6 was injected into N2 and integrated to generate BL5715, then crossed into him-8(e1489) background.