Search Strains

Derived from RB1739 and IG10.

ieSi57 [eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the soma. Degron and emGFP tag inserted into endogenous smc-3 locus. Derived by crossing parental strains PHX5520 with CA1200. Reference: https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2023.09.18.558239v1.

ieSi57 [eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the soma. AID* and emGFP tag inserted into endogenous smc-3 locus. Derived by crossing parental strains PHX6035 with CA1200. Reference: Cahoon CK, Libuda DE. Conditional immobilization for live imaging Caenorhabditis elegans using auxin-dependent protein depletion. G3 (Bethesda). 2021 Oct 19;11(11):jkab310. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab310. PMID: 34534266; PMCID: PMC8527506.

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.

jy110 is a CRISPR-engineered deletion removing the entire drh-1 coding sequence. Susceptible to viral infection. Defective in inducing the intracellular pathogen response upon viral infection. Reference: Sowa JN, et al. J Virol. 2020 Jan 6;94(2):e01173-19. doi: 10.1128/JVI.01173-19. PMID: 31619561.

This strain carries an engineered P55Q mutation in rpl-36A. Maintain at 16-20C. Superficially wild-type, confers resistance to Cycloheximide (CHX). Reference: Zhao Q, et al. Genetics. 2025 Sep 10:iyaf189. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyaf189. PMID: 40929375.

fphIs1 [aak-2Ap::aak-2A::GFP + unc-119(+)]. aak-2A isoform expressed with its own promoter in aak-2(ok524) background. Reference: Jeong JH, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 18;14(1):288. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-35952-z. PMID: 36653384.

fphEx1 [aak-2Cp::aak-2C::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. aak-2C isoform expressed from its own promoter in aak-2(ok524) background. Reference: Jeong JH, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 18;14(1):288. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-35952-z. PMID: 36653384.

fphEx2 [aak-2A/Cp::aak-2A/C::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. aak-2A and aak-2C isoforms expressed from their own promoter in aak-2(ok524) background. Reference: Jeong JH, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 18;14(1):288. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-35952-z. PMID: 36653384.

fphEx3 [aak-2Ap::aak-2C::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. aak-2c isoform expressed from the aak-2a promoter in aak-2(ok524) background. Reference: Jeong JH, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 18;14(1):288. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-35952-z. PMID: 36653384.

fphIs2 [unc-119p::aak-2A::GFP + unc-119(+)]. aak-2A isoform expressed from the neuronal unc-119 promoter in aak-2(ok524) background. Reference: Jeong JH, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 18;14(1):288. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-35952-z. PMID: 36653384.

fphIs3 [rab-3p::aak-2A::GFP + unc-119(+)]. aak-2A isoform expressed from the neuronal rab-3 promoter in aak-2(ok524) background. Reference: Jeong JH, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 18;14(1):288. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-35952-z. PMID: 36653384.

fphEx4 [vha-6p::aak-2A::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. aak-2A isoform expressed from the intestinal vha-6 promoter in aak-2(ok524) background. Reference: Jeong JH, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Jan 18;14(1):288. doi: 10.1038/s41467-023-35952-z. PMID: 36653384.

ekEx25 [wrt-2p::CDC-6::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain the extrachromosomal array.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Unc and adult steriles (cul-2 homozygotes). cul-2 homozygotes have large germ cells and lay few eggs (slightly temperature sensitive, with more eggs at lower temperatures) that arrest early in development with multiple nuclei.

Temperature sensitive. At 15C, 100% viable. At 26C, 2% viable. At 25C, 10% viable. Missense mutation R to C at position 1237 (nucleotide #3709: cgt to tgt). Reduced brood size after upshift. Received new stock 12/04.

Temperature sensitive. Maintain at 15C. At 25C, hermaphrodites lay embryos that die. Transverse PO mitotic spindle, cytokinesis defects. Missense mutation at nucleotide #379 (cyt->tgt); amino acid #127 (R to C).

Temperature-sensitive. Maintain at 15C. or545 homozygotes produce 99.9% dead embryos at 26C. or545 is a G138R mutation in the DSL repeat. Reference: Chuang CH, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2025 Sep 26:jkaf229. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf229. PMID: 41004705.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Temperature sensitive. Maintain at 15C. At 25C, hermaphrodites lay embryos that die. Transverse PO mitotic spindle, cytokinesis defects. Missense mutation at nucleotide #379 (cyt->tgt); amino acid #127 (R to C). Throws males.

Semi-dominant. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal with cytokinesis defects. Reference: Canman JC, et al. Science. 2008 Dec 5;322(5907):1543-6.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

orEx1[act-2 promoter::GFP::act-2 genomic fusion + rol-6(su1006)]. Shows cytoplasmic and cortical ACT-2::GFP expression in early embryonic cells, in epidermal cells during embryonic elongation, and in body wall muscle cells and some neurons in adults. All expression is zygotic; no germline expression is detected for this trangene even though act-2 is maternally expressed. Maintain by picking Rollers.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15 degrees. 100% dead embryos at 25 degrees. Small, posteriorly displaced first mitotic spindle with defective chomosome segregation and cytokinesis.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15 degrees. 100% dead embryos at 25 degrees. Small, posteriorly displaced first mitotic spindle with defective chomosome segregation and cytokinesis.

Temperature-sensitive Sterile and Embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Homozygous or749 L4 larvae shifted to 25C become fertile adults that produce embryos with a late cytokinesis defect after the first embryonic mitosis. Reference: Canman JC, et al. Science. 2008 Dec 5;322(5907):1543-6.

Temperature sensitive embryonic lethal/sterile. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

orIs17 [dhc-1p::GFP::dhc-1 + unc-119(+)]. N-terminal-tagged GFP::dhc-1 fusion driven by the dhc-1 promoter. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2010 Dec;12(12):1235-41.

orIs14 [pie-1p::GFP::efa-6c::pie-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. pie-1 promoter-driven N-terminal GFP fusion to EFA-6 isoform C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2010 Dec;12(12):1235-41.

orIs19 [pie-1::GFP::dylt-1 + unc-119(+)]. Superficially wild-type. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS Genet. 2007 Aug;3(8):e128.

orIs20 [pie-1p::GFP::MOE]. Maintain under normal conditions.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Him. or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets produce 11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites produce all dead embryos with defective pharyngeal development. or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123.

Semi-dominant. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Recessive, temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal mutant . Maintain at 15C, most embryos will hatch. Nearly all embryos fail to hatch at 25C. Centrosomes are detached from nuclear spindle envelope in one-cell stage embryos; sometimes reattach to pronuclei; sometimes stay unattached throughout prophase until nuclear envelope breakdown. Mis-sense mutation in Q367P. Hook family member. Localizes to nuclear envelope and centrosomes; interacts with SUN domain proteins at nuclear envelope and interacts with dynein.

Maintain at 15C; sterile at 26C. Shift to restrictive temperature (26C) for 3-6 hours to induce oocyte meiotic spindle phenotype and bypass sterility. Reference: Connolly A, et. al. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Apr;25(8):1298-311.

orEx15 [pie-1p::GFP::rfl-1(genomic) + unc-119(+)]. Pick non-Unc to maintain. pie-1 promoter-driven N-terminal GFP fusion to RFL-1. Reference: Dorfman M, et al. Genetics. 2009 Aug;182(4):1035-49.

orEx16 [rfl-1p::tdTomato::rfl-1(genomic) + unc-119(+)]. Pick non-Unc to maintain. N-terminal tdTomato fusion to RFL-1 driven by rfl-1 promoter. Reference: Dorfman M, et al. Genetics. 2009 Aug;182(4):1035-49.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal. Maintain at 15C. Reference: O'Rourke SM, et al. PLoS One. 2011 Mar 1;6(3):e16644.

orEx25 [GFP::aspm-1 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 25C. Pick non-Unc GFP+ to maintain. GFP might not be visible at low magnification. Reference: Connolly AA, et al. Mol Biol Cell. 2014 Apr;25(8):1298-311.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.