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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.

gei-17(fgp1[GFP::FLAG::degron::loxP::gei-17]) I. ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. [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: Pelisch et al. Mol Cell. 2017 Jan 5;65(1):66-77.

ruIs57 [pie-1p::GFP::tubulin + unc-119(+)]. Expression of GFP::tubulin fusion in germline and early embryos. 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.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. Expression of GFP::H2B histone fusion in germline. 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.

xnSi31 [sec-8::mCherry + unc-119(+)] II. Expresses sec-8::mCherry maternally and zygotically. Expression is present in many cells, including early embryos, epithelial cells, the excretory cell, and the germ line. Transgene was inserted by MosSCI into ttTi5605 excision site. Derived from WM186. Reference: Armenti ST, Chan E, Nance J. Dev Biol. 2014 Aug 4. pii: S0012-1606(14)00355-8.

xnIs484 [mCherry::sec-10 + unc-119(+)]. Expresses mCherry::sec-10 maternally and zygotically. Expression is present in many cells, including early embryos, epithelial cells, the excretory cell, and the germ line. Reference: Armenti ST, Chan E, Nance J. Dev Biol. 2014 Aug 4. pii: S0012-1606(14)00355-8.

xnIs23 [cdc-42p::ZF1::GFP::cdc-42 + unc-119(+)]. xnEx342 [rab-3p::zif-1 + rab-3p::mCherry + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. ZF1::GFP::cdc-42 is expressed ubiquitously and enriched at the plasma membrane. Transgenic cdc-42 is subject to ZIF-1-dependent degradation. Neuronal cells inheriting xnEx342 express ZIF-1 and mCherry. Reference: Armenti ST, et al. Development. 2014 Dec;141(23):4640-7.

xnIs23 [cdc-42p::ZF1::GFP::cdc-42 + unc-119(+)]. xnEx350 [elt-2p::zif-1 + elt-2p::mCherry + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. ZF1::GFP::cdc-42 is expressed ubiquitously and enriched at the plasma membrane. Transgenic cdc-42 subject to ZIF-1-dependent degradation. Intestinal cells that inherit xnEx350 express ZIF-1 and mCherry. Reference: Armenti ST, et al. Development. 2014 Dec;141(23):4640-7.

xnIs23 [cdc-42p::ZF1::GFP::cdc-42 + unc-119(+)]. xnEx380 [hsp-16.41p::zif-1::SL2::mCherry + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. ZF1::GFP::cdc-42 is expressed ubiquitously and enriched at the plasma membrane. Transgeneic cdc-42 is subject to ZIF-1 dependent degradation. In cells inheriting xnEx380, there is heatshock-dependent expression of ZIF-1 and mCherry. Reference: Armenti ST, et al. Development. 2014 Dec;141(23):4640-7.

xnIs520 [cdc-42p::zif-1 + cdc-42p::mCherry]. Ubiquitous ZIF-1 expression and mCherry in all somatic cells. Reference: Armenti ST et al. Development. 2014 Dec;141(23):4640-7. doi: 10.1242/dev.115048. Epub 2014 Nov 5. PMID: 25377555.

xnIs178 [mCherry::pac-1 + unc-119(+)]. Translational fusion to PAC-1. mCherry::PAC-1 is expressed in pharyngeal muscle cells (mostly apical, some basal), a few cells in the vulva, maternally in early embryos at cell contacts, and at adherens junctions in late embryogenesis. Maternal expression is difficult to detect by eye but visible with longer camera exposure. Reference: Anderson DC, et al. Science 2008: 320: 1771-1774.

xnIs299 [hmr-1p::hmr-1::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Translational fusion to hmr-1. HMR-1::mCherry is visible in multiple tissues including pharynx, intestine, epidermis and gonad; also marks the adherens junctions in epithelia. No visible maternal expression. Reference: Zilberman Y, et al. 2017: J Cell Biol. (In press).

xnIs312 [par-6p::par-6::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Expresses par-6::mCherry maternally and zygotically. Expression is present in many cells, including early embryos, epithelial cells, the excretory cell, and the germ line. Reference: Armenti ST, Chan E, Nance J. Dev Biol. 2014 Aug 4. pii: S0012-1606(14)00355-8.

Break points: In(mec-10 Y7A5A.20 In(odr-7 F59F4.2)) X. Covered region (Mb) 7.4 (8.5..15.8) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Mec. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

Break points: In(unc-83 C27A7.1 In(unc-23 lon-3)) V. Covered region (Mb) 5.7 (6.5..12.2) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Lon Unc. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

Break points: In(sri-57 asm-1 In(ZK1240.1 F29A7.8)) II. Covered region (Mb) 4.6 (2.3..6.9) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Dpy. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

Break points: In(hlh-10 C01G10.10 In(unc-23 lon-3)) V. Covered region (Mb) 6.1 (8.9..15.1) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Lon Unc. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

Break points: In(flp-34 C04E6.7 In(srbc-66 T10H9.8)) V. Covered region (Mb) 5.6 (1..6.7) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Unc. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

Break points: In(B0207.10 dnj-27 In(gsp-3 sre-23)) I. Covered region (Mb) 7.2 (4.7..11.9) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Dpy. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

Break points: In(mec-10 Y7A5A.20 In(odr-7 F59F4.2)) X. Covered region (Mb) 7.4 (8.5..15.8) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Unc Mec. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

Break points: In(Y102A11A.6 R09F10.1 In(lon-2 mec-10)) X. Covered region (Mb) 6.4 (2..8.5) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Lon Mec. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

tmIs1233 [myo-2p::mCherry, X: F23D12.4] X. tmEx4950 [unc-9(+) + vha-6p::GFP]. Pick non-Unc with bright GFP+ in gut to maintain array. Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Mec (Unc). Balancer break points: In(mec-10 Y7A5A.20 In(odr-7 F59F4.2)) X. Covered region (Mb) 7.4 (8.5..15.8) Males carrying the array (intestinal GFP) can mate. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

Break points: lin-42 II. Covered region (Mb) (1.2) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. tmIs1226 is integrated in the same site as tmIs1246, but Egl phenotype is not detectable. [NOTE: the genotype originally listed for this strain in Table 2 of Dejima, et al. was incorrect.] Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

Break points: egl-17 X. Covered region (Mb) (0.5) Balancer marked with myo-2p::mCherry. Egl. Reference: Dejima K, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jan 2;22(1):232-241.

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.

pgEx116 [unc-70::TSmod + myo3p::mCherry]. Pick animals with red fluorescence in body wall muscle to maintain array. The tension sensor module (TSMod) was inserted into the coding sequence of unc-70. TSmod consists of a donor (mTFP) and acceptor (Venus) fluorophore separated by a flexible linker made of 40 residues from the spider-silk flagelliform, which acts as an entropic nanospring suitable for estimating biologically relevant forces. Reference: Krieg M, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2014 Mar;16(3):224-33.

mgEx779 [lipl-4p::K04A8.5p::lipl-4::SL2::GFP + myo-2p::mCherry]. Polycistronic translational fusion; GFP and LIPL-4 expressed separately. Pick animals with red pharynx to maintain. Reference: Wang et al. Science. 2008 Nov 7;322(5903):957-60.

mgIs73 [cyp-14A4p::gfp::cyp-14A4 3’UTR + myo-2p::mCherry] V. Reference: Mao K, et al. Cell Metab. 2019 Feb 14. pii: S1550-4131(19)30022-1.

mgIs73 [cyp-14A4p::GFP::cyp-14A4 3’UTR + myo-2p::mCherry] V. Slow growth. Low brood size. Received as a replacement for GR2249. Reference: Mao K, et al. Cell Metab. 2019 Feb 14. pii: S1550-4131(19)30022-1.

mgIs77 [rpl-28p::ub(G76V)::GFP + unc-119(+) + myo-2p::mCherry] V. Reference: Lehrbach NJ, et al. Cell. 2019 Apr 18;177(3):737-750.e15.

mgIs72 [rpt-3p::GFP + dpy-5(+)] II. mgIs78 [myo-3p::H2B::mCherry::SL2::pbs-5(T65A)] IV. Muscle-specific proteasome dysfunction. Reference: Lehrbach NJ & Ruvkun G. Elife. 2019 Apr 11;8. pii: e44425. doi: 10.7554/eLife.44425.

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.

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