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epEx141 [sbp-1::GFP::SBP-1 + rol-6(su1006)]. ep79 is a strong allele of sbp-1 (ts lethal). sbp-1 aka pin-1. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Weak sbp-1 allele. sbp-1 aka pin-1. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects. NOTE: This strain carries an unknown GFP marker.

Bacteria. CeMbio Collection. Isolate from soil of mesocosm experiment. More information about collection on the project's wiki: http://www.cembio.uni-kiel.de/. 16S rRNA primer: 27F/1492R. 16S rRNA sequence: TTGAAGAGTTTGATCATGGCTCAGATTGAACGCTGGCGGCAGGCCTAACACATGCAAGTCGAACGGTAACAGGAAGCAGCTTGCTGCTTTGCTGACGAGTGGCGGACGGGTGAGTAATGTCTGGGAAACTGCCTGATGGAGGGGGATAACTACTGGAAACGGTAGCTAATACCGCATAACGTCGCAAGACCAAAGAGGGGGACCTTCGGGCCTCTTGCCATCGGATGTGCCCAGATGGGATTAGCTAGTAGGTGGGGTAACGGCTCACCTAGGCGACGATCCCTAGCTGGTCTGAGAGGATGACCAGCCACACTGGAACTGAGACACGGTCCAGACTCCTACGGGAGGCAGCAGTGGGGAATATTGCACAATGGGCGCAAGCCTGATGCAGCCATGCCGCGTGTATGAAGAAGGCCTTCGGGTTGTAAAGTACTTTCAGCGGGGAGGAAGGCGATAAGGTTAATAACCTTGTCGATTGACGTTACCCGCAGAAGAAGCACCGGCTAACTCCGTGCCAGCAGCCGCGGTAATACGGAGGGTGCAAGCGTTAATCGGAATTACTGGGCGTAAAGCGCACGCAGGCGGTCTGTCAAGTCGGATGTGAAATCCCCGGGCTCAACCTGGGAACTGCATTCGAAACTGGCAGGCTAGAGTCTTGTAGAGGGGGGTAGAATTCCAGGTGTAGCGGTGAAATGCGTAGAGATCTGGAGGAATACCGGTGGCGAAGGCGGCCCCCTGGACAAAGACTGACGCTCAGGTGCGAAAGCGTGGGGAGCAAACAGGATTAGATACCCTGGTAGTCCACGCCGTAAACGATGTCGACTTGGAGGTTGTGCCCTTGAGGCGTGGCTTCCGGAGCTAACGCGTTAAGTCGACCGCCTGGGGAGTACGGCCGCAAGGTTAAAACTCAAATGAATTGACGGGGGCCCGCACAAGCGGTGGAGCATGTGGTTTAATTCGATGCAACGCGAAGAACCTTACCTACTCTTGACATCCAGAGAACTTAGCAGAGATGCTTTGGTGCCTTCGGGAACTCTGAGACAGGTGCTGCATGGCTGTCGTCAGCTCGTGTTGTGAAATGTTGGGTTAAGTCCCGCAACGAGCGCAACCCTTATCCTTTGTTGCCAGCGGTTAGGCCGGGAACTCAAAGGAGACTGCCAGTGATAAACTGGAGGAAGGTGGGGATGACGTCAAGTCATCATGGCCCTTACGAGTAGGGCTACACACGTGCTACAATGGCGCATACAAAGAGAAGCGACCTCGCGAGAGCAAGCGGACCTCATAAAGTGCGTCGTAGTCCGGATTGGAGTCTGCAACTCGACTCCATGAAGTCGGAATCGCTAGTAATCGTGGATCAGAATGCCACGGTGAATACGTTCCCGGGCCTTGTACACACCGCCCGTCACACCATGGGAGTGGGTTGCAAAAGAAGTAGGTAGCTTAACCTTCGGGAGGGCGCTTACCACTTTGTGATTCATGACTGGGGTGAAGTCGTAACAAGGTAACCGTAGGGGAACCTGCGGTTGGATCACCTCCTT

Heterozygotes are WT, GFP+ in the pharynx and segregate WT (GFP+ in the pharynx), dead eggs (homozygotes for hT2) and ham-3(he159) homozygotes, which are Sma, Egl, Adl, Pvl. Maintain by picking GFP+ worms and checking for correct segregation, since the hT2 balancer is lost at low frequencies. he159 allele was isolated by John Satterlee from a deletion library at Sander van den Heuvel's lab. Reference: Ertl I, et al. Genetics. 2016 Mar;202(3):961-75.

cerIs7 [lsm-1::GFP(fosmid) + unc-119(+)]. cerIs7 rescues all the temperature-sensitive phenotypes of lsm-1(tm3585). Reporter contains full-length lsm-1 tagged with GFP. GFP was inserted into a fosmid containing lsm-1. GFP is expressed diffusely in the cytoplasm of somatic cells. Under heat shock conditions, GFP accumulates forming cytoplasmic foci. Reference: Cornes E, et al. RNA. 2015 Sep;21(9):1544-53.

cer1 is a CRISPR-generated 368 bp deletion removing intron 2 and part of exon 3, creating a premature stop codon. Low penetrance of developmental defects such as abnormal L1 morphology, aberrant gonad migration, and an abnormal number of distal tip cells. Reference: Brena D, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16153.

cer2 is a CRISPR-generated 438 bp deletion + 50 bp insertion removing intron 2 and part of exon 3, creating a premature stop codon. Low penetrance of developmental defects such as abnormal L1 morphology, aberrant gonad migration, and an abnormal number of distal tip cells. Reference: Brena D, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16153.

Partial loss of function allele. prp-8(cer22[R2303G]) point mutation mimics a mutation identified in a Retinitis Pigmentosa patient. Slow growth (Gro). Reference: Kukhtar D, et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Mar 27;29(5):756-765. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz315. PMID: 31919495

cer9 is a CRISPR-generated 462 bp deletion at the beginning of the ikb-1 coding sequence, including the start codon (no transcript should be synthesized). Low penetrance of developmental defects such as abnormal L1 morphology, aberrant gonad migration, and an abnormal number of distal tip cells. Reference: Brena D, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16153.

Partial loss of function allele. snrp-200(cer24[S1080L]) point mutation mimics a mutation identified in a Retinitis Pigmentosa patient. Slow growth (Gro). Reference: Kukhtar D, et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Mar 27;29(5):756-765. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz315. PMID: 31919495

Partial loss of function allele. snrp-200(cer23[V676L]) point mutation mimics a mutation identified in a Retinitis Pigmentosa patient. Reduced brood size, slow growth (Gro). Reference: Kukhtar D, et al. Hum Mol Genet. 2020 Mar 27;29(5):756-765. doi: 10.1093/hmg/ddz315. PMID: 31919495

Reduced brood size. Genetic interaction with rpn-9. cer27 is a 1033 bp deletion removing the start codon and nearly all of the ubh-4 coding sequence. Reference: Martinez-Fernandez C, et al. Cells. 2023 Mar 18;12(6):929. doi: 10.3390/cells12060929. PMID: 36980270

Maintain at 15C. Temperature sensitive. Reduced brood size, Sma. Reference: Cornes E, et al. RNA. 2015 Sep;21(9):1544-53.

Missense mutation engineered by CRISPR removes a selenocysteine to place a stop codon. Resistance to cisplatin exposure. Primers to genotype the cer55 and other silent mutations: [Common Fw: #1224 GGCTTCCACATTCTCACTCC] [RV wildtype: #1414 cTTAACCTCAGCAACCAGAA] [RV Sec to STOP: #1421 CTTAACCTTAACATCCGCTG] Reference: García-Rodríguez FJ, et al. Dis Model Mech. 2018 Jun 21;11(6).

mIs14 [myo-2::GFP]. Heterozygotes are WT and GFP+ with signal in the pharynx. Heterozygote animals segregate heterozygotes (WT GFP+), mIn1 homozygotes (Dpy and brighter GFP+), and rsr-2(tm2625) homozygotes (Lva non-GFP). Pick WT GFP+ animals and check for proper segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Fontrodona L, et al. PLoS Genet. 2013 Jun;9(6):e1003543.

cerIs2 [lsm-4p::lsm-4::GFP::lsm-4 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Reporter contains full-length lsm-4 tagged with GFP. GFP was inserted into a fosmid containing lsm-4. Ubiquitous nuclear GFP expression in somatic and germ cells under normal growth conditions. Cytoplasmic GFP accumulation after exposure to heat-shock. Reference: Cornes E, et al. RNA. 2015 Sep;21(9):1544-53.

eGFP tag inserted into the endogenous nfki-1 locus. eGFP::NFKI-1 signal is observed in diverse neurons in the animals' head and tail throughout post-embryonic development. No obvious phenotype. Reference: Brena D, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16153.

Homozygous viable mutation balanced by GFP- and dpy-10-marked inversion. Heterozygotes are WT with relatively dim pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT dim GFP, Dpy bright GFP (mIn1 homozygotes), and non-GFP cer140 gk401 homozygotes (synthetic sterile). Pick WT dim GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Generated by CRISPR-mediated deletion of ubh-4 in gk401 mutant background. Reference: Martinez-Fernandez C, et al. Cells. 2023 Mar 18;12(6):929. doi: 10.3390/cells12060929. PMID: 36980270

No obvious phenotype. comt-4(cer157) is a complete deletion of the comt-4 gene (coding sequence + introns), which was replaced by GFP::H2B (Nested CRISPR, Vicencio et al, Genetics 2019), thereby creating a null allele and a transcriptional reporter at the same time. Reference: Martínez-Fernández C, et al. Dis Model Mech. 2022 Mar 1;15(3):dmm049161. doi: 10.1242/dmm.049161. PMID: 35107130

Abnormal locomotion can be rescued with dopamine. cat-2(cer181) is a complete deletion of the cat-2 gene (coding sequence + introns), which was substituted by the sequence of the step 1 repair for GFP::H2B (Nested CRISPR, Vicencio et al, Genetics 2019). Allele can be detected using the following primers: Fwd: ctatgtgaagtcacacctgtc Rev: cttgctggaagtgtacttggtg. Reference: Martínez-Fernández C, et al. Dis Model Mech. 2022 Mar 1;15(3):dmm049161. doi: 10.1242/dmm.049161. PMID: 35107130

eGFP tag inserted into endogenous ubh-4 locus. wrmScarlet tag inserted into endogenous rpn-9 locus. Reference: Martinez-Fernandez C, et al. Cells. 2023 Mar 18;12(6):929. doi: 10.3390/cells12060929. PMID: 36980270

Missense mutations D1135L and S1136W, G1218K and E1219Q, and R1335Q and T1337R were introduced on the Cas9 gene at EG9615 strain, to cause endogenous expression of the Cas9 variant SpG. SpG is efficient for CRISPR on NGN PAM sites. Reference: Vicencio J, et al. Nature Communication, 2022. May 12;13(1):2601. doi: 10.1038/s41467-022-30228-4.

Superficially wild-type. tm2607 is a 196 bp deletion + 1bp insertion that removes part of an essential gene, but produces viable animals. Reference: Fontrodona L, et al. PLoS Genet. 2013 Jun;9(6):e1003543.

Isolated in 1991 by Carlos E. Winter in soil samples taken at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil. Hermaphrodite strain. Adults are smaller than C. elegans. The life cycle is a little longer than C. elegans at 22C. Each lays about 300 eggs in the three days following the moult from L4 to adult. Eggs are laid just after being fertilized resulting sometimes in plates with many eggs (much more than C. elegans). See Comp. Biochem. Physiol 103B: 189, 1992. See Nematology 2(1): 89-98, 2000. Can be grown and maintained on NGM. L1s easily frozen and stored in liquid nitrogen. This strain is deposited in Paul Sternberg's collection under the name PS1022. The species has not yet been determined; Lynn Carta will publish a paper proposing Oscheius brevesophaga. DO NOT use this name before the paper is published. Contact Carles E. Winter or Lynn Carta before publishing anything official about this strain. See also WBPaper00004471 and WBPaper00004485. AKA Oscheius sp. 1.

muIs49 [unc-22(+) egl-20::GFP]. Rescuing translational egl-20::GFP fusion. Not known to which LG muIs49 is attached. A few cells in the tail will light up with GFP.

P9.p and P10.p fail to fuse with hyp7 during L1 in hermaphrodites. Misshapen head (low penetrance) most visible in L1. Ectopic postdeirid generated by V6 (low penetrance).

muEx68 [(pJW33) myo-2p::egl-20::GFP + (7PD10.46) unc-22 (antisense)]. Use nicotine or levamisole to pick twitchers. Reference: Whangbo J & Kenyon C, (1999) Mol Cell 4(5):851-8.

muIs61 [daf-16a::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive. Maintain at 15 C. Rollers. Reference: Lin K, Hsin H, Libina N, Kenyon C. Nat Genet. 2001 Jun;28(2):139-45.

muIs61 [(pKL78) daf16::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. muIs61 rescues daf-16(mu86). muIs61 is a gamma-induced insertion of muEx50. muIs61 insertion point has not been mapped.

muEx79 [(pJW33) myo-2p::egl-20::GFP + (7PD10.46) unc-22 (antisense)]. Use nicotine or levamisole to pick twitchers. Reference: Whangbo J & Kenyon C, (1999) Mol Cell 4(5):851-8.

muIs35 [mec-7::GFP + lin-15(+)].

muIs62 [mig-13p::mig-13::GFP + lin-15(+)].

muEx108 [(pKL99-2) daf-16::GFP/daf16bKO + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows okay at 20C. Rollers should form dauers at 25C. Pick Rollers to maintain.

muEx116 [daf-16a::GFP(T54A S240A T242A S314A) + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows at all temperatures. Carries extrachromosomal array. Pick Rollers to maintain.

muEx128 [(pKL79) daf-16a::GFP) + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows okay at 20C. Pick Rollers to maintain.

muEx151 [(pKL106-8) daf-16aAM::GFP/bKO + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows okay at 20C. Pick Rollers to maintain.

muEx158 [daf-16cAM::GFP + sur-5p::GFP] (AM = AKT-site mutant). Pick GFP+ worms to maintain. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less. muEx158 contains GFP-tagged daf-16 c isoform (described as a1 isoform in Lin, et al. Nat Genet. 2001) with 4 Ser/Thr residues mutated to Ala, which completely rescues dauer formation and partially restores longevity of daf-16; daf-2 double mutants. Reference: Lin K, et al. Nat Genet. 2001 Jun;28(2):139-45.

muIs164 [tax-4::GFP].

muIs71 [(pKL99) daf-16ap::GFP::daf-16a(bKO)) + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows okay at 20C. Spontaneous integrant. Rollers.

muEx169 [unc-119p::GFP::daf-16 + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. May grow better at 15C.

muEx176 [daf-16p::GFP::daf-16 + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick rollers to maintain -- Low transmission rate! Maintain at 15C. Forms dauers at 25C. Reference: Lin K, et al. Nat Genet. 2001 Jun;28(2):139-45.

muEx211[pNL213(ges-1p::GFP::daf-16) + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows at 15C (probably also at 20C). Pick Rollers to maintain.

muEx212[pNL212(myo-3p::GFP::daf-16) + rol-6(su1006)]. Grows at 15C (probably also at 20C). Pick Rollers to maintain.

muIs84 [(pAD76) sod-3p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Green expression in head, tail and around vulva. Many animals roll weakly or not at all, but still express GFP. Grows at all temperatures.

muIs84 [(pAD76) sod-3p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Green expression in head, tail and around vulva. Daf-C at 25C. Grows well at 20C.

muIs84 [(pAD76) sod-3p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Dim green expression in head, tail and around vulva. Daf-d. Can grow at 20C.

muEx227 [(pNL213) ges-1p::GFP::daf-16) + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain.

muIs35 [mec-7::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Egl. GFP+. QR pax migration defect.

muIs84 [(pAD76) sod-3p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. muEx211 [ges-1p::daf-16::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Partial rescue of lifespan phenotype. Some animals show variable daf-16 expression in the intestine. Grows okay at 15C. [NOTE: muEx211 is quite unstable. Be sure to pick Rollers to avoid losing the array.]

muIs32 [mec-7p::GFP + lin-15(+)]. QL descendants migrate anteriorly; defects in HSN migration, male tail formation and PLM axon outgrowth. Egl. Unc. Pvl. Weak Dpy.