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bqSi447 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::GFP::dam + unc-119(+)] II. bqSi548 [dpy-7p::FLP + unc-119(+)] IV. Single-copy GFP::Dam and dpy-7p::FLP MosSCI transgenes for detection of protein-DNA contacts in hypodermal nuclei by DamID. Might still carry unc-119(ed3) or unc-119(ed9) in background. Reference: Fragoso-Luna A, et al. Genetics. 223(1). doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyac166. PMID: 36321973.

GFP cassette for labeling and FLP-mediated inactivation of baf-1 inserted by CRISPR/Cas9 after the baf-1 start codon. FRT sites in GFP introns 2 & 3.

mCherry tag inserted into endogenous baf-1 locus after the start codon using by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. Reference: Fragoso-Luna A, et al. 2021 bioRxiv 2021.12.21.473632; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.21.473632

bqSi294 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::GFP::his-58 + unc-119(+)] II; bqSi614 [dat-1p::FLP D5::SL2::mNG + unc-119(+)] IV. Heat shock produces green nuclei in dopaminergic neurons and red nuclei elsewhere. Constitutive expression of diffusible mNeonGreen in dopaminergic neurons can mask GFP::HIS-58 signal.

bqSi189 [lmn-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] II. Cassette for GFP-labeling and FLP-mediated inactivation of endogenous mel-28 inserted by CRISPR/Cas9 after the npp-248 start codon. FRT sites in GFP introns 1 & 2 enable FLP-mediated conditional knockout; in the absence of FLP, the construct behaves as normal GFP. bqSi189 is a single-copy MosSCI insertion into ttTi5605. Reference: Thomas L, et al. bioRxiv 2022.08.22.504855; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.22.504855

bqSi189 [lmn-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] II. Cassette for GFP-labeling and FLP-mediated inactivation of endogenous mel-28 inserted by CRISPR/Cas9 after the mel-28 start codon. FRT sites in GFP introns 2 & 3. Ubiquitous expression of mCherry::HIS-58. Reference: Fragoso-Luna A, et al. 2021 bioRxiv 2021.12.21.473632; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.21.473632

Endogenous baf-1 locus modified by CRISPR/Cas9 (G12T) to encode BAF-1(G12T) as a model for Nestór-Guillermo Progeria Syndrome. Reference: Romero-Bueno R, et al. EMBO J. 43(22): 5718-5746. doi: 10.1038/s44318-024-00261-8. PMID: 39367234.

bqSi294 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::GFP::his-58 + unc-119(+)] II. bqSi852 [ckb-3p::FLP::SL2::mNG + unc-119(+)] IV. Heat shock induces nuclear GFP expression in the somatic gonad and nuclear mCherry expression elsewhere. Constitutive expression of diffusible mNeonGreen in the somatic gonad can mask GFP::HIS-58 signal. Might carry unc-119(ed3) or unc-119(ed9) III. Reference: Fragoso-Luna A, et al. 2021 bioRxiv 2021.12.21.473632; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.21.473632

bqSi908 [UAS::FLP::SL2::mNG + unc-119(+)] IV. Strain for inducible co-expression of codon-optimised FLP recombinase and fluorescent mNeonGreen by cGAL (GAL4 optimised for C. elegans). Reference: Ayuso C & Askjaer P. Spatiotemporal control of genome recombination through combined FLP-Frt and GAL4-UAS technologies. microPublication Biology. https://doi.org/10.17912/MICROPUB.BIOLOGY.000089.

bqSi294 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::GFP::his-58 + unc-119(+)] II; bqSi997 [nhx-2p::FLP::SL2::mNG + unc-119(+)] IV. Heat shock induces nuclear GFP expression in intestinal cells and nuclear mCherry expression elsewhere. Constitutive expression of diffusible mNeonGreen in intestinal cells can mask GFP::HIS-58 signal. Might still carry unc-119(ed9) in background. Reference: Fragoso-Luna A, et al. 2021 bioRxiv 2021.12.21.473632; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.21.473632

Homozygous viable. Modification of endogenous erm-1 locus mimics ERM-1(T544) phosphorylation. Variant affects ERM-1 localization and dynamics. Reduced brood size, increased embryonic and larval lethality. Reference: Ramalho JJ, et al. Development. 2020 Jul 22;147(14):dev188011. PMID: 32586975

Homozygous viable. Modification of endogenous erm-1 locus mimics non-phosphorylated ERM-1(T544). Variant affects ERM-1 localization and dynamics. Reduced brood size, increased embryonic and larval lethality. Reference: Ramalho JJ, et al. Development. 2020 Jul 22;147(14):dev188011. PMID: 32586975

Endogenous maph-1.1 locus tagged with GFP using CRISPR/Cas9. Animals are homozygous viable and express GFP::maph-1.1 ubiquitously. Reference: Waaijers S, et al. BMC Biol. 2016 Aug 9;14:66. doi: 10.1186/s12915-016-0286-x. PMID: 27506200

Homozygous viable. Endogenous erm-1 locus tagged with eGFP and modified to mimic ERM-1(T544) phosphorylation. Variant affects ERM-1 localization and dynamics. Reduced brood size, increased embryonic and larval lethality. eGFP-tagged ERM-1 is not fully functional: animals have a reduced brood size and incomplete outgrowth of the excretory canal, but show no other developmental or morphological abnormalities. The penetrance of intestinal phenotypes is slightly higher than in untagged T544 mutants, presumably owing to a detrimental influence of the COOH-terminal GFP tag. Reference: Ramalho JJ, et al. Development. 2020 Jul 22;147(14):dev188011. PMID: 32586975

Homozygous viable. Endogenous erm-1 locus tagged with eGFP and modified to mimic non-phosphorylated ERM-1(T544). Variant affects ERM-1 localization and dynamics. Reduced brood size, increased embryonic and larval lethality. eGFP-tagged ERM-1 is not fully functional: animals have a reduced brood size and incomplete outgrowth of the excretory canal, but show no other developmental or morphological abnormalities. The penetrance of intestinal phenotypes is slightly higher than in untagged T544 mutants, presumably owing to a detrimental influence of the COOH-terminal GFP tag. Reference: Ramalho JJ, et al. Development. 2020 Jul 22;147(14):dev188011. PMID: 32586975

hyEx22 [hsp16-2::eff-1 + ajm-1::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature sensitive eff-1 mutation (worms are cell fusion-defective at 25C; cell fusion defects are less penetrant at 15C). AJM-1 marks epithelial junctions. Pick GFP+ Rollers to maintain.

hyEx23 [des-2p::eff-1 + des-2::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Cell-specific expression of eff-1 in the PVDs. Partially rescues arborization Eff-1 phenotypes. Pick GFP+ Rollers to maintain. Reference: Oren-Suissa M, et al. Science. 2010 Jun 4;328(5983):1285-8.

hyEx173 [hsp16-2::aff-1 + ajm-1::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Rollers are GFP+.

A 1.2 kb deletion in aff-1 (C44B7.3) which introduce stop codon after alanine 47. AFF-1 is a type I membrane protein necessary and sufficient for specific cell fusion events during embryonic and larval development. Temperature sensitivity was not detected. At 20° the fusion of hyp5 in the embryo does not occur as well as anchor cell (AC) fusion, vulval cells fusion of the A and D rings and the terminal fusion between the seam cells late in L4. 6% L1 rod-like lethal and 0% embryonic lethal. Adults are completely Egl, and partially Unc, Pvl. In addition, only 2% of AC in the mutant worms undergo fusion. These animals give very low brood size (16 progeny per worm) and 3.4% of the worms are sterile. This strain gives very small brood size and hence grows slowly. Originally from Shohei Mitani, Tokyo Women's Medical College, Tokyo, Japan.

Suppressor of Egl of sel-12.

byEx655 [pink-1p::pink-1::GFP + myo-2p::mCherry + herring sperm DNA]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. pink-1 translational GFP (C-terminal GFP) fusion generated by cloning the complete pink-1 genomic fragment (3191 bp) with a 6-kb upstream promoter region and into pPD117.01. Reference: Sämann J, et al. J Biol Chem. 2009 Jun 12;284(24):16482-91.

antIs31 [attP-f + Cbr-unc-119(ant40) + glh-2p::phiC31 + rol-6(partial) + myo-2p::GFP + attP-r] II. Unc. antIS31 has been found to self-excise; check for GFP expression periodically to retain the insertion. GFP expression in pharynx is very weak (as it is in single copy) and is easiest to see during the L1-L3 stages. This strain contains a phiC31 docking site and can be used for precise single-copy integration of transgenes via recombination mediated cassette exchange. The docking site contains inverted phiC31-attP sites flanking phiC31 integrase expressed from the glh-2 germline promoter. Integration constructs need to have inverted phiC31-attB sites that flank the intended sequence to be inserted. antIs31 was derived by CRISPR/Cas9 knockout of Cbr-unc-119 in antIs30 creating ant40, a 691 bp deletion in Cbr-unc-119. Because antIs31 does not rescue unc-119(ed3), BRC566 facilitates the use of Unc-119 rescue as a selection marker for transgene insertions. Reference: Yang FJ, et al. "phiC31 integrase for recombination mediated single copy insertion and genome manipulation in C. elegans." Genetics 2021.

Heterozygotes are slow growing with WT phenotype. Hets segregate more slow growing WT, embryonic lethals (ozDf1/ozDf1) and DpyUncs which are sick and have a maternal effect lethal (none of the offspring from the DpyUncs survive to reproduce). Maintain by picking WT.

ctIs33 [pal-1::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpySteriles and dead eggs. Pick wild-type heterozygotes to maintain. ct224 homozygotes show Nob phenotype: approximately 80% of homozygous embryos arrest at about the time of hatching with fairly normal anterior development but a severely deformed posterior with a variable knob-like shape; approximately 20% fail to enclose and do not hatch. ct224 is a 4.2kb deletion removing exon 1 through exon 6 of the pal-1 gene. ctIs33 carries a non-rescuing pal-1::GFP fusion containing ~7kb 5' of the SL1 splice site through part of exon 5 fused to GFP. GFP expression is primarily embryonic and limited to a few cells; not visible except at high magnification. Reference: Edgar LG, et al. Dev Biol. 2001 Jan 1;229(1):71-88.

Withered tail and Egl. Adults shorter than WT. Embryonic cell migrations affected: ALM and HSN with high penetrance, CAN with moderate penetrance. All misplaced nuclei at positions indicating incomplete migration.

Animals display reduced body bends and thrash rates, slow growth, and fragmented mitochondria. cjn20 is a 2629 bp deletion removing nucleotides 25-2654 of the fzo-1 locus. Originally published as cjn020. Reference: Byrne JJ, et al. Cell Mol Life Sci. 2019 May;76(10):1967-1985. (PMID 30840087)

An AID*::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be combined with different TIR1 strains to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

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. An AID*::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be used to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein in somatic tissue, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi60 [myo-2p::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 pharyngeal muscle. An AID*::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be used to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein in pharyngeal muscle, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi61 [ges-1p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. An AID*::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the intestine. This strain can be used to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein in the intestine, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome IV (cxTi10882) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in germ line and early embryos. An AID*::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be used to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein in the germ line and early embryos, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

Degron and GFP tag inserted into endogenous air-2 gene locus by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. Reference: Divekar NS, et al. PLoS Genet. 2021 May 20;17(5):e1009567. PMID: 34014923

ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. AID* and GFP tag inserted into endogenous air-2 gene locus by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering allows auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of AIR-2 in germ line and early embryos. Reference: Divekar NS, et al. PLoS Genet. 2021 May 20;17(5):e1009567. PMID: 34014923

ieSi11 [syp-3p::EmeraldGFP::syp-3::syp-3 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ieSi11 was inserted into ttTi5605 II using MosSCI. Expression of GFP::SYP-3 largely complements syp-3(ok758), but some meiotic nondisjunction is detected above the N2 background (85% embryonic viability; ~1% male self-progeny;). GFP::SYP-3 expression is readily detected in spermatocytes and oocytes in the germline, and localizes to the interface between paired homologous chromosomes during most of meiotic prophase. Reference: Rog O, Dernburg AF. Cell Rep. 2015 Mar 10. pii: S2211-1247(15)00178-3.

meIs8 [pie-1p::GFP::cosa-1 + unc-119(+)] II. ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome IV (cxTi10882) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in germ line and early embryos. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in germ line and early embryos. References: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635. Zhang et al., Elife. 2018 Mar 9;7. pii: e30789.

meIs8 [pie-1p::GFP::cosa-1 + unc-119(+)] II. ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome IV (cxTi10882) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in germ line and early embryos. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in germ line and early embryos. References: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635. Zhang et al., Elife. 2018 Mar 9;7. pii: e30789.

meIs8 [pie-1p::GFP::cosa-1 + unc-119(+)] II. ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome IV (cxTi10882) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in germ line and early embryos. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in germ line and early embryos. References: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635. Zhang et al., Elife. 2018 Mar 9;7. pii: e30789.

mIs11 [myo-2p::GFP + pes-10p::GFP + F22B7.9::GFP]. Heterozygotes are wild-type with dim GFP signal in the pharynx. mIs11 homozygotes are wild-type with bright GFP in the pharynx. ieDf2 homozygotes (non-GFP) develop normally but produce 97.5% inviable embryos and a high frequency of males among the surviving self-progeny. Pick WT with dim GFP+ in pharynx to maintain. mIs11 homozygotes will quickly overtake the population if not selected against. GFP expression in 4-cell embryos, pharyngeal muscle and gut. ieDf2 is a deficiency of zim-1, zim-2, zim-3, and him-8 generated by MosDel, resulting in single-copy insertion of a copy of the C. briggsae unc-119 gene on Chromosome IV. The deletion spans the sequences from the beginning of the zim-1 coding sequence through the ttTi22866 Mos1 insertion site.

Blebs on tail of adult hermaphrodite. Tail irregular, tail cuticle sometimes separated, tail spike sometimes truncated. Some animals have enlarged excretory canals.

Semidominant. Paralyzed Unc. Prone to spontaneous suppression.

Unc. Male spicules abnormal. Recessive. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS.

Homozygous viable and looks almost normal by dissecting scope, but under Nomarski microscopy the gut has a very abnormal spongy appearance, which is especially noticeable in L4 larvae.

High Tc1 copy number, arose spontaneously in CB30. Him. Small, roundheaded.

Anterior displacement of rays and fan. Ray identities are not altered. Slightly Unc (coiler).

Long, especially obvious in adults. Males mate well.

Spontaneous mutation in TR679. Adults slightly Unc, slow and loopy. Larvae more affected, slow moving.

Spontaneous mutation in parental strain TR679. Adults backward coiler, slow forward, slight kinker. Larvae more affected, strong kinkers. Variable penetrance.

Spongy gut, intestine has foamy look, especially in L4; Temperature sensitive-almost normal at 15C; leaky Eat at 20C; Penetrant and sick Eat at 25C. Unc.

Poorly growing, low self-fertility masculinized XX hermaphrodites. Weak allele of tra-2, partly suppressed to self-fertility by smg (NMD) mutation; permits efficient selection of new feminizing mutations. References: Spence et al. (1990) PMID: 2317869. Zarkower et al. (1994) PMID: 7520378.

Wild-type hermaphrodites segregating WT, Fem, Unc Mor. Maintain by picking wild-type hermaphrodites. Deletion allele of fem-1, with unusual maternal effect. Reference: Spence AM, et al. Cell. 1990 Mar 23;60(6):981-90. Johnson CL & Spence AM.. Science. 2011 Sep 2;333(6047):1311-4.