Search Strains

muEx248 [(pNL209) daf-16::GFP::daf-16(cDNA) + podr-1::RFP]. Pick green (body) / red (head neurons) animals. Transmission efficiency ~50%. Can be grown at 20C with some sterility (30-50%). The higher the temperture, the greater the sterility.

muIs105 [daf-16p::GFP::daf-16 + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers; Rol phenotype is not always evident). Integrated line derived from CF1449. Maintain at 15C. Forms dauers at 25C. Reference: Lin K, et al. Nat Genet. 2001 Jun;28(2):139-45.

muIs32 [mec-7p::GFP + lin-15(+)]. QL descendants migrate anteriorly.

muEx261[ceh-20::GFP at C terminus + odr-1::RFP].

muEx265 [hsf-1p::hsf-1(cDNA) + myo-3::GFP]. Pick GFP worms to maintain.

muEx268 [ges-1p::GFP::daf-16(cDNA) + odr-1::RFP]. daf-16 GFP expressed in intestine. Partial rescue of lifespan phenotype. Grows okay at 15C. Pick RFP to maintain.

Long lifespan. Maintain at 15C. Worms develop slowly at 20C, and are sterile at 25C. Reference: Garigan D, et al. Genetics. 2002 Jul;161(3):1101-12.

muIs84 [(pAD76) sod-3p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Green expression in head, tail and around vulva.

Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less. glp-1(e2141) longevity suppressed by daf-16(mu86).

Temperature sensitive. Sterile at 25C. Maintain at 15C. [NOTE: CF1903 carries glp-1(e2144), not e2141 as previously described.]

muIs109 [daf-16p::GFP::DAF-16 cDNA + odr-1p::RFP]. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less.

muIs120 [ges-1p::GFP::daf-16 + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 15-20C. Rollers. Long-lived. Gamma irradiation-induced integration of muEx211. Rescues daf-16a1/c in the intestine (described in Libina et al, 2003). Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab, 2013. 17(1): p. 85-100.

muEx304 [lys-7p::RFP(NLS) + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):85-100.

muEx306 [tcer-1::GFP + odr-1::RFP]. Maintain by picking RFP+ animals. Reference: Gahzi A, et al. PLoS Genet. 2009 Sep;5(9):e1000639.

muEx311 [pep-2p::RFP(NLS) + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. pep-2 is an other name for pept-1. Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):85-100.

muEx312 [dod-17p::RFP(NLS) + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):85-100.

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 rescues daf-16 mutants from defective dauer formation and also partially rescues longevity defect of daf-16; glp-1 double mutants. Reference: Berman JR, & Kenyon C. Cell. 2006 Mar 10;124(5):1055-68.

muEx158 [daf-16AM::GFP + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ worms to maintain. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less.

Temperature-sensitive. Sterile at 25C. [NOTE: can be grown at 20C, but 15C might be better for long-term propagation.] kri-1(ok1251) suppresses the longevity of glp-1(e2141) mutants.

muIs131 [unc-119p::GFP::daf-16 + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 15-20C. Rollers. Modestly long-lived. Gamma irradiation-induced integration of muEx184. Rescues daf-16a1/c in neurons (described in Libina et al, 2003). Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab, 2013. 17(1): p. 85-100.

muIs126 [myo-3p::GFP::daf-16 + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 15-20C. Rollers. Gamma irradiation-induced integration of muEx215. Rescues daf-16a1/c in muscles (described in Libina et al, 2003). Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab, 2013. 17(1): p. 85-100.

muIs139 [dod-11p::RFP::NLS + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):85-100.

muIs109 [daf-16p::GFP::DAF-16 cDNA + odr-1p::RFP]. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less.

Temperature sensitive sterile at 25C. tcer-1(-) causes loss of germ cells and increases lifespan. Reference: Ghazi A, Henis-Korenbilt S, & Kenyon C (2009) PLoS Genet 5(9):e1000639.

muEx329 [jnk-1::GFP + myo-3p::RFP]. Pick RFP+ to maintain.

muEx336 [mtl-1::RFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):85-100.

muEx248 [daf-16::GFP::DAF-16 cDNA + odr-1p::RFP]. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less. Pick RFP+/GFP+ animals to maintain.

muEx158 [daf-16AM::GFP + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ worms to maintain. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less.

muEx158 [daf-16AM::GFP + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ worms to maintain. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less.

muEx158 [daf-16AM::GFP + sur-5p::GFP]. Pick GFP+ worms to maintain. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less.

muEx340 [ges-1p::RFP + ges-1p::ins-7]. Intestinal expression of ins-7 shortens lifespan. Pick RFP animals to maintain.

muEx248 [daf-16p::GFP::DAF-16 cDNA + odr-1p::RFP]. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less. Pick RFP+/GFP+ animals to maintain.

muEx344 [kri-1p::GFP::kri-1a cDNA + odr-1::RFP]. Maintain by picking RFP+ animals. Reference: Berman JR and Kenyon C. Cell. 2006 Mar 10;124(5):1055-68.

muEx248 [daf-16p::GFP::DAF-16 cDNA + odr-1p::RFP]. Sterile at 25C; grow at 20C or less. Pick RFP+/GFP+ animals to maintain.

muEx353 [kri-1(cDNA, a-isoform)::GFP + odr-1p::RFP]. Pick RFP+ to maintain. Temperature sensitive. Sterile at 25C; maintain at 15-20C. Reference: Berman JR and Kenyon C. Cell. 2006 Mar 10;124(5):1055-68.

muIs142 [ges-1p::GFP::daf-16(cDNA) + odr-1p::RFP]. Maintain at 15-20C. Gamma irradiation-induced integration of muEx268. Rescues daf-16a1/c in the intestine (described in Libina et al, 2003). Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab, 2013. 17(1): p. 85-100.

sIs10314 [rCesC06B3.4::GFP + pCeh361]. Strain was generated by outcrossing to remove dpy-5 from BC12544. Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):85-100.

Quadruple mutant removing four different dopamine receptor genes.

Homozygous viable, but short-lived. Reference: Lee SJ, et al. Cell Metab. 2009 Nov;10(5):379-91.

sEx10466 [nnt-1p::GFP + (pCeh361)dpy-5(+)]. Pick GFP+ animals to maintain. Derived by outcrossing BC10466 2x to wild-type to remove dpy-5(e907). Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):85-100.

sEx11128 [gpd-2p::GFP + (pCeh361)dpy-5(+)]. Pick GFP+ animals to maintain. Derived by outcrossing BC11128 2x to wild-type to remove dpy-5(e907). Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):85-100.

muEx420 [hsp-12.6p::RFP(NLS) + odr-1p::RFP]. Pick RFP+ animals to maintain. Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab. 2013 Jan 8;17(1):85-100.

muEx473 [kin-19p::kin-19::tagRFP + tph-1p::GFP]. Pick RFP+ GFP+ animals to maintain. Low transmission rate. Translational fusion of KIN-19 displaying age-dependent aggregation. Reference: David DC, et al. PLoS Biol. 2010 Aug 10;8(8):e1000450.

agIs6 [dod-24p::GFP]. Derived by outcrossing AU68 3 times to the Kenyon lab N2 strain. Reference: Yamawaki TM, et al. PLoS Biol. 2010 Aug 31;8(8). pii: e1000468.

muIs209 [myo-3p::kin-19::tagRFP + tph-1p::GFP]. KIN-19::tagRFP aggregates with age in body-wall muscles. Animals have reduced thrashing compared to controls. Generated in N2 background. References: Huang YC, et al. Elife. 2019 May 3;8. pii: e43059. doi: 10.7554/eLife.43059. David DC, et al. PLoS Biol. 2010 Aug 10;8(8):e1000450.

muIs23 [hsp::lin-39 + (pMH86) dpy-20(+)]. Heat-shock inducible lin-39. muIs23 is a spontaneous integrant whose chromosomal location is unknown. [NOTE: This strain was previously described as carrying lin-39(n1760), but it is actually carrying the g to a substitution of mu26. Strain MT7255 has been confirmed to be carrying the a to t substitution of n1760.]

muIs16 [mab-5::GFP + dpy-20(+)]. non-Dpy.

muIs252 [eft-3p::wrmScarlet1-10::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Somatic expression of wrmScarlet1-10 (under the control of the eft-3 promoter and unc-54 3'UTR). Reference: Goudeau J, et al. Genetics. 2021 Apr 15;217(4):iyab014. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab014. PMID: 33693628

muIs252 [eft-3p::wrmScarlet1-10::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Homozygous viable. Endogenously-tagged wrmScarlet11::vha-13 generated via CRISPR/Cas9 insertion into parental strain CF4582. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. Genetics. 2021 Apr 15;217(4):iyab014. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab014. PMID: 33693628

muIs253 [eft-3p::sfGFP1-10::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Somatic expression of sfGFP1-10 (under the control of the eft-3 promoter and the unc-54 3'UTR). [NOTE: A low level of "leaky" GFP expression from sfGFP1-10 is detected at high magnifications.] Reference: Goudeau J, et al. Genetics. 2021 Apr 15;217(4):iyab014. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab014. PMID: 33693628