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uwaSi4 [myo-2p::CERULEAN-VENUS::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)] II. MosSCI insertion into ttTi5605 II. lgg-1 tagged with oxCerulean-oxVenus double fluorescent protein (dFP) for monitoring autophagy in pharyngeal muscle. Reference: Chapin H, et al. Aging (Albany NY). 2015 Jun;7(6):419-34.

uwaEx5 [myo-3p::CERULEAN-VENUS::lgg-1 + unc-119(+)]. Pick non-Unc to maintain. lgg-1 tagged with oxCerulean-oxVenus double fluorescent protein (dFP) for monitoring autophagy in body wall muscle. Reference: Chapin H, et al. Aging (Albany NY). 2015 Jun;7(6):419-34.

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP:tbb2 3' UTR:: loxP] I. wrdSi23 is inserted at ttTi4348 (I: -5.32 cM). Pan-somatic expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and expression of AID*-tagged blue protein in somatic nuclei. Auxin-inducible degradation (AID*) tag inserted at C-terminus of endogenous unc-104 locus by CRISPR/Cas9. Can be used for auxin-induced immobilization of worms for live imaging. References: Cahoon CK, Libuda DE. G3 (Bethesda). 2021 Oct 19;11(11):jkab310. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab310. PMID: 34534266; PMCID: PMC8527506. Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP:tbb2 3' UTR:: loxP] I. wrdSi23 is inserted at ttTi4348 (I: -5.32 cM). Pan-somatic expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and expression of AID*-tagged blue protein in somatic nuclei. Auxin-inducible degradation (AID*) tag inserted at C-terminus of endogenous unc-18 locus by CRISPR/Cas9. Can be used for auxin-induced immobilization of worms for live imaging. References: Cahoon CK, Libuda DE. G3 (Bethesda). 2021 Oct 19;11(11):jkab310. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab310. PMID: 34534266; PMCID: PMC8527506. Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

reSi7 [rgef-1p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Neuronal-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID*-tagged blue protein in neuronal nuclei. Auxin-inducible degradation (AID*) tag inserted at C-terminus of endogenous unc-104 locus by CRISPR/Cas9. Can be used for auxin-induced immobilization of worms for live imaging. Strain generated by crossing endogenously tagged unc-104::AID into DV3805. reSi7 is at -5.32 cM. References: Cahoon CK, Libuda DE. G3 (Bethesda). 2021 Oct 19;11(11):jkab310. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab310. PMID: 34534266; PMCID: PMC8527506. Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541. NOTE: PCR detection of reSi7 insert using the published primers has been reported to be defective. These primers designed by Sherlyn Wijaya and Claire Richardson to detect ttTi4338 (LG I) also work for reIs7: ttTi4338 (LG I) wrdSi23-F: cttcaaagaaatcgccgac wrdSi23-FP: AACAACGAGACCTACGTCG wrdSi23-R: Ctctaagatgtcggccac (wt ~300bp, mutant ~650bp).

reSi7 [rgef-1p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Neuronal-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID*-tagged blue protein in neuronal nuclei. Auxin-inducible degradation (AID*) tag inserted at C-terminus of endogenous unc-18 locus by CRISPR/Cas9. Can be used for auxin-induced immobilization of worms for live imaging. Strain generated by crossing endogenously tagged unc-104::AID* into DV3805. reSi7 is at -5.32 cM. References: Cahoon CK, Libuda DE. G3 (Bethesda). 2021 Oct 19;11(11):jkab310. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab310. PMID: 34534266; PMCID: PMC8527506. Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541. NOTE: PCR detection of reSi7 insert using the published primers has been reported to be defective. These primers designed by Sherlyn Wijaya and Claire Richardson to detect ttTi4338 (LG I) also work for reIs7: ttTi4338 (LG I) wrdSi23-F: cttcaaagaaatcgccgac wrdSi23-FP: AACAACGAGACCTACGTCG wrdSi23-R: Ctctaagatgtcggccac (wt ~300bp, mutant ~650bp).

wrdSi22 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP::tbb2 3' UTR::SEC[LoxP + let-858 term + sqt-1(d) + hs::Cre + hygR + unc-54 term + LoxP]] I. wrdSi22 is inserted at ttTi4348 (-5.32 cM). Pick Rollers to maintain animals retaining the SEC in the insertion. SEC can be removed by heat shock-induced excision according to the protocol in Dickinson et. al. Genetics 2015. Pan-somatic expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and expression of AID*-tagged blue protein in somatic nuclei. Auxin-inducible degradation (AID*) tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous unc-52 locus by CRISPR/Cas9. References: Cahoon CK, Libuda DE. G3 (Bethesda). 2021 Oct 19;11(11):jkab310. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkab310. PMID: 34534266; PMCID: PMC8527506. Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

krIs14 [hsp-16.48p::MosTransposase + lin-15(+) + unc-122p::GFP] V. Recessive Unc. unc-5(lib1) is a CRISPR/Cas9 engineered mutant carrying the Intersister/Intrachromatid Repair Assay (ICR Assay) cassette inserted into the endogenous unc-5 locus. Briefly, ICR assay cassette includes two tandem GFP cassettes: the upstream using the myo-3 (body wall) promoter with a truncated GFP coding sequence, and the down-stream using the myo-2 (pharynx) promoter with GFP coding sequence interrupted by a Mos1 Drosophila transposon. Excision of Mos1 yields a single DSB, which if repaired by intersister or intrachromatid recombination, then will yield GFP+ progeny. The krIs14 insertion carrying heat-shock inducible Mos1 transposase is marked with coelomocyte GFP expression. Reference: Toraason E, et al. Current Biology 2021. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2021.03.008

Suppressed Unc-52. This strain was isolated after EMS mutagenesis of CB998 and subjected to whole-genome sequencing (Flibotte et al., Genetics 185: 431 - 441 (2010). In addition to the unc-52 and sup-38 mutations, it is homozygous for 300 other mutations determined from sequence data. All mutations are annotated in WormBase. The e3003 and e998 mutations were present in the original CB998 strain. Attribution: This strain was provided by the C. elegans Reverse Genetics Core Facility at the University of British Columbia, which is part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. Paper_evidence WBPaper00036200

Superficially wild-type. Temperature-sensistive. Maintain at 15C. hsp-1(ra807) is a missense allele that replaces the conserved Ala379 residue to a Val residue in the ATPase domain of the HSP-1 protein and fully suppresses the bent-head phenotype of unc-23(e25). Animals are sterile or arrest development as larvae at when grown at 20-25C. Reference: Rahmani P, Rogalski T, Moerman DG. (2015) Worm. In press.

raDf7 suppresses the paralyzed phenotype of unc-112(r367) because the deficiency deletes the dim-1 gene. Reduction or loss of the dim-1 gene product suppresses the unc-112(r367) phenotype. In this strain: Animals homozygous for raDf7 arrest as L1 or L2 larvae; Animals without raDf7 are paralyzed as adults; Animals heterozygous for raDf7 move reasonably well.

The unc-112(r367); raDf9/+ hermaphrodites move better than unc-112(r367); +/+ animals (but not as well as WT). raDf9 homozygotes arrest as L1 or L2 larvae. raDf9 deletes dim-1.

The unc-112(r367); raDf10/+ hermaphrodites move better than unc-112(r367); +/+ animals (but not as well as WT). raDf10 homozygotes arrest as L1 or L2 larvae. raDf10 deletes dim-1.

The unc-112(r367); raDf11/+ hermaphrodites move better than unc-112(r367); +/+ animals (but not as well as WT). raDf11 homozygotes arrest as L1 or L2 larvae. raDf11 deletes dim-1.

The unc-112(r367); raDf12/+ hermaphrodites move better than unc-112(r367); +/+ animals (but not as well as WT). raDf12 homozygotes arrest as L1 or L2 larvae. raDf12 deletes dim-1.

Animals heterozygous for mnDp33 are WT and segregate WT and lethals. Animals which have lost mnDp33 arrest as two fold L1 larvae. Animals which are homozygous for mnDp33 are also larval lethal (L1-L2).

raEx438 [pxl-1p::pxl-1a(cDNA)::GFP + rol-6(su1086)]. Rollers. Transgene does not rescue ok1483 L1 lethality. Transgenic (Rol) heterozygotes segregate rolling non-Dpy (heterozygotes carrying raEx438), non-rolling non-Dpy (heterozygotes without the array), arrested L1 (ok1483 homozygotes) and sterlie Dpy (mT1 homozygotes). Pick rolling non-Dpy and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Warner A, et al. Mol Biol Cell. 2011 Jul 15;22(14):2551-63.

nIs590 [fat-7p::fat-7::GFP + lin15(+)] V.  Derived by X-ray integration of waEx15. The fat-7::fat-7::GFP translational reporter is activated by 15C or acdh-11 loss-of-function. See Ma et al., Cell. 2015 May 21; 161(5): 1152–1163.

nIs470 [cysl-2p::GFP + myo-2p::mCherry] IV.  The cysl-2::GFP reporter is activated by HIF-1 in egl-9, rhy-1 or vhl-1 loss-of-function mutants.

For PCR STS mapping. Differs from RW7000 in two Tc1 sites. Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. DP subclone of RW7000. For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

edIs6 [unc-119::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] IV. Strong Roller phenotype. Hets are not Rollers (despite the presence of the supposedly dominant su1006 mutation in the array), so heterozygous males mate well. edIs6 is the integration of an array carrying pDP#MMUGF12 and pRF4. pDP#MMUGD12 ia an unc-119::GFP fusion that encodes 101 aa of UNC-119 and was made from the Fire lab vector pPD95.77. pRF4 is the rol-6(su1006) plasmid that gives a Rol phenotype. This strain allows the nervous system to be visualized by GFP fluorescence. GFP expression starts in the early embryo and continues through adulthood in most, if not all, of the nervous system. The expression of a similar lacZ fusion (but carrying a nuclear localizing signal) is described in Genetics 141: 977-988 1995.

Unc. Contains an unlinked dauer constitutive mutation. See HT1593 for a stock with the Daf mutation removed.

Homozygotes for this mutation express a dumpy phenotype, while heterozygotes are roller and slightly shorter-than-wildtype in length. This Ctr-dpy-10 mutation will serve as a suitable syntenic marker for chromosome II mutations in C. tropicalis that does not impact the viability or fecundity of the organism. Generated in a C. tropicalis JU1373 background. Hermaphrodite. Culture at 20°C or above.

Homozygotes lack obvious gross phenotypes. mir-43(sjm2) has positions 9-23 of miR-43 substituted for random sequence. This strain is also homozygous for a G>T point substitution at position 8 of miR-42. Reference: Stubna MW, et al. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.06.28/601170.

Homozygotes lack gross phenotypes. mir-43(sjm3) has positions 9-23 of miR-43 substituted for the 3' region of miR-82. This strain is also homozygous for a G>T point substitution at position 8 of miR-42, and furthermore has 22bp of sequence deleted between miR-42* and miR-42. Reference: Stubna MW, et al. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.06.28/601170.

Homozygotes lack gross phenotypes, though some miRNAs are elevated due to loss-of-function mutation in ebax-1. mir-43(sjm2) has positions 9-23 of miR-43 substituted for random sequence. This strain also has a G>T point substitution at position 8 of miR-42. Generated by mating parental strain CZ9907 hermaphrodites to mir-43(sjm2) males. Reference: Stubna MW, et al. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.06.28/601170.

Homozygotes lack obvious gross phenotypes, though some miRNAs are elevated due to loss-of-function mutation in ebax-1. mir-43(sjm3) has positions 9-23 of miR-43 substituted for the 3' region of miR-82. This strain is also homozygous for a G>T point substitution at position 8 of miR-42, and furthermore has 22bp of sequence deleted between mir-42* and mir-42. Generated by mating parental strain CZ9907 hermaphrodites to mir-43(sjm3) males. Reference: Stubna MW, et al. bioRxiv doi: 10.1101/2024.06.28/601170.

bmdSi284 [loxN::rpl-28p::TIR1(F79G)::T2A::DHB::2xmKate2] I. bmdSi284 is a single copy CRISPR/Cas9 insertion that ubiquitously co-expresses the mutant version of TIR1 for improved auxin-inducible degradation via 5-Ph-IAA and a CDK activity sensor consisting of a fragment of human DNA helicase B (DHB) fused to two copies of mKate2. Reference: Martinez MAQ, et al. Biology Open. 2022 Dec 15;11(12):bio059668. doi: 10.1242/bio.059668.

bmdSi15 [loxN + eef-1A.1p::GFP(1-10)::unc-54 3? UTR + let-858 terminator + myo-2p::mCherry::3xHA::tbb-2 3? UTR + loxP] I. bmdSi15 is a CRISPR-based integration into the ttTi4348 site (I:-5.32). Somatic expression of sfGFP(1-10) driven by the eft-3 promoter. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated recombination was used to insert eef-1a.1p::GFP into the standard MosSCI insertion site ttTi4348. Reference: Reference: Costa DS, et al. Development. 2023 May 1;150(9):dev201570. doi: 10.1242/dev.201570. PMID: 37039075.

cshIs140 [rpl-28p::TIR1(F79G)::T2A::mCherry::HIS-11] II. Allows for conditional degradation of endogenous LIN-12 using 5-Ph-IAA. Reference: Pani AM, et al. A new toolkit to visualize and perturb endogenous LIN-12/Notch signaling in C. elegans. MicroPubl Biol. 2022 Jul 28;2022:10.17912/micropub.biology.000603. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000603. PMID: 35966394.

bmdSi297 [loxN::rpl-28p::FRT3::STOP::FRT3::TIR1(F79G)::T2A::DHB::2xmKate2]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi5605 in Chr II. Ubiquitous rpl-28 promoter driving expression of FRT3::STOP::FRT3::TIR1(F79G)::DHB construct dependent upon tissue-specific FLPase. High levels of TIR1(F79G) can be expressed in specific tissue or cell types via FLPase activity, allowing spatiotemporally-targeted degradation of AID-tagged proteins. Reference: Xiao Y, et al. An expandable FLP-ON::TIR1 system for precise spatiotemporal protein degradation in C. elegans. bioRxiv 2022.10.14.512315; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.14.512315

Pick Rollers to maintain. Endogenous N-term tagged DPFF-1 with mNG::AID* using the self-excising cassette for drug selection. Animals are rollers which contains sqt-1 gene. Remove the SEC for normal expression using the protocol described in "Dickinson DJ et al. Genetics. 2015 Aug;200(4):1035-49. doi: 10.1534/genetics.115.178335. Epub 2015 Jun 3. PMID: 26044593."

bmdSi327 [loxN::ckb-3p::FLP::P2A::H2B::2xmTurq2]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi4348 in Chr I. Uterine-specific expression of FLPase in Z1/Z4 and their descendants with blue fluorescent histone reporter for visualization. Reference: Xiao Y, et al. An expandable FLP-ON::TIR1 system for precise spatiotemporal protein degradation in C. elegans. bioRxiv 2022.10.14.512315; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.14.512315

bmdSi346 [loxN::lin-31p::FLP]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi4348 in Chr I. bmdSi297 [loxN::rpl-28p::FRT3::STOP::FRT3::TIR1(F79G)::T2A::DHB::2xmKate2]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi5605 in Chr II. FLP-ON::TIR1 system for AID-tagged protein degradation in VPCs. High levels of TIR1(F79G) expression in vulval precursor cells by lin-31p::FLP with co-expression of CDK activity sensor. bmdSi297 contains the ubiquitous rpl-28 promoter driving expression of FRT3::STOP::FRT3::TIR1(F79G)::DHB construct dependent upon tissue-specific FLPase. High levels of TIR1(F79G) can be expressed in specific tissue or cell types via FLPase activity, allowing spatiotemporally-targeted degradation of AID-tagged proteins. Reference: Xiao Y, et al. An expandable FLP-ON::TIR1 system for precise spatiotemporal protein degradation in C. elegans. bioRxiv 2022.10.14.512315; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.14.512315

bmdSi348 [loxN::rgef-1p::FLP::P2A::H2B::2xmTurq2]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi4348 in Chr I. Pan-neuronal expression of FLPase with blue fluorescent histone reporter for visualization. Reference: Xiao Y, et al. An expandable FLP-ON::TIR1 system for precise spatiotemporal protein degradation in C. elegans. bioRxiv 2022.10.14.512315; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.14.512315

bmdSi350 [loxN::wrt-2p::FLP::P2A::H2B::2xmTurq2]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi4348 in Chr I. Hypodermal (seam cell) expression of FLPase with blue fluorescent histone reporter for visualization. Reference: Xiao Y, et al. An expandable FLP-ON::TIR1 system for precise spatiotemporal protein degradation in C. elegans. bioRxiv 2022.10.14.512315; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.14.512315

bmdSi338 [^SEC^lin-29p::FLP::p2A::H2B::2xmTurq2] I. qyIs225 [cdh-3p::mCherry::moeABD] V. Pick Rollers to maintain. Wild-type growth and movement. mNG tag inserted into endogenous lam-2 locus. Anchor cell-specific FLP for targeted protein degradation. Reference: Xiao Y, et al. Genetics. 2023 PMID: 36722258.

bmdSi348 [loxN::rgef-1p::FLP::P2A::H2B::2xmTurq2]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi4348 in Chr I. bmdSi362 [loxN::rpl-28p::FRT3-LCK::mNG-STOP::FRT3::TIR1(F79G)::2A::PH::2xmKate2]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi5605 in Chr II. FLP-ON::TIR1 system for AID-tagged protein degradation in neurons. High levels of TIR1(F79G) expression in neurons by rgef-1p::FLP with co-expression of membrane markers. bmdSi362 contains the ubiquitous rpl-28 promoter driving expression of FRT3-LCK::mNG-STOP::FRT3::TIR1(F79G)::2A::PH::2xmKate2 construct dependent upon tissue-specific FLPase. High levels of TIR1(F79G) can be expressed in specific tissue or cell types via FLPase activity, allowing spatiotemporally-targeted degradation of AID-tagged proteins. Reference: Xiao Y, et al. An expandable FLP-ON::TIR1 system for precise spatiotemporal protein degradation in C. elegans. bioRxiv 2022.10.14.512315; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.14.512315

bmdSi86 [LoxN::rps-27p::DHB::GFP::P2A::H2B::mKate2] I. bmdSi86 is a single-copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion of a codon-optimized CDK sensor (amino acids 994–1087 of human DNA Helicase B (DHB) fused to GFP) co-expressed with his-58 (H2B) fused to two copies of mKate2. Reference: Adikes RC, et al. "Visualizing the metazoan proliferation-terminal differentiation decision in vivo." bioRxiv 2019.12.18.881888

CRISPR/Cas9 insertion of GFP into the N-terminus of cki-1; seems to cause cki-1 gain-of-function phenotype (early cell cycle exit for some post-embryonic blast cells). Reference: Adikes RC, et al. "Visualizing the metazoan proliferation-terminal differentiation decision in vivo." bioRxiv 2019.12.18.881888

bmdSi147 [loxN::rps-27p::DHB::2xmKate2::P2A::H2B::GFP] I. bmdSi147 is a single-copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion of a codon-optimized CDK sensor (amino acids 994–1087 of human DNA Helicase B (DHB) fused to two copies of mKate2) co-expressed with his-58 (H2B) fused to GFP. Reference: Adikes RC, et al. "Visualizing the metazoan proliferation-terminal differentiation decision in vivo." bioRxiv 2019.12.18.881888

bmdSi200 [loxN::pcn-1p::pcn-1::GFP] I. bmdSi168 [loxN::rps-27p::DHB::2x-mKate2] II. bmdSi200 is a single copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion of a full length pcn-1::GFP translational fusion under its own promoter. bmdSi168 is a single-copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion of a codon optimized CDK sensor (amino acids 994–1087 of human DNA Helicase B (DHB) fused to two copies of mKate2). Reference: Adikes RC, et al. "Visualizing the metazoan proliferation-terminal differentiation decision in vivo." bioRxiv 2019.12.18.881888

More resistant to alpha-amanitin than ama-1(m118). Will grow in the presence of 0.5% triton-X 100 with 100 ug/ml amanitin whereas ama-1(m118) will not. DR1099 displays temperature-sensitive defects consistent with defective RNA Pol II function. Sterile at 25C (maternal effect sterile). Fertile at 20C, but produces few viable progeny (~80% eggs that do not hatch). Periodically check for Emb to prevent spontaneously suppressed animals from taking over a population. Reference: Rogalski TM, et al. Genetics. 1990 Dec;126(4):889-98.

Dauer defective. Egl-60% form bags of worms. Unc-sluggish, poor backing. Resistant to both imipramine and serotonin. Slightly Dpy.

Temperature sensitive dauer constitutive. 100% dauers at 25C. Dpy. Unc-coiler. Reference strain for daf-2 complementation.

Temperature sensitive dauer constitutive. 100% dauers at 25C. Dpy. Unc-coiler. Reference strain for daf-7 complementation.

Reference WBG 10(2) 140-141. Previously called Bergerac LY and Bergerac BO. Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. DR subclone of Bergerac BO (Tc1 pattern HCA). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Reference WBG 10(2) 104-141 and 11(5) 60. Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. DR subclone of Cl2a (Tc1 pattern II). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Reference WBG 10(2) 140-141. Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. DR subclone of GA-1 (Tc1 pattern I). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Reference WBG 10(2) 140-141. Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. DR subclone of GA-1 (Tc1 pattern I). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).