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lucIs24 [mir-52p::mirtron-51 + elt-2::dsRed + myo-2::mCherry]. Pick GFP+ animals to maintain balanced line. Balanced mir-51 family mutant expressing a mirtron-version of mir-51. Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate wild-type GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP mir-51 family homozygous mutants. Pick wild-type GFP+ and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Non-GFP mir-51 family homozygous mutants rescued by mirtron-51 transgene are viable, but slow-growing and sick. Strain is derived from injection into parental strain MT17143. lucIs24 is a spontaneous integrant originating from a complex extra-chromosomal array, the genomic location of the transgene is unknown. Reference: Dexheimer, PJ, et al. Curr Biol. 2020. in press.

Maintain at 15-20C: will form dauers at higher temps. Slow growing. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Heterozygotes are GFP+ and segregate WT GFP+ hets, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP daf-2(e1370); isp-1(qm150) homozygotes (sterile). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. [NOTE: Originally published daf-2(e1370); isp-1(qm150) strain MQ876 was found to not actually contain the daf-2(e1370) mutation. This strain was made to study the double mutant and revealed that daf-2(e1370); isp-1(qm150) homozygotes are inviable/sterile.] Reference: Cooper et al. In preparation.

CRISPR/Cas9 engineered deletion of mdf-2 in which the mdf-2 coding sequence was replaced by unc-119. Heterozygotes are wild-type GFP+ and segregate mdf-2 null homozygotes (low brood size/embryonic lethal), wild-type GFP+ heterozygotes, and arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids. Pick wild-type GFP+ and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Unknown if unc-119(ed3) from parental strain is still carried in the background. gRNA sequence: Gccaaattccccagttttag Reference: Lara-Gonzalez P, et al. Dev Cell. 2019 Nov 4;51(3):313-325.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.09.005. PMID: 31588029.

CRISPR/Cas9 engineered deletion of cyb-3. Heterozygotes are wild-type GFP+ and segregate mdf-2 null homozygotes (embryonic lethal), wild-type GFP+ heterozygotes, and arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids. Pick wild-type GFP+ and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. gRNA sequences: tcaggtcgacattcttggcc & gttatgggtatgagagcatt Reference: Lara-Gonzalez P, et al. Dev Cell. 2019 Nov 4;51(3):313-325.e10. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.09.005. PMID: 31588029.

qIs51 [myo-2p::GFP + pes-10p::GFP + F22B7.9p::GFP]. Maintain at 20C or lower. Heterozygotes are wild-type GFP+ and segregate non-GFP unc-60(gk239) fau-1(cc2530) homozygotes (larval arrest), wild-type GFP+ heterozygotes, and arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids. Note: unc-60(gk239) fau-1(cc2530)/nT1 [qIs51] heterozygotes are are developmentally delayed. Pick wild-type GFP+ and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. cc2530 is a nonsense mutation converting the leucine codon at position 5 to a premature stop codon. fau-1 also known as rps-30. Reference: Cenik ES, et al. Dev Cell. 2019 Mar 25;48(6):811-826.e6. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2019.01.019. PMID: 30799226.

D2024.3. Gro. Deletion may involve chromosome rearrangement, as multiple constructs of gk236/nT1[qIs51] were unstable. 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 WBPaper00041807

Pick GFP+ to maintain. sprDf1 is a ~0.25 Mb microdeletion allele on the left arm of chromosome V that removes 32 adjacent protein-coding genes, including mex-5. Heterozygous animals (GFP+) are fertile, but sometimes die by bursting, will have polynucleated embryos, and form uterine tumors ~6 days after hatching. sprDf1 homozygotes (GFP-) have maternal effect lethality, are small, sterile, form large uterine tumors that consist of poly nucleated embryos, have squashed vulvas, are uncoordinated, and die by bursting within eight days of hatching. nT1 homozygotes are inviable (dead eggs). Reference: Antkowiak KR, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2023 Nov 13:jkad258. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad258. PMID: 37956108.

Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP csr-1(fj67) homozygotes (sterile, but some animals lay a small number of dead eggs). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Intracellular localization of CSR-1 is abnormal in the csr-1(fj67) homozygotes. fj67 is a 60-bp in-frame deletion of the first lysine-rich region (KQKDNFILLDILLKQWAAKK) in CSR-1. The first lysine-rich region in the WT has a FokI site. The deletion can be checked by PCR with the following primers: CACCTGTGATTTTTCGGGGAAC and TGGATTCCTTTTGCTGCAACAG, followed by digestion with FokI. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP csr-1(fj70) homozygotes (sterile, but some animals lay a small number of dead eggs). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. fj70 is a D769L mutation that renders CSR-1 (an Argonaute protein) catalytically defective and generates a new SphI site. The fj70 mutation can be checked by PCR with the following primers: TACACGTGGATGATGAGAAG and TCGTCCGAAACTTCCTCATC, followed by digestion with SphI. Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP csr-1(fj126) homozygotes (sterile, but some animals lay a small number of dead eggs). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. fj126 was generated by the insertion of a synthetic nuclear export signal (NES). Instead of six amino-acid residues (R8–I13) near the N-terminus of CSR-1b, an NES sequence (LNELALKLAGLDI) from the cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor alpha in mammals was inserted into the endogenous csr-1 gene. The DNA sequence encoding the NES has a HindIII site. The fj126 mutation can be checked by PCR with the following primers: AAGAAATACCAATGCGGAGGCA and CCGCTGAGGAACGAGATGG, followed by digestion with HindIII. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.