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The endogenous tbb-2 coding sequence was re-encoded with tbb-1 mimic sequence, expressing TBP-1 from the tbp-2 locus. Reference: Honda Y, et al. J Cell Sci. 2017 May 1;130(9):1652-1661. doi: 10.1242/jcs.200923. PMID: 28302908.

The endogenous tbb-1 coding sequence was re-encoded with tbb-2 mimic sequence, expressing TBP-2 from the tbp-1 locus. Reference: Honda Y, et al. J Cell Sci. 2017 May 1;130(9):1652-1661. doi: 10.1242/jcs.200923. PMID: 28302908.

GFP::TEV::3xFLAG tag inserted into the endogenous tbb-4 locus. Reference: Nishida K, et al. Cell Struct. Funct. 2021 Jun 30;46(1):51-64. PMID: 33967119.

GFP::TEV::3xFLAG tag inserted into the endogenous tbb-6 locus. Reference: Nishida K, et al. Cell Struct. Funct. 2021 Jun 30;46(1):51-64. PMID: 33967119.

tjIs54 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + pie-1p::2xmCherry::tbg-1 + unc-119(+)]. tjIs57 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-48 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 25C to avoid transgene silencing. Reference: Toya M, et al. Methods Cell Biol. 2010;97:359-72.

GFP tag inserted into the endogenous tbb-2 locus. GFP signals are detected at the epidermis, germline, intestine, muscle, and neurons. Reference: Honda Y, et al. J. Cell. Sci. 2017 May 1;130(9):1652-1661. PMID: 28302908.

GFP tag inserted into the endogenous tbb-1 locus. GFP signals are detected at the epidermis, germline, intestine, muscle, and neurons. Reference: Honda Y, et al. J. Cell. Sci. 2017 May 1;130(9):1652-1661. PMID: 28302908.

ustSi268 [mex-5p::tagrfp::elli-1::tbb-2 3'UTR] I. Inserted into LG I (-5.51 cM) locus using CRISPR/CAS9 engineering. Reference: Huang X, et al. 2024. Dev Cell. Compartmentalized localization of perinuclear proteins within germ granules in C. elegans. Reference: Chen X, et al. Nat Commun. 2024 Jul 10;15(1):5799. doi: 10.1038/s41467-024-50027-3. PMID: 38987544.

foxSi27 [pie-1p::tomm-20(gDNA)::mKate2::HA::tbb-2 3'UTR ] I. Single-copy MosSCI insertion into oxti185. Germline-specific expression of TOMM-20::mKate2::HA can be used for fluorescent identification of germline mitochondrial morphology and tissue-specific isolation of mitochondria. Reference: Ahier A, et al. Nature Cell Biol. 2018 Mar;20(3):352-360. doi: 10.1038/s41556-017-0023-x. PMID: 29358705.

foxSi37 [ges-1p::tomm-20::mKate2::HA::tbb-2 3' UTR] I. Transgene inserted into oxTi185. Superficially wild-type. Gut-specific expression of reporter construct. This strain is part of toolkit to affinity purify mitochondria from specific tissues. Reference: Ahier A, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2018 Mar;20(3):352-360.

foxSi39 [gcy-6p::tomm-20::mKate2::HA::tbb-2 3' UTR] I. Transgene inserted into oxTi185. Superficially wild-type. ASE-specific expression of reporter construct. This strain is part of toolkit to affinity purify mitochondria from specific tissues. Reference: Ahier A, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2018 Mar;20(3):352-360.

foxSi41 [dpy-7p::tomm-20::mKate2::HA::tbb-2 3' UTR] I. Transgene inserted into oxTi185. Superficially wild-type. Hypodermal expression of reporter construct. This strain is part of toolkit to affinity purify mitochondria from specific tissues. Reference: Ahier A, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2018 Mar;20(3):352-360.

foxSi44 [rgef-1p::tomm-20::mKate2::HA::tbb-2 3' UTR] I. Transgene inserted into oxTi185. Superficially wild-type. Neuronal expression of reporter construct. This strain is part of toolkit to affinity purify mitochondria from specific tissues. Reference: Ahier A, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2018 Mar;20(3):352-360.

foxSi75 [eft-3p::tomm-20::mKate2::HA::tbb-2 3' UTR] I. Transgene inserted into oxTi185. Superficially wild-type. Ubiquitous expression of reporter construct. This strain is part of toolkit to affinity purify mitochondria from specific tissues. Reference: Ahier A, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2018 Mar;20(3):352-360.

foxSi16 [myo-3p::tomm-20::mKate2::HA::tbb-2 3' UTR] I. Transgene inserted into oxTi185. Superficially wild-type. Muscular expression of reporter construct. This strain is part of toolkit to affinity purify mitochondria from specific tissues. Reference: Ahier A, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2018 Mar;20(3):352-360.

dvIs67 [tbb-6p::GFP + myo-3p::dsRed]. Derived by out-crossing CL3462.

dvIs67 [tbb-6p::GFP + myo-3p::dsRed]. stxEx12 [eft-3p::pmk-3 S(EE)::SL2::mCherry]. Pick animals with mCherry expression in intestinal cells. Reference: Munkacsy E, et al. PLoS Genet. 2016 Jul 15;12(7):e1006133.

Defective in dye filling (FITC or DiO) of amphid and phasmid neurons. Chemotaxis defective.

rubSi6 [eft-3p::scFv(glo)::GFP(smu-1 introns)::tbb-2 3’UTR] II. rubSi7 [eft-3p::24xGCN4::T2A::tagBFP::H2B::tbb-2 3’UTR]) IV. SunTag system allows visualization of translation throughout development in real-time. This strain expresses a SunTag reporter mRNA (24xGCN4::T2A::tagBFP::H2B::tbb-2 3’UTR ) and a SunTag antibody (scFv::GFP). In the absence of translation, GFP signal can be observed in the cytoplasm, nuclei and at epithelial apical membranes. At translation sites of the SunTag reporter, clustering of the GFP signal can be observed. Mature GCN4 proteins can be observed as dimmer GFP clusters. rubSi6 was inserted into ttTi5605 and also includes a partial duplication of the transgene (a portion of GFP with smu-1 introns and tbb-2 3’UTR) downstream of the tbb-2 3’UTR in the intact transgene. rubSi7 was inserted into cxTi10816. Reference: van der Salm E, et al. Development. 2025 May 15;152(10):dev204435. doi: 10.1242/dev.204435. PMID: 40260543.

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). rubSi6 [eft-3p::scFv(glo)::GFP(smu-1 introns)::tbb-2 3’UTR] II. rubSi8 [eft-3p::24xGCN4::AID::T2A::tagBFP::H2B::tbb-2 3’UTR *rubSi7]) IV. ltIs44 [pie-1p::mCherry::PH(PLC1delta1) + unc-119(+)] V. SunTag system allows visualization of translation throughout development in real-time. In the absence of translation, GFP signal can be observed in the cytoplasm, nuclei and at epithelial apical membranes. At translation sites of the SunTag reporter, bright clustering of the GFP signal can be observed. Mature GCN4 proteins can be observed as dimmer GFP clusters in the absence of auxin, but not in the presence of auxin. Bright BFP signal from mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS and TagBFP::H2B can be visible in nuclei in the absence of auxin, in the presence of auxin only dimmer TagBFP::H2B is visible in nuclei. mCherry::PH marks the cell membranes throughout development. rubSi6 was inserted into ttTi5605 and also includes a partial duplication of the transgene (a portion of GFP with smu-1 introns and tbb-2 3’UTR) downstream of the tbb-2 3’UTR in the intact transgene. rubSi8 derived by modification of insertion of an AID tag into rubSi7, which is located in cxTi10816. Reference: van der Salm E, et al. Development. 2025 May 15;152(10):dev204435. doi: 10.1242/dev.204435. PMID: 40260543.

This strain expresses a SunTag antibody (scFv::GFP) throughout development. GFP signal can be observed in the cytoplasm, nuclei and at epithelial apical membranes. rubSi6 [eft-3p::scfv(glo)::gfp(smu-1 introns)::tbb-2 3’UTR] was inserted into ttTi5605, and also includes a partial duplication of the transgene (a portion of GFP with smu-1 introns and tbb-2 3’UTR) downstream of the tbb-2 3’UTR in the intact transgene. Reference: van der Salm E, et al. Development. 2025 May 15;152(10):dev204435. doi: 10.1242/dev.204435. PMID: 40260543.

heSi141 [hlh-8(short)::FLAG::CRE::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)] X. Strain is viable at 15-25 C, but non-tissue specific recombination is observed more frequently in other tissues at higher temperatures (25C). Expression of CRE recombinase in the mesoblast lineage driven by the hlh-8 promoter. Reference: Ruijtenberg S & van den Heuvel S. Cell. 2015 Jul 16;162(2):300-13.

heSi142 [elt-2::FLAG::CRE::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)] X. Expression of CRE recombinase in the intestine driven by the elt-2 promoter. Strain is viable at 15-25 C, but non-tissue specific recombination is observed more frequently in other tissues at higher temperatures (25C). Reference: Ruijtenberg S & van den Heuvel S. Cell. 2015 Jul 16;162(2):300-13.

heIs105 [rps-27::loxP::NLS::mCherry::let858 UTR::loxP::NLS::GFP::let-858 UTR + unc-119(+)] IV. heSi141 [hlh-8(short)::FLAG::CRE::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)] X. Maintain at 15-25C. Expression of CRE recombinase in the mesoblast lineage driven by the hlh-8 promoter. heIs105 carries a read-out construct which allows the visualization of the CRE lox mediated recombination in the mesoblast lineage by a switch from red to green. This read-out construct is silenced in the germline. Reference: Ruijtenberg S & van den Heuvel S. Cell. 2015 Jul 16;162(2):300-13.

heSi 143 [rps-27::loxP::mCherry::let-858::fzr-1p::fzr-1::fzr-1 UTR::loxP::GFP::let-858 UTR + unc-119(+)] IV. heSi141 [hlh-8(short)::FLAG::CRE::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)] X. Maintain at 15-25C. Expression of CRE recombinase in the mesoblast lineage driven by the hlh-8 promoter. heSi143 rescues fzr-1(ku298). fzr-1 will be excised upon mesoblast-specific expression of CRE, creating a mesoblast specific mutant of fzr-1. This recombination event can be visualized by a switch from red to green in those cells (the mesoblast) were fzr-1 is lost. Reference: Ruijtenberg S & van den Heuvel S. Cell. 2015 Jul 16;162(2):300-13.

heIs145 [rps-27::loxP::NLS::mCherry::let858 UTR::eft-3::tagBFP::tbb-2 UTR::loxP::NLS::GFP::let-858 UTR + unc-119(+)] IV. Maintain at 15-25C. heIs145 expresses a read-out construct used to visualize CRE activity and specificity, and to test whether CRE expression is likely to induce loss of a gene of interest (tagBFP in this case) in a given tissue. Expression of CRE will result in a change from mCherry to GFP and loss of tagBFP expression in those cells where CRE is active. Reference: Ruijtenberg S & van den Heuvel S. Cell. 2015 Jul 16;162(2):300-13.

heSi149 [myo-3::CRE::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] X. Inserted at ttTi14024. Maintain at 15-25C. Expression of CRE recombinase in differentiated body wall muscle cells driven by the myo-3 promoter. [NOTE: this stock serves as a replacement for SV1461, which was found to be carrying an unidentified red fluorescent transgene in the background.] Reference: Ruijtenberg S & van den Heuvel S. Cell. 2015 Jul 16;162(2):300-13.

heIs105 [rps-27::loxP::NLS::mCherry::let858 UTR::loxP::NLS::GFP::let-858 UTR + unc-119(+)] IV. heSi164 [rps-27::loxN::NLS::mCherry::let858 UTR::swsn-1p::swsn-1::unc-54 UTR::loxN::NLS::GFP::let-858 UTR + unc-119(+)] V. heSi141 [hlh-8(short)::FLAG::CRE::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)] X. Maintain the line at 15C and shift to 25C for mutant analysis. Expression of CRE recombinase in the mesoblast lineage driven by the hlh-8 promoter. heSi164 carries a swsn-1 rescue construct which ensures rescue of the temperature-sensitive swsn-1(os22) mutation. Upon expression of CRE (in this case in the mesoblast lineage) the swsn-1 gene will be excised, creating a mesoblast specific mutant of swsn-1. This recombination event can be visualized by a switch from red to green in those mesoblast cells in which swsn-1 was lost. The animals are healthy at 15C, but embryonic lethal and larval arrested at 23-25C. swsn-1(os22) causes mild overproliferation in the mesoblast lineage. The swsn-1 rescuing transgene is unable to rescue germline development of swsn-1(os22) mutants. Reference: Ruijtenberg S & van den Heuvel S. Cell. 2015 Jul 16;162(2):300-13.

heSi193 [mcm-4p::CDK sensor::eGFP::tbb- 2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc119(+)] II. This strain carries a GFP S-phase marker expressed in all cells that undergo cell division. Localization of GFP alters between S-phase and interphase. Reference: van Rijnberk LM, et al. PLoS One. 2017 Feb 3;12(2):e0171600.

heSi208 [eft- 3p::LoxP::NLS(egl-13)::tagBFP2::tbb-2 UTR::LoxP::NLS(egl-13)::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR] V. heSi141 [hlh-8p::CRE] X. Egg laying defective. LoxN sites in the endogenous swsn-4 locus facilitate inducible knockout of swsn-4. he268 he272 homozygotes are Egl since they cannot form a functioning vulva due to swsn-4 inactivated in the mesoderm lineage by hlh-8p::CRE expression. Reference: van der Vaart A, et al. Sci Adv 2020 May 20;6(21):eaay3823. PMID: 32494730

heSi208 [eft- 3p::LoxP::NLS(egl-13)::tagBFP2::tbb-2 UTR::LoxP::NLS(egl-13)::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR] V. heSi141 [hlh-8p::CRE] X. he273 he287 homozygotes are Egl since they cannot form a functioning vulva due to swsn-8 inactivated in the mesoderm lineage by hlh-8p::CRE expression. LoxN sites in the endogenous swsn-8 locus facilitate inducible knockout of swsn-8. Reference: van der Vaart A, et al. Sci Adv 2020 May 20;6(21):eaay3823. PMID: 32494730

he314[pie-1p::GLO-ePDZ::mCherry::smu-1::tbb-2 3'UTR] II. e259[eft-3p::PH::eGFP::LOV::tbb-2 3'UTR]) IV. Superficially wild-type. CRISPR/Cas9 was used to create insertion alleles he314 and he259 insertions into N2 background at sites of known MosSCI insertions ttTi5605 and cxTi10816, respectively. ePDZ–LOV system transgenes allow use of blue light to control protein heterodimerization, in this case, membrane recruitment of ePDZ-tagged proteins of interest. Germline-optimized cytosolic ePDZ::mCherry-tagged SMU-1 (GLO-ePDZ::mCherry::SMU-1), and membrane-bound LOV2 domain fused to a pleckstrin-homology domain (PH::eGFP::LOV). GLO-ePDZ::mCherry is a germline-optimized variant coded to be less prone to silencing in the germline. Reference: Fielmich LE, et al. eLife 2018 Aug 15;7:e38198. doi: 10.7554/eLife.38198.

mjIs145 [mex-5p::GFP::his-58::21UR-1sense::tbb-2 3'UTR] II. Control piRNA sensor strain accompanying SX1316. Instead of antisense 21UR-1 target site, this transgene contains the piRNA sequence in sense and histone GFP is not silenced. Reference: Bagijn MP, et al. Science. 2012 Aug 3;337(6094):574-8.

mjIs144 [mex-5p::GFP::his-58::21UR-1target::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] II. piRNA sensor strain. Single copy inserted into ttTi5605 (MosSCI). Superficially wild-type with loss of piRNA sensor silencing in piRNA pathway mutants (e.g. prg-1). GFP is silenced in wild-type, expressed in piRNA pathway mutants and can be used as a simple read-out for piRNA pathway function. Reference: Bagijn MP, et al. Science. 2012 Aug 3;337(6094):574-8.

mjIs588 [mex-5p::GFP::his-58::21UR-1target::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] II. mjIs588 was derived by removing introns 2 and 3 from the construct used to generate the mjIs144 transgene. Single copy inserted into ttTi5605 (MosSCI). Superficially wild-type. mjIs588 GFP is silenced in wild-type animals and de-silenced in hrde-1 mutant animals. Reference: Akay A, et al. Dev Cell. 2017 Aug 7;42(3):241-255.e6.

utdSi51[mex-5p::tomm-20(aa 1-55)::halotag::lov::tbb-2 3’UTR] II. Maintain at 23C and protect from light. Strain is sickly, seems to grow best and lay more eggs at 23C. Upon stimulation with 488nm light, the LOV-ePDZ optogenetic system will recruit mitochondria to the dynein heavy chain in the worm embryo. Embryonic cell divisions can be stopped by if mitochondrial recruitment is stimulated in early development. Room light can also induce mitochondria re-localization and cause infertility; store this strain in the dark. Reference: Fan X, et al. G3 (accepted).

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Histone and tubulin GFP.

jnSi12 [peel-1p::htas-1::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ezIs2 [fkh-6::GFP + unc-119(+)] III. ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. GFP expression in spermatheca. mCherry expression in germline nuclei. UX993 sperm have increased mCherry intensity compared to that of its parent strains. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.]

B0272.1. Superficially wild type. 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

C36E8.5. Superficially wild type. 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

C36E8.5. Superficially wild type. 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

K01G5.7. Superficially wild type. 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

yfSi1 [nspf-1p::nspf-1::6xHis::tbb-2 3' UTR + loxP, II:8420157]. C-terminal 6xHis-tagged NSPF-1 allows visualization of NSPF seminal fluid protein localization in males and hermaphrodites. Transgene inserted into ttTi5650 MosSCI site (II:8420157) using CRISPR/Cas9. Reference: Kasimatis KR, et al. (2022) No evidence of sexual conflict for a novel sperm-derived seminal fluid protein in Caenorhabditis nematodes. bioRxiv doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.09.22.509081

rmIs190 [F25B3.3p::Q67::CFP]. hdEx1 [snb-1::ALKBH3::BFP::tbb-2 3’UTR + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. BFP fused to the C-terminus of wild-type ALKBH3. Pan-neuronal CFP expression. Reference: Sun Y, et al. Nature. 2023 Nov;623(7987):580-587. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06701-5. PMID: 37938769.

rmIs190 [F25B3.3p::Q67::CFP]. hdEx2 [snb-1::ALKBH3(H257A)::BFP::tbb-2 3’UTR + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. BFP fused to the C-terminus of catalytically inactive ALKBH3(H257A) mutant form of ALKBH3. Pan-neuronal CFP expression. Reference: Sun Y, et al. Nature. 2023 Nov;623(7987):580-587. doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06701-5. PMID: 37938769.

ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain under normal conditions. Reference: Strome et al. (2001) Mol Biol Cell (6):1751-64.

wrdSi51 [mex-5p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). GFP::TEV::AID tag inserted at the N-terminus of the endogenous attf-6 locus facilitates auxin-inducible degradation of GFP::TEV::AID::ATTF-6. Reference: Wang Y, et al. Nucleic Acids Research. 2025 Feb 28; 53(4): gkaf079. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkaf079 PMID: 39945323.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Stable expression of GFP::histoneH2B and GFP::beta-tubulin when grown at 16-25C. ruIs32 contains plasmid pAZ132. ojIs1 is not on LG I, II, or IV.

hpIs593 [ttr-39p::Chrimson::wCherry + lin-15(+)]. ljIs131 [myo-3p::GCaMP3::UrSL2::tagRFP-T]. D motor neurons are marked with red fluorescence. Body relaxation upon green light illumination with ATR. Reference: Lu Y, et al. 2022. Current Biology (In Press).

hpIs592 [ttr-39p::Chrimson::wCherry + lin-15(+)]. ljIs131 [myo-3p::GCaMP3::UrSL2::tagRFP-T]. Shrinker. Red fluorescence in D motor neurons. Reference: Lu Y, et al. 2022. Current Biology (In Press).