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zbIs2 [pie-1p::lifeact::RFP::pie-1 3' UTR + unc-119(+)]. Lifeact tag labels F-actin without interfering F-actin dynmics. The strain has never been officially published; however, a GFP version of this transgene is described in Pohl C & Bao Z. Dev Cell. 2010 Sep 14;19(3):402-12. PMID: 20833362.

Animals with the duplication are Unc. Animals that have lost the duplication are DpyUncMel. mei-2 is non-conditional recessive maternal effect lethal.

Maintain by picking Lon non-Unc. Throws Lon non-Unc, Lon Unc Vab (bent head, tails very thin), and Lon Unc Mel (kinker, temperature-sterile).

Animals which carry ctDp2 are WT. Animals which have lost ctDp2 are Dpy Males. Maintain by picking WT.

Twitcher.

Twitcher.

Twitcher.

Twitcher.

Twitcher.

ctIs43 [dbl-1p::GFP + dbl-1p::GFP::NLS + unc-119(+)].

Unc. ctIs43 [dbl-1p::GFP + dbl-1p::GFP::NLS + unc-119(+)].

waEx15 [fat-7::GFP + lin15(+)]. Maintain by picking non-Muv animals. These should be GFP+.

waEx16 [fat-6::GFP + lin15(+)]. Maintain by picking non-Muv animals. These should be GFP+.

zdIs5 [mec-4p::GFP + lin-15(+)] I. mec-4::GFP is expressed in touch neurons. Null allele of scrm-1: 2501 bp deletion and 7 bp insertion (CACACAT) removes the entire scrm-1 coding sequence (position 11688933 - 11691433 of chromosome I).

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. 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. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in somatic tissues. 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. ieSi58 [eft-3p::AID*::GFP::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. ieSi57 is a single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the soma. ieSi58 is a single copy transgene inserted into chromosome IV (oxTi177) expressing AID*::GFP in the soma. This strain can be used as control for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in somatic tissues. Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi58 [eft-3p::AID*::GFP::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome IV (oxTi177) expressing AID*::GFP in the soma. This strain can be combined with different TIR1 strains to test auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of protein in somatic tissue. Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi59 [eft-3p::AID*::GFP::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome III (oxTi444) expressing AID*::GFP at low levels in the soma. This strain can be combined with different TIR1 strains to test auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of protein in somatic tissue. 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. ieSi59 [eft-3p::AID*::GFP::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. ieSi57 is a single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the soma. ieSi59 is a single copy transgene inserted into chromosome III (oxTi444) expressing AID*::GFP at low levels in the soma. This strain can be used as control for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in somatic tissues. 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. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in pharyngeal muscle. 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. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the intestine. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in the intestine. 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.

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

ieSi6 [htp-3p::htp-3::GFP + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 20C. Although silencing of the transgene has not observed, it may be helpful to maintain it over htp-3(tm3655) to continually select for expression. unc-119(ed3) might not be homozygous in this strain. Reference: Kim et al. Dev Cell. 2015 Oct 26;35(2):247-61.

ieSi64 [gld-1p::TIR1::mRuby::gld-1 3' UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing a modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the germ line and early embryos. Comparing to CA1472, this strain expresses a higher level of TIR1 and can induce a faster degradation of AID-tagged proteins in the germ line and early embryos. Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi65 [sun-1p::TIR1::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing a modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 in germ line and early embryos. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in germ line and early embryos. Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

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.

ieSi68 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::htp-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing a modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the germ line and early embryos. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) in germ line and early embryos. Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi1 [htp-3p::GFP::him-8 + unc-119(+)] II. ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. ieSi1 is prone to silencing; GFP might not be visible at lower magnifications. [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.] Reference: Wynne DJ, et al. J Cell Biol. 2012 Jan 9;196(1):47-64.

Slow moving Unc.

Catecholamine absent. Recessive. M-MATING+++ 10-30%WT. See also WBPaper00003844.

Temperature sensitive. At 15C, L1 larvae are coilers, adults are wild-type. At 25C, severe kinker, some coiling.

Movement slow. Egg retainer. Recessive. M-MATING+++ 10-30%WT.

Chemotaxis abnormal. Crawls off plate. Dauer defective. Small. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS.

Chemotaxis abnormal. Rounded head.

Chemotaxis defective: Cl-. Dauer recovery slow. Movement almost wild-type. Recessive. M-MATING+++ 10-30%WT.

Chemotaxis defective: Cl-. Eggs laid off bacteria. Small. Recessive. M-MATING+++ 10-30%WT.

Unc, coiler. Lannate sensitive.

Segregates males (5%).

Catecholamine abnormal. Recessive. M-MATING++ 1-10%WT.

3% XO self progeny.

Temperature sensitive. Unc. Recessive. Dominant Slow.

Dpy. M-MATING+++ 10-30%WT. Weakly semi-dominant.