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icbIs4 [chil-27p::GFP + col-12p::mCherry] II. Reference: Osman GA, et al. Curr Biol. 2018 Feb 19;28(4):640-648.e5.

otIs339 [ceh-43(+)(fosmid)::GFP + ttx-3::DsRed + rol-6(su1006)]. otIs355 [rab-3::NLS::tagRFP]. norEx42 [ast-1 Cosmid + ttx-3::GFP + dat-1::mCherry]. Rollers. gk463 embryonic lethality is rescued by extrachromosomal array. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain.

vtIs1 [dat-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] V. norEx42 [ast-1(+)(cosmid) + ttx-3::GFP + dat-1::mCherry]. Rollers. gk463 embryonic lethality is rescued by extrachromosomal array. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain.

vtIs1 [dat-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] V. norEx42 [ast-1(+)(cosmid) + ttx-3::GFP + dat-1::mCherry]. Rollers. ot406 has a dopaminergic phenotype. gk463 embryonic lethality is rescued by extrachromosomal array. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain.

kuIs118 [daf-15p::daf-15::mCherry + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. kuIs118 is a single copy insertion into ttTi5605 via CRISPR/Cas9. Superficially wild-type. mCherry expression observed throughout the body. mCherry detected throughout development by western blot with anti-mCherry antibody, with highest expression levels in early larval stages. Reference: Sewell AK, et al. "The TORC1 phosphoproteome in C. elegans reveals roles in transcription and autophagy” iScience, 20 May 2022, 104186. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2589004222004564.

keyIs21 [egl-6p::HisCl::unc-54 3' UTR + egl-6p::mCherry::unc-54 3' UTR + lin-15(+)]. Animals express HisCl and mCherry in the HSN neurons, two head sheath glia, two tail neurons, and 1-2 head neurons. Expression is bright in the head and tail. Animals are slightly egg-laying defective, ~10% of animals are Egl. Reference: Ravi B, et al. J. Neuroscience. 38 (28), 6283-6298.

Superficially wild-type. Endogenous noah-1 locus tagged with mCherry. Reference: Vuong-Brender TTK, et al. Development. 2017 May 19. pii: dev.150383.

mcIs54 [dpy-7p::spas-1::SL2(operon)::mCherry + unc-119(+)] X. Dpy. Expression of Spastin transgene depletes microtubules specifically in the hypodermis, creating a Dpy phenotype. Reference: Quintin S, et al. Development. 2016 Jan 1;143(1):160-73.

mcIs40 [lin-26p::ABDvab-10::mCherry + myo-2p::GFP]. Reference: Gally C, et al. Development. 2009 Sep;136(18):3109-19.

lucIs20 [mir-35p::mirtron-35 + myo-2::mCherry]. Position of integrated transgene unknown (not on X). mir-35 family mutant expressing a mirtron-version of mir-35. nDf50 nDf49 mutants are partially rescued by expression of mirtron-35 from integrated transgene; mild mir-35-related phenotypes are more severe at elevated temperatures. Strain is derived from injection into parental strain MT14533. Position of integrated transgene unknown (not on X). Reference: Dexheimer, PJ, et al. Curr Biol. 2020. in press.

lucEx628 [tbx-33::GFP(fosmid) + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal TBX-33 direct fusion fosmid-based reporter. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

lucSi100 [hsp16.41::vhhGFP4::zif-1::SL2::mCherry::his-11::tbb-2 3'UTR] II. Superficially wild-type morphology. Single-copy insertion of a GFP-nanobody::zif-1 fusion transgene under a heat-shock promoter. Allows conditional depletion of GFP-tagged proteins in all tissues via heat-shock expression of anti-GFP nanobody fusion to ZIF1 (mediated by recruited ZIF-1 but NOT requiring ZF1 tags). (Wang et al. (2017). A toolkit for GFP-mediated tissue-specific protein degradation in C. elegans. Development 144, 2694-2701.)

lucSi102 [hsp16.41::zif-1::SL2::mCherry::his-11::tbb-2 3'UTR] II. Superficially wild-type morphology. Single-copy insertion of a zif-1 transgene under a heat-shock promoter. Used as control for MLC1092 or for conditional depletion of ZF1 degron-tagged proteins (aka ZF) in all tissues via heat-shock expression of ZIF-1. (Wang et al. (2017) A toolkit for GFP-mediated tissue-specific protein degradation in C. elegans. Development 144, 2694-2701.)

lucEx755 [tbx-32::GFP(fosmid) + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal TBX-32 direct fusion fosmid-based reporter. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

lucEx818 [tbx-31::GFP(fosmid) + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal TBX-31 direct fusion fosmid-based reporter. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

lucEx824 [mab-9::T2A::GFP::H2B::mab-9 3'UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal mab-9 reporter includes 3.1 kb of mab-9 upstream region and 1.5 kb of downstream region. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

lucEx825 [tbx-34::T2A::GFP::H2B::tbx-34 3'UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal tbx-34 reporter includes 755 bp of tbx-34 upstream region and 4.4 kb of downstream region. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

lucEx826 [tbx-36::T2A::GFP::H2B::tbx-36 3'UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal tbx-36 reporter includes 1.5 kb of tbx-36 upstream region and 1.4 kb of downstream region. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

lucEx881 [C32C4.16::T2A::GFP::H2B(fosmid) + unc-122p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal C32C4.16 fosmid-based reporter. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

lucEx883 [tbx-43::T2A::GFP::H2B::tbx-43 3’UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal tbx-43 reporter includes 2.4 kb of tbx-43 upstream region and 658 bp of downstream region. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

lucEx935 [tbx-39p::tbx-39::T2A::GFP::H2B::tbx-39 3’UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal tbx-39 reporter includes 1.6 kb of tbx-39 upstream region and 1.8 kb of downstream region. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

ieSi57 [eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. lucIs20 [mir-35p::mirtron-35 + myo-2::mCherry]. lucIs24 [mir-52p::mirtron-51 + elt-2::dsRed + myo-2::mCherry]. Endogenous drsh-1 tagged at both N- and C-termini with the auxin-inducible-degron (AID*) peptide. Endogenous pash-1 tagged with the AID* peptide at the C-terminus. Strain expresses modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in soma and germline. In addition, strain expresses mirtron-versions of mir-35 and mir-51, which are processed independently of Drosha and Pasha. miRNA biogenesis can be stringently inhibited via simultaneous removal of Drosha and Pasha, causing absence of all canonical miRNAs and embryonic lethality upon Auxin treatment. Reference: Dexheimer et al. Curr Biol. 2020 Dec 21;30(24):5058-5065.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2020.09.066. Epub 2020 Oct 29. PMID: 33125867.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. lucEx1311 (myo-3p::R2pH::LAMP1::3xFLAG::unc-54 3’UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry). Pick mCherry+ to maintain. Reference: Gutierrez-Perez, P. et al. A deeply conserved miR-1 dependent regulon supports muscle cell physiology. bioRxiv, 2020, doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.31.275644.

lucEx247 [gcy-9(fosmid)::GFP + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ to maintain. Reference: Drexel T, et al. Genes Dev. 2016 Sep 15;30(18):2042-2047.

lucEx43 [mir-791(fosmid)::GFP + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ to maintain. Reference: Drexel T, et al. Genes Dev. 2016 Sep 15;30(18):2042-2047.

lucEx421 [mir-4813p::myr::GFP::unc-54 3’UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Reporter contains 1kb upstream mir-4813 promoter sequence and 1kb unc-54 3’UTR downstream sequence. Provides a marker for pharyngeal muscle cell-cell fusion. Reference: Gutiérrez-Pérez, P. et al. A deeply conserved miR-1 dependent regulon supports muscle cell physiology. bioRxiv, 2020, doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.31.275644.

lucEx552 [tbx-8::GFP(fosmid) + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Wild-type morphology. Extrachromosomal TBX-8 direct fusion fosmid-based reporter. Reference: Charest J, et al. Dev Cell. 2020 Sep 24;S1534-5807(20)30672-9. PMID: 33002421

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.

fsIs22 [osm-5p::fem-3::mCherry + unc-122p::GFP]. ljIs114 [gpa-13p∷FLPase + sra-6p∷FRT::mCherry::StopCodon::FRT∷ChR2∷YFP]. Him. Pan-ciliated masculinization with ChR2 specifically in ASH. Reference: Pechuk V., et al. 2022, Current Biology 32, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.038

etyEx106 [sra-6p::Cx36::YFP + flp-18p::Cx36::mCherry + unc-122p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP+ coelomocytes to maintain. Artificial gap-junction between ASH and AVA. Reference: Pechuk V., et al. 2022, Current Biology 32, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.038

etyIs1 [gpa-13p::FLPase + sra-6p::FRT::mCherry::StopCodon::FRT::GCaMP6s]. Him. Integrated ASH-specific calcium sensor transgene. Reference: Pechuk V., et al. 2022, Current Biology 32, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2022.08.038

mCherry knocked into C terminal of vit-6 by CRISPR/Cas9 in the background of parental strain BCN9071 vit-2(crg9070[vit-2::gfp]) X. This resulting double-labelled strain was crossed six times with N2 to remove potential off-target mutations. mCherry and GFP are co-localized in the intestine, body cavity, oocyte, and embryo in adult hermaphrodites. Reference: Zhai C, et al. Aging cell, 21(11), e13719. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13719 PMID: 36199214.

mCherry knocked into C terminal of vit-3 by CRISPR/Cas9 in the background of parental strain BCN9071 vit-2(crg9070[vit-2::gfp]) X. This resulting double-labelled strain was crossed six times with N2 to remove potential off-target mutations. mCherry and GFP are co-localized in the intestine, body cavity, oocyte, and embryo in adult hermaphrodites. Reference: Zhai C, et al. Aging cell, 21(11), e13719. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13719 PMID: 36199214.

mCherry knocked into C terminal of vit-1 by CRISPR/Cas9 in the background of parental strain BCN9071 vit-2(crg9070[vit-2::gfp]) X. This resulting double-labelled strain was crossed six times with N2 to remove potential off-target mutations. mCherry and GFP are co-localized in the intestine, body cavity, oocyte, and embryo in adult hermaphrodites. Reference: Zhai C, et al. Aging cell, 21(11), e13719. https://doi.org/10.1111/acel.13719 PMID: 36199214.

irIs83 contains [pMM824 (unc-119::mCherry) + pMM768 (end-3(+))]. isIs83 formed by spotaneous integration of an Ex array in an end-1,3(-) mutant background and was backcrossed to remove end-1,3(-). irIs83 is likely not integrated on LG III, V, or X.

irSi24 [pept-1::mCherry::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Single-copy MosSCI insertion of pept-1 reporter into cxTi10882 site in LG IV. mCherry fluorescence exclusively in intestinal nuclei from the end of embryonic development through adulthood. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Maduro MF, et al. Dev Biol 2015 Aug 1;404(1):66-79. doi: 10.1016/j.ydbio.2015.04.025, PMID:25959238.

mirIs92 [daf-16p::daf-16::GcNL::let-858 3'UTR + myo-2p::mCherry]. bus-17(br2) has defective response to short wavelength light; response strongly reduced but not eliminated. Altered surface properties; somewhat skiddy movement; drug-sensitive, bleach-sensitive. Resistant to some bacterial pathogens (hence Bus, Bah phenotypes) and hypersensitive to others. daf-16 translational reporter with green non-calcium sensitive nanolantern (GCNL). Reference: Morales-Curiel LF, et al. Commun Biol. 2022 Dec 3;5(1):1330. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04292-x. PMID: Reference: Morales-Curiel LF, et al. Commun Biol. 2022 Dec 3;5(1):1330. doi: 10.1038/s42003-022-04292-x. PMID: 36463346.

syIs423 [15xUAS::Δpes-10::GCaMP6s::SL2::mKate2::let-858 3'UTR + myo-2p::NLS::mCherry + 1kb DNA ladder(NEB)]. mirIs19 [nlp-12p::gal-4 + unc-122p::mCherry]. Maintain animals at 25C for several generations to enhance mKate expression in DVA to make it visible with a fluorescence dissection scope. Reference: Das R, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 Sep 17;7(38):eabg4617. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4617. PMID: 34533987

mirEx96 [flp-22p::CRE + unc-122p::mCherry]. Pick animals with red fluorescence in coelomocytes to maintain the array. SMD-specific CRE driver. Superficially wild-type. Reference: Das R, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 Sep 17;7(38):eabg4617. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4617. PMID: 34533987

mirIs37 [acr-5p::CRE + myo-2p::mCherry]. Superficially wild-type. CRE expression is driven predominantly in B-type motor neurons; CRE activity has also been observed in a few other cells. Reference: Das R, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 Sep 17;7(38):eabg4617. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4617. PMID: 34533987

mirIs42 [F49H12.4p::CRE + myo-2p::mCherry]. Superficially wild-type. Primarily PVD-specific CRE driver; CRE activity was observed predominantly in PVD neurons with some additional recombination in a few tail neurons and possibly FLP neuron. Reference: Das R, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 Sep 17;7(38):eabg4617. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4617. PMID: 34533987

mirIs71 [nlp-12p::CRE + myo-2p::mCherry]. DVA-specific CRE driver. Superficially wild-type. Reference: Das R, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 Sep 17;7(38):eabg4617. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abg4617. PMID: 34533987

mirSi16 [flp-18p::lox2272::BFP::tbb-2 3'UTR::lox2272::ChR2-HRDC::SL2::jRGECO1a::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. mirIs76 [sra-6p::ChRmine::wrmScarlet::let-858 3UTR + sra-6p::TeNL]. mirEx69 [gpa:14p::CRE + unc-122p::mCherry]. Mantain by picking animals with mCherry+ coelomycetes. Blue in flp-18 expressing neurons. Expression of ChRmine, wrmScarlet and calcium sensitive (Kd 250 nM) teal nanolantern (TeNL) in ASH and PVQ. Expression of ChR2-HRDC and jRGECO1a expression in AVA (instead of BFP). Reference: Porta-de-la-Riva M, et al. Nat Methods. 2023 May;20(5):761-769. doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-01836-9. PMID: 37024651.

nIs348 [ceh-28p::4XNLS::mCherry + lin-15(+)] IV. Reporter construct contains 2.4 kb of ceh-28 promoter. Reference: Hirose T, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci. 2010 Aug 31;107(35):15479-84. PMID: 20713707

nIs408 [lin-29p::lin-29::mCherry + ttx-3p::GFP] I. Reference: Harris DT, Horvitz HR. Development. 2011 Sep;138(18):4051-62.

nIs408 [lin-29p::lin-29::mCherry + ttx-3p::GFP] I. nIs454 [mab-10p::mab-10::GFP + ttx-3p::GFP] II. Reference: Harris DT, Horvitz HR. Development. 2011 Sep;138(18):4051-62.

nIs578 [pGEM-T/sptf-3(+) + myo-3p::mCherry] IV. Rollers. Reference: Hirose T, Horvitz HR. Nature. 2013 Aug 15;500(7462):354-8.

wdEx848 [mec-4::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Pick non-Unc to maintain. mCherry expression in all six touch neurons. Array generated by bombardment; ~90% transmission rate. Reference: Smith CJ, O'Brien T, et al. Neuron. 2013 July 24; 79.

hdIs1 [unc-53p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] X. ufIs26 [unc-4p::mCherry + lin-15(+)]. Rollers. DA neurons marked with unc-4::mCherry and unc-53::GFP. unc-53::GFP expression in DAs is dim during L1. Can be used to isolate DA neurons by FACS. Used by CeNGEN project for RNA-Seq (https://www.cengen.org/).

otIs181[dat-1::mCherry + ttx-3::mCherry] III. otIs138[ser-2(prom3)::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] X. otIs396 [ace-1(prom2)::NLS::tagRFP]. Rollers. dat-1::mCherry labels ADE, CEP, and PDE neurons. ttx3::mCherry labels AIY neurons. ser-2(prom3)::GFP labels OLL, PDE, and PVD neurons. ace-1(prom2)::NLS::tagRFP labels CEP and OLL neurons. PVD can be identified by expression only GFP. An additional pair of GFP-only cells anterior to OLL are occasionally observed in this strain. Can be used to isolate PVD by FACS (green-only). Used by CeNGEN project for RNA-Seq (https://www.cengen.org/). Reference: Barbara O’Brien (2017) Diverse genetic and transcriptional programs mediate dendritic development of a nociceptor neuron. Ph.D Dissertation, Vanderbilt University. (https://ir.vanderbilt.edu/handle/1803/14489?show=full)