Search Strains

pkIs1641 [unc-119(+)]. Derived by outcrossing NL3908 to HT1593 (six times). Reference: Burnett C, et al. Nature. 2011 Sep 21;477(7365):482-5.

naIs3 [(pGC133) hsp-16.41::FLP:::let-858 3'UTR) + Cbr-unc-119(+)].

naIs6 [hsp-16.2p::FLP::let-858 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+) + ceh-22p::GFP)].

naEx75 [(pGC146) hsp-16.2p::FLP::let-858 3'UTR) + Cbr-unc-119(+) + (pCW2.1) ceh-22p::GFP)]. Array was bombarded but did not integrate.

naIs7 [hsp-16.2p::FLP::let-858 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Does not express ceh-22p::GFP, but unc-119 is rescued.

muIs252 [eft-3p::wrmScarlet1-10::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. C-terminal tag of HIS-72 via CRISPR/Cas9 knock-in of wrmScarlet11 into endogenous his-72 locus. Genetic background: strain CF4582. Insertion verified by PCR and fluorescence. Left flank: 5' CTCGCCAGACGCATTCGCGGAGAACGTGCT 3' (one silent mutation); Right flank: 5' TAAgctccatcaccaattctcgaagcactt 3'; sgRNA: GAGCTTAAGCACGTTCTCCG; Cas9/sgRNA plasmid: pGLOW87; wrmScarlet11^SEC^3xMyc plasmid: pGLOW88; SEC insertion allele strain: GLW26

muIs252 [eft-3p::wrmScarlet1-10::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. C-terminal tag of EGL-1 via CRISPR/Cas9 knock-in of wrmScarlet11 into endogenous egl-1 locus. Genetic background: strain CF4582. Insertion verified by PCR, Sanger sequencing, and fluorescence. Left flank: 5' CAGAAGTCTCTTCCATCGTCTTCTGGACTTTTTCGCTTTT 3' (one silent mutation); Right flank: 5' TAAgtgatcaaaatctccaacttttctcca 3'; sgRNA: AGTCCAGAAGACGATGGAAG; Cas9/sgRNA plasmid: pGLOW65; wrmScarlet11^SEC^3xMyc plasmid: pGLOW66; SEC insertion allele strain: GLW28.

mgSi3 [(pCMP2)ubl-1p::GFP::ubl-1-3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Strong ubiquitous GFP expression. Can be used as a control for a strain containing an endogenous siRNA sensor (GR1720). Reference: Montgomery TA, et al. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(4):e1002616.

mgSi4 [(pCMP2)ubl-1p::GFP::siR-1-sensor-ubl-1-3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Very weak ubiquitous GFP expression. The 22G siR-1 sensor transgene is more sensitive to gene inactivations that affect 22G siR-1 levels when grown at 25C compared to 20C. Reference: Montgomery TA, et al. PLoS Genet. 2012;8(4):e1002616.

mgSi2 [mut-16p::mut-16::GFP::mut-16 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] IV. MosSCI integrant of mut-16::GFP rescues pk710. Reference: Phillips CM, et al. Genes Dev. 2012 Jul 1;26(13):1433-44.

mgTi1 [rpl-28p::skn-1a::GFP::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] I. Expresses SKN-1A with C-terminal GFP tag. Reference: Lehrbach NL & Ruvkun G. Elife. 2016 Aug 16;5. pii: e17721

arSi159 [rps-27p::GFP(LoxP-flexon-LoxP)::H2B::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Inserted into ttTi5605 (II). The first intron of GFP was replaced with a Flexon containing two loxP sites. High level GFP::H2B expression requires Cre expression from a second transgene. Reference: Wittes J & Greenwald I. (2024). New Flexon-based reagents for tissue-specific Auxin-Inducible Degradation and for characterizing Cre and Flp drivers in C. elegans. microPublication Biology. 10.17912/micropub.biology.001315.

aSi8 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p:: NLS::GCaMP7s::egl-13-NLS::SL2::NLS::mScarlet-I:: egl-13-NLS] II. mec-7 promoter driving nuclear-localized expression of GCaMP7f in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.

aSi10 [lox2272 Cbr-unc-119(+) lox2272 + loxP::unc-54 3’UTR::Split 3’ HygR::tjp2a_guide::Split 3’ mScarlet-I::egl-13nls::tbb-2 3’UTR]?II. Strain contains a specialized safe harbor transgene landing pad for integration of promoters to drive mScarlet. Reference: Stevenson ZC, et al. bioRxiv 2022.10.30.514301; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.30.514301. Paper accepted at eLife.

aSi13 [lox2272 + loxN 3' (delta)Cbr-unc-119(+) + 3' (delta)mNeonGreen::PEST] aSi14[lox2272 + loxP 3’ (delta)HygR + 3’ (delta)mScarlet-I::PEST]?II. Unc. Strain contains a set of dual specialized safe harbor transgene landing pads for integration of promoters: one driving mScarlet and rescuing hygromycin resistance upon integration, the other driving mNeonGreen and rescuing the unc phenotype upon integration. Reference: Stevenson ZC, et al. bioRxiv 2022.10.30.514301; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.30.514301. Paper accepted at eLife.

aSi23 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p:: NLS::GCaMP7f::egl-13-NLS::SL2::NLS::mScarlet-I:: egl-13-NLS] II. mec-7 promoter driving nuclear-localized expression of GCaMP7f in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.

aSi26 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p:: NLS::GCaMP7s::ras-2-CAAX::SL2::mScarlet-I::ras-2-CAAX] II. mec-7 promoter driving membrane-localized expression of GCaMP7f in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.

aSi31 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p:: NLS::GCaMP7f::ras-2-CAAX::SL2::mScarlet-I::ras-2-CAAX] II. mec-7 promoter driving membrane-localized expression of GCaMP7f in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.

aSi27 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p::GCaMP7s::SL2::mScarlet-I] II. mec-7 promoter driving expression of GCaMP7s in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.

aSi36 [lox2272::Cbr-unc-119(+)::lox2272::mec-7p::GCaMP7f::SL2::mScarlet-I] II. mec-7 promoter driving expression of GCaMP7f in ALM, PLM, AVM & PVM neurons. Reference: Ding J, et al. GE (Bethesda). 2023 Sep 30;13(10):jkad183. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkad183. PMID: 37565483.

Worms are slow growing, with reduced brood size and become sterile at elevated temperatures. met-2 and set-25 mutants co-segregate with ~ 20cM distance. Express GFP::H2B in germline and early embryos. Might still carry unc-119(ed3) in background. Reference: Zeller P, et al. Nat Genet. 2016 Nov;48(11):1385-1395. doi: 10.1038/ng.3672. PMID: 27668659.

bqsi433 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::dam::emr-1 + unc-119(+)] II. bqSi495 [myo-3p::FLP::D5 + unc-119(+)] IV. ygIs1 [baf-1p::GFP::lamin(wt) + unc-119(+)]. Strain used to perform muscle specific EMR-DamID, to map lamina-associated domains (LADs). Strain also has low level over-expression of GFP::LMN-1. Might still carry unc-119(ed3) or (ed9) in background. Reference: Harr JC, et al. Genes Dev. 2020 Apr 1;34(7-8):560-579. PMID: 32139421

bqSi447 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::GFP::dam + unc-119(+)] II. bqSi495 [myo-3p::FLP::D5 + unc-119(+)] IV. ygIs1 [baf-1p::GFP::lamin(wt) + unc-119(+)]. Strain expressing muscle specific DAM::GFP, used as a control for muscle specific EMR-DamID. Strain also has low level over-expression of GFP::LMN-1. Might still carry unc-119(ed3) or (ed9) in background. Reference: Harr JC, et al. Genes Dev. 2020 Apr 1;34(7-8):560-579. PMID: 32139421

bqsi433 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::dam::emr-1 + unc-119(+)] II. bqSi495 [myo-3p::FLP::D5 + unc-119(+)] IV. ygIs1 [baf-1p::GFP::lamin(wt) + unc-119(+)]. Strain used to perform muscle specific EMR-DamID, to map lamina-associated domains (LADs). Strain also has low level over-expression of GFP::LMN-1. Strain also has cec-4 deletion. Might still carry unc-119(ed3) or (ed9) in background. Reference: Harr JC, et al. Genes Dev. 2020 Apr 1;34(7-8):560-579. PMID: 32139421

bqSi447 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::GFP::dam + unc-119(+)] II. bqSi495 [myo-3p::FLP::D5 + unc-119(+)] IV. ygIs1 [baf-1p::GFP::lamin(wt) + unc-119(+)]. Strain expressing muscle specific DAM::GFP, used as a control for muscle specific EMR-DamID. Strain also has low level over-expression of GFP::LMN-1. Strain also has cec-4 deletion. Might still carry unc-119(ed3) or (ed9) in background. Reference: Harr JC, et al. Genes Dev. 2020 Apr 1;34(7-8):560-579. PMID: 32139421

bqSi447 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::GFP::dam + unc-119(+)] II. bqSi495 [myo-3p::FLP_D5 + unc-119(+)] IV. ygIs2 [baf-1::GFP::lmn-1(Y59C) + unc-119(+)]. Strain expressing muscle specific DAM::GFP, used as a control for muscle specific EMR-DamID. Strain also has low level over-expression of GFP::LMN-1 (Y59C mutation). Might still carry unc-119(ed3) in background. Reference: Harr JC, et al. Genes Dev. 2020 Apr 1;34(7-8):560-579. PMID: 32139421.

gwIs28 [myo-3::mCherry + 256xlacO + unc-119(+)]. Superficially wild-type. Contains a small lacO array co-integrated with a muscle specific mCherry reporter (~10x smaller than the gwIs4 array). Reference: Meister P, et al. Genes Dev. 2010 Apr 15;24(8):766-82. PMID: 20395364

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. gwIs34 [myo-3::mCherry + 256xlacO + unc-119(+)] III. Superficially wild-type. Expresses GFP-LacI throughout development from early embryogenesis, forming a small spot at the lacO array. Worms have red muscle (from L1 stage) and green intestine (from late L4 stage). Reference: Meister P, et al. Genes Dev. 2010 Apr 15;24(8):766-82. PMID: 20395364

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. gwIs58 [hsp-16.2p::mCherry::256xLacO::4xLexA + unc-119(+)]. Small transgene/large array. Superficially wild-type. Expresses GFP-LacI from early embryogenesis and throughout development, which forms a small spot at the lacO array. Worms have green intestine (from late L4 stage). Might still carry unc-119(ed3) in background. Reference: Rohner S, et al. J Cell Biol. 2013 Mar 4;200(5):589-604. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201207024. PMID: 23460676

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. gwIs58 [hsp-16.2p::mCherry::256xLacO::4xLexA + unc-119(+)]. Small transgene/large array. Slow growing and dumpy. Expresses GFP-LacI from early embryogenesis and throughout development, which forms a small spot at the lacO array. Worms have green intestine (from late L4 stage). Might still carry unc-119(ed3) in background. Reference: Rohner S, et al. J Cell Biol. 2013 Mar 4;200(5):589-604. doi: 10.1083/jcb.201207024. PMID: 23460676

isIs17 [pGZ295 (pie-1p::GFP::pcn-1(W03D2.4)) + pDP#MM051 (unc-119(+))] Maintain at 25C if possible to avoid possible germ line silencing. The entire coding sequence of PCNA (PCN-1, W03D2.4) was PCR-amplified and the resulting fragment cloned into pie-1::GFP germline expression vector to generate pGZ295, which was co-bombarded with pDP#MM051, which carries an unc-119 cDNA. The transgenic line behaves as though the two plasmids have been jointly integrated.

emcSi70 [unc-119p::TIR1::mRuby] (IV: -0.05). TIR1 expression driven by the unc-119 promoter, allowing degradation of AID-tagged proteins specifically in neurons. Reference: Sabatella M, et al. Cell Rep. 2021 Jan 12;34(2):108608. PMID: 33440146

emcSi71 [myo-3p::TIR1::mRuby] (IV: -0.05). TIR1 expression driven by the myo-3 promoter, allowing degradation of AID-tagged proteins specifically in muscles. Reference: Sabatella M, et al. Cell Rep. 2021 Jan 12;34(2):108608. PMID: 33440146

goeIs257 [nas- 38p::d1mGFP::nas-38 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Destabilized GFP expressed from the nas-38 promoter; especially visible in hypodermis and excretory system. Reference: Sinner MP, et al. Curr Biol. 2021 Feb 8;31(3):564-577.e12. PMID: 33259791

goeEx711 [nlp-42p::mGFP::unc-54 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Pick non-Unc to maintain. Construct contains 2000 bp of nlp-42 promoter upstream of start. Expression pattern is variable between worms.

goeEx361 [ceh-24p::ReaChr::mKate2::unc-54 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Pick non-Unc to maintain. Reporter expresses ReaChr with expression control mKate2. Reference: Schwarz J & Bringmann H. eLife 2017;10.7554/eLife.24846.

uocIs1 [eft-3p::Cas9(dpiRNA)::tbb-2 3' UTR + unc-119(+)]. Cas9 is optimized to remove all piRNA sites. Cas9 is expressed in the germline. Reference: Zhang D, et al. Science. 2018 Feb 2;359(6375):587-592.

osIs15 [pie-1p::GFP::apr-1 + unc-119(+)]. Non-Unc. Reference: Cell. 2011 Sep 16;146(6):942-54.

Unc. Derived from DP38 by outcrossing four additional times to remove the Daf mutation present in DP38.

wwEx61 [ins-1p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwEx62 [ins-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwIs26 [ins-3p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwEx63 [ins-4p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwEx64 [ins-5p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwEx65 [ins-6p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwEx66 [ins-7p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwEx67 [ins-8p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwEx68 [ins-9p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwEx69 [ins-10p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.

wwEx70 [ins-11p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. Reference: Ritter AD, et al. Genome Res. 2013 Mar 28.