Search Strains

arSi12 [mex-5p::ERK::KTR::GFP(smu-1 introns)::T2A::mCherry::his-11::tbb-2 3'UTR]. arSi12 is a single-copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion expressing a fluorescent protein (ERK::KTR::GFP) that reports MPK-1 kinase activity in the germline. A nuclear histone marker is co-expressed (mCherry::H2B). Reference: de la Cova C, et al. Developmental Cell. 2017 Vol. 42(5):542-553.

arSi15 [mex-5p::ERK::KTR(S43A, T55A, S62A)::GFP(smu-1 introns)::T2A::mCherry::his-11::tbb-2 3'UTR]. arSi15 is a single-copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion expressing a mutant, unphosphorylated form of a fluorescent protein (ERK::KTR::GFP) that reports MPK-1 kinase activity in the germline. A nuclear histone marker is co-expressed (mCherry::H2B). Use arSi15 as a negative control for transgene arSi12. Reference: de la Cova C, et al. Developmental Cell. 2017 Vol. 42(5):542-553.

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.

Worms are slow growing, with reduced brood size and become sterile at elevated temperatures. CED-1::GFP used to detect apoptotic cells in germline. Reference: Zeller P, et al. Nat Genet. 2016 Nov;48(11):1385-1395. doi: 10.1038/ng.3672. PMID: 27668659.

gwIs39 [baf-1::gfp-lacI::let-858 3'UTR + vit-5::GFP] III. ygIs2 [baf-1::GFP::lmn-1(Y59C) + unc-119(+)]. caIs3 [pha-4::lacZ + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Strain expressing low level of GFP::LMN-1 (carrying the Y59C mutation). Expresses GFP-LacI from early embryogenesis and throughout development, which forms a small spot at the lacO array. Worms have red muscle (from L1 stage) and green intestine (from late L4 stage). Reference: Mattout A, et al. Curr Biol. 2011 Oct 11;21(19):1603-14. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2011.08.030. PMID: 21962710

Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. Isolated from soil under a Kiwi fruit tree in a botanical garden in Wuhan City, Hubei Province, China, on Nov 11, 2010. Lat: 30° 32' 34.40" N; Lon: 114° 25' 11.38" E. This strain was whole-genome sequenced as part of the Million Mutation Project (MMP). For whole-genome sequence-verified wild strains, please request from the Caenorhabditis Natural Diversity Resource (www.caendr.org).

Isolated from a deletion library.

nuIs11 [osm-10::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Array contains pool28; KP#57-59 (osm-10::GFP insert at Nrul site) and pJM24 [lin-15(+) rescues n765 at 20C]. GFP expressed in ASH, ASI, PHA and PHB after 3-fold. nuIs11 may be inserted on LG I.

rtIs11 [osm-10p::GFP + osm-10p::HtnQ150 + dpy-20(+)]. HtnQ150 causes ASH degeneration 30% at 8 days.

rtIs11 [osm-10p::GFP + osm-10p::HtnQ150 + dpy-20(+)]. osm-10 promoter drives expression of both GFP and Htn-Q150 strongly in ASH and more weakly in other neurons of the head and tail. pqe-1(rt13) accelerates Htn-Q150 induced toxicity resulting in ASH neuron cell death predominantly during larval stages. Hence, many adult animals will lack overt GFP expression in ASH neurons. rtEx377 in the original HA759 was selected against leaving only rtIs11 in the strain available at the CGC.

goeIs240 [hsp-16.2p::flp-11::SL2::mKate2::unc-54 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Likely intergrated into LG I or LG III. Heat shock-induced over-expression of FLP-11 neuropeptide causes behavioral quiescence. Reference: Turek et al. eLife 2016;5:e12499.

goeIs411 [hsp-16.2p::cnc-4::SL2::mKate2::unc-54 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Over-expression of cnc-4::SL2::mKate2 after heat shock. 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.

unc-58(L428F) was knocked into the endogenous locus of flp-11 to express a sodium channel in RIS that causes strong overactivation of RIS. Reference: Busack I & Bringmann H. PLOS Genetics 19(3): e1010665. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgen.1010665.

70% reduction of behavioral quiescence during sleep. Reference: Turek et al. eLife 2016;5:e12499.

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. qtIs3 [myo-2p::GFP dsRNA hairpin]. mIs11 [myo-2p::GFP + pes-10p::GFP + gut-promoter::GFP]. GFP expression in 4-cell embryos, pharyngeal muscle and gut. Resistant to systemic RNAi by feeding and injection and endogenous hairpin expression.

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. qtIs3 [myo-2p::GFP dsRNA hairpin]. mIs11 [myo-2p::GFP + pes-10p::GFP + gut-promoter::GFP]. GFP expression in 4-cell embryos, pharyngeal muscle and gut. Resistant to systemic RNAi by feeding only.

lynEx1 [nhr-80p::nhr-80::GFP + myo-2p::DsRed]. Pick animals with red pharynx to maintain. Lifespan is comparable to wild-type. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1000599.

lynEx1 [(pJG01)nhr-80p::nhr-80::GFP + myo-2p::DsRed]. Sterile at 25C. Maintain at 20C or lower. Pick animals with red pharynx to maintain. Lifespan of animals carrying the array is longer than that of glp-1 alone. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1000599.

lynEx1 [(pJG01)nhr-80p::nhr-80::GFP + myo-2p::DsRed]. Sterile at 25C. Maintain at 20C or lower. Pick animals with red pharynx to maintain. Lifespan of animals carrying the array is longer than that of daf-16; glp-1 double mutants. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1000599.

lynEx1 [(pJG01)nhr-80p::nhr-80::GFP + myo-2p::DsRed]. Sterile at 25C. Maintain at 20C or lower. Pick animals with red pharynx to maintain. Lifespan of animals carrying the array is longer than that of glp-1; daf-12 double mutants. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1000599.

Sterile at 25C. Maintain at 20C or lower. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1000599.

Sterile at 25C. Maintain at 20C or lower. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1000599.

Sterile at 25C. Maintain at 20C or lower. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1000599.

Sterile at 25C. Maintain at 20C or lower. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1000599.

lynEx1 [nhr-80p::nhr-80::GFP + myo-2p::DsRed]. Sterile at 25C. Maintain at 15-20C. Temperature-sensitve Daf-c. Mig. Pick DsRed+ animals to maintain. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. PLoS Biol. 2011 Mar;9(3):e1000599.

Dpy. Unc. Temperature sensitive-maintain at 15C.

Cold sensitive Unc.

cshIs140 [rps-28p::TIR1(F79G)::T2A::mCherry::his-11 + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ieSi58 [eft-3p::AID*::GFP::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Ubiquitously expressed single copy, modified TIR1 allele, TIR1(F79G) that is compatible with 5-PH-IAA and can be used to deplete auxin-induced degradation-tagged (AID-tagged) proteins. Efficiently depletes target proteins at 1 µM 5-Ph-IAA. Nuclear localized mCherry co-expression marker. Reference: Hills-Muckey et al. Genetics. 2022 Feb 4;220(2):iyab174. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab174. PMID: 34739048.

cshIs128 [rps-28p::TIR1::T2A::mCherry::his-11 + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ieSi58 [eft-3p::AID*::GFP::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Companion strain to HML1012. Harbors conventional allele of TIR1 and Nuclear localized mCherry co-expression marker.

Superficially wild-type except for a slightly shorter body length in adults. Crispr/Cas9 was used to create a 13 bp deletion in exon7 of ccar-1a; breakpoints: CTGATTCGGGAG/sda11/ATCGGAAGTTTC. sda11 is an isoform-specific deletion allele. It only affects the function of CCAR-1A and CCAR-1D, but not CCAR-1B and C. In addition, because CCAR-1D is not expressed in embryos,this allele can be used to specifically inactivate CCAR-1A (the full-length isoform that is the most similar to human CCAR1) during embryogenesis. Reference: Fu R, et al. J Cell Sci. 2018 May 10.

Caenorhabditis sp. 80 wild isolate. Male-female. Maintain at 20C or warmer. Elegans group. Isofemale line isolated from rotting wild Musa pseudostems collected in the forest on the road between Bromo and Malang, East Java, Indonesia, on 11 May 2024. GPS -7.99746, 112.87387. Reference: Devi, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2025 Aug 6;15(8):jkaf134. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf134. PMID: 40542721.

Heterozygtes are WT. Hets segregate WT, UncBli and DpyLet. ct42 homozygotes are inviable at all temperatures (recessive non-conditional larval lethal). ct42 is dominant temperature sensitive maternal effect lethal. ct42 hets give more inviable progeny at 25C than at 15C. dch-1 was previously called let-354(ct42).

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUncs and Unc Steriles that are slightly Long. sb56 is a recessive zygotic suppressor of let-502(ca201) early larval lethality. Likely null of mel-11.

sbEx133 [mel-11::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain by picking Rollers.

This strain can grow at 11.5C but is embryonic lethal at 15C and above. Temperature shifts in late embryogenesis or in larval stages result in defects in many asymmetric cell divisions in postembryonic develoment.

osEx211[apr-1::GFP + unc-76(+)]. This strain expresses functional APR-1::GFP driven by the apr-1 promoter. In the seam cells, just prior to the onset of mitosis, APR-1::GFP localizes to the anterior cortex.

osEx219 [pbrm-1::GFP + unc-76(+)]. Pick wild-type to maintain. GFP expression in most somatic nuclei. Reference: Shibata Y, et al. Dev Biol. 2012 Jan 15;361(2):349-57.

osEx225 [scm::dsh-2::venus + unc-76(+)]. Pick non-Unc to maintain. Reference: Mizumoto K, Sawa H. Dev Cell. 2007 Feb;12(2):287-99.

osEx229 [pry-1::GFP + unc-76(+)]. This strain expresses functional pry-1::GFP driven by the pry-1 promoter. In the seam cells, just prior to the onset of mitosis, pry-1::GFP localizes to the anterior cortex.

osEx233 [scm::mig-5::venus + unc-76(+)]. Pick non-Unc to maintain. Reference: Mizumoto K, Sawa H. Dev Cell. 2007 Feb;12(2):287-99.

osEx240 [bet-1p::bet-1::GFP + unc-76(+)]. Pick Wild-type (non-Unc) to maintain. GFP expression in most somatic cells. Reference: Shibata Y, et al. Development. 2010 Apr;137(7):1045-53.

vpIs1 [elt-3::GFP + lin-15(+)] X. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP n3091 homozygotes (Sys Unc Psa). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Yamamoto Y, et al. PLoS Genet. 2011 Oct;7(10):e1002308.

Egl. Unc. Reference: Yamamoto Y, et al. PLoS Genet. 2011 Oct;7(10):e1002308.

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

Segregates WT GFP+ heterozygotes, non-GFP Unc Sys, very rare GFP+ homozygous hT2, and dead eggs. Maintain by picking wild-type GFP+. Reference: Yamamoto et al. PLoS Genet. 2011 Oct;7(10):e1002308.

mig-1 confirmed by complementation tests, and cfz-2 by PCR. Segregates WT GFP+ heterozygotes, non-GFP Unc Sys, very rare GFP+ homozygous hT2, and dead eggs. Maintain by picking wild-type GFP+. Reference: Yamamoto et al. PLoS Genet. 2011 Oct;7(10):e1002308.

wIs51 [SCMp::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. GFP expression in seam cells. Heterozygotes are GFP+(pharynx) wild-type and segregate GFP+(pharynx) wild-type, GFP-(pharynx) Sys Psa Unc and dead eggs. PIck GFP+(pharynx) wild-type to maintain. Presence of cfz-2 was confirmed by PCR; mig-1 by complementation test. Reference: Yamamoto Y, et al. PLoS Genet. 2011 Oct;7(10):e1002308.

vpIs1 [elt-3::GFP + lin-15(+)] X. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP ok546 homozygotes (Unc Egl). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Reference: Yamamoto Y, et al. PLoS Genet. 2011 Oct;7(10):e1002308.