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Superficially wild-type. Suppresses of aph-1(zu147). Reference: Hale VA, et al. Genetics. 2012 Mar; 190(3): 1043-1057.

Heterozygous. Homozygous lethal deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tm4743 homozygotes (Egl, Mel, adult-onset sterility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Only heterozygous animals should propagate. aph-1(tm4743) deletion allele was generated by the National BioResource Project of Japan, part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium. Reference: Brinkley DM, et al. Genetics. 2024 Jul 8;227(3):iyae076. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae076. PMID: 38717968.

Heterozygous. Homozygous lethal deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP tm4743 homozygotes (Egl, Mel, but do not display adult-onset sterility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Only heterozygous animals should propagate. aph-2(tm6471) deletion allele was generated by the National BioResource Project of Japan, part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium. Reference: Brinkley DM, et al. Genetics. 2024 Jul 8;227(3):iyae076. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae076. PMID: 38717968.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Unc Egls, and dead eggs.

Heterozygous. Homozygous lethal deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ik7 homozygotes (Egl, Mel, but do not display adult-onset sterility). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Only heterozygous animals should propagate. aph-2(ik7) is a CRISPR-engineered full deletion of the aph-2 gene (3321 bp deletion). Reference: Brinkley DM, et al. Genetics. 2024 Jul 8;227(3):iyae076. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyae076. PMID: 38717968. aph-2(ik7) is the first full deletion of the aph-2 gene (3321 bp deletion); it was generated by CRISPR/Cas9, as described in Brinkley et al. 2024 Homozygous aph-2(ik7) animals are Egl and Mel and do not display adult-onset sterility (see Brinkley et al, 2024). Only heterozygous animals from this strain will propagate.

zdIs13 [tph-1p::GFP] IV. armIs5 [zfp-1(fosmid)::FLAG + unc-119(+)]. Integrated zfp-1 transgene expressed in the germline. Fosmid-based zfp-1::FLAG transgene fully rescues stress-sensitivity and reduced lifespan in zfp-1(ok554) homozygotes. ChIP with anti-FLAG antibody detects ZFP-1::FLAG localization to promoters of highly expressed genes. References: Mansisidor AR, et al. PLoS Genet. 2011 Sep;7(9):e1002299. Avgousti DC, et al. Mol Cell Biol. 2013 Mar;33(5):999-1015. Cecere G, et al. Mol Cell. 2013 Jun 27;50(6):894-907.

zdIs13 [tph-1p::GFP] IV. armEx252 [dpy-7p::pak-1::tagRFP + myo-2::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain. armEx252 rescues the pak-1(ok448) HSN under-migration phenotype. pak-1::tagRFP is expressed in the hypodermal tissue throughout development and adulthood. Reference: Kennedy LM, et al. Cell Rep. 2013 Sep 12;4(5):996-1009.

zdIs13 [tph-1p::GFP] IV. armEx257 [dpy-7p::daf-16b::tagRFP + myo-2::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain. armEx257 rescues the daf-16(mu86) HSN undermigration phenotype. dpy-7p::daf-16b::tagRFP expression is localized to nuclei in hypodermal tissue during the comma, 1.5 and 2-fold stages, becoming cytoplasmic or perinuclear by the 3-fold stage and persisting into adulthood. Reference: Kennedy LM, et al. Cell Rep. 2013 Sep 12;4(5):996-1009.

ljfSi33 [myo3p::egl-17::mNG::SL2::2x mKate2::PH::3xHA::tbb-2 3'UTR loxN] I. ljfSi10 [hlh-8p::2x mTurquoise2::PH::tbb-2 3'UTR loxN] II. egl-17(ljf14) was generated by replacing the endogenous egl-17 coding sequence with mNG::3xFlag. Sex myoblast migration defects, Egl. EGL-17::mNG expression in body wall muscles. mTurquoise2::PH plasma membrane marker that is expressed in the M lineage. ljfSi33 is a single copy transgene inserted at Chr I:2851088, near ttTi4348. ljfSi10 was inserted at Chr II:8420157-8420243, near ttTi5605, using Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Reference: Gibney TV & Pani AM. Development. 2025 Aug 21:dev.204802. doi: 10.1242/dev.204802. PMID: 40838367.

ljfSi10 [hlh-8p::2x mTurquoise2::PH::tbb-2 3'UTR loxN] II. Endogenously membrane tethered allele of EGL-17::mNG that is competent for contact-dependent signaling but does not diffuse extracellularly. egl-17(ljf25) was generated by inserting mNG and the transmembrane and C-terminal domains of NLG-1 at the C-terminus of egl-17. Sex myoblast migration defects, Egl. mTurquoise2::PH plasma membrane marker that is expressed in the M lineage. ljfSi10 was inserted at Chr II:8420157-8420243, near ttTi5605, using Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Reference: Gibney TV & Pani AM. Development. 2025 Aug 21:dev.204802. doi: 10.1242/dev.204802. PMID: 40838367.

ljfSi10 [hlh-8p::2x mTurquoise2::PH::tbb-2 3'UTR loxN] II. Endogenously engineered transcriptional reporter that can be used to visualize membranes of egl-17-expressing cells. egl-17(ljf24) was generated by inserting SL2::mNG::PH following the egl-17 stop codon. mTurquoise2::PH plasma membrane marker that is expressed in the M lineage. ljfSi10 was inserted at Chr II:8420157-8420243, near ttTi5605, using Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Reference: Gibney TV & Pani AM. Development. 2025 Aug 21:dev.204802. doi: 10.1242/dev.204802. PMID: 40838367.

ljfSi10 [hlh-8p::2x mTurquoise2::PH::tbb-2 3'UTR loxN] II. mNeonGreen::3xFlag tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous egl-17. mTurquoise2::PH plasma membrane marker that is expressed in the M lineage. ljfSi10 was inserted at Chr II:8420157-8420243, near ttTi5605, using Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Reference: Gibney TV & Pani AM. Development. 2025 Aug 21:dev.204802. doi: 10.1242/dev.204802. PMID: 40838367.

ljfSi32 [egl-20 enhancer(-1261 – 610)::pes-10p::egl-17::mNG::SL2::2x mKate2::PH::3xHA::tbb-2 3'UTR loxN]) I. ljfSi10 [hlh-8p::2x mTurquoise2::PH::tbb-2 3'UTR loxN] II. Sex myoblast migration defects, Egl. EGL-17::mNG expression in a small number of posterior cells leads to posterior sex myoblast migration in hermaphrodites. egl-17(ljf14) was generated by replacing the endogenous egl-17 coding sequence with mNG::3xFlag. ljfSi32 is a single copy transgene inserted at Chr I:2851088, near ttTi4348. Reference: Gibney TV & Pani AM. Development. 2025 Aug 21:dev.204802. doi: 10.1242/dev.204802. PMID: 40838367.

ljfSi2 [hlh-8p::2x mKate2::D. melanogaster moesin actin-binding domain::SL2::2x mTurquoise2::PH::3xHA::tbb-2 3'UTR loxN] I. Single-copy transgenic strain that expressing mTurquoise2::PH plasma membrane marker and mKate2::moesin actin binding domain in the M lineage. lfjSi2 was inserted at Chr I:2851088, near ttTi4348, using Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Reference: Gibney TV & Pani AM. Development. 2025 Aug 21:dev.204802. doi: 10.1242/dev.204802. PMID: 40838367.

ljfSi2 [hlh-8p::2x mKate2::D. melanogaster moesin actin-binding domain::SL2::2x mTurquoise2::PH::3xHA::tbb-2 3'UTR loxN] I. ljfSi39 [myo-3p::egl-15(5a)::SL2::2x mKate2::PH::3xHA::tbb-2 3' UTR lox511i] IV. mNeonGreen::3xFlag tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous egl-17. EGL-15(5a) expression in body wall muscle cells captures free EGL-17, reducing long-range signaling and causing moderately penetrant sex myoblast migration defects. ljfSi2 is a single copy transgene inserted at Chr I:2851088 near ttTi4348 using Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. ljfSi39 is a single copy transgene inserted at Chr IV:4237723 using Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Reference: Gibney TV & Pani AM. Development. 2025 Aug 21:dev.204802. doi: 10.1242/dev.204802. PMID: 40838367.

bqSi294 [hsp16.41p::FRT::mCherry::his-58::FRT::GFP::his-58 + unc-119(+)] II; bqSi488 [tph-1p::FLP D5 + unc-119(+)] IV. Heat shock produces green nuclei in serotonin-producing neurons and red nuclei elsewhere.

Endogenous maph-1.1 locus tagged with GFP using CRISPR/Cas9. Animals are homozygous viable and express GFP::maph-1.1 ubiquitously. Reference: Waaijers S, et al. BMC Biol. 2016 Aug 9;14:66. doi: 10.1186/s12915-016-0286-x. PMID: 27506200

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muEx473 [kin-19p::kin-19::tagRFP + tph-1p::GFP]. Pick RFP+ GFP+ animals to maintain. Low transmission rate. Translational fusion of KIN-19 displaying age-dependent aggregation. Reference: David DC, et al. PLoS Biol. 2010 Aug 10;8(8):e1000450.

muIs209 [myo-3p::kin-19::tagRFP + tph-1p::GFP]. KIN-19::tagRFP aggregates with age in body-wall muscles. Animals have reduced thrashing compared to controls. Generated in N2 background. References: Huang YC, et al. Elife. 2019 May 3;8. pii: e43059. doi: 10.7554/eLife.43059. David DC, et al. PLoS Biol. 2010 Aug 10;8(8):e1000450.

Hypersensitive to volatile anesthetics. Temperature sensitive hypomorph and should be propagated at or below 20C. Low brood size.

juEx6908 [nmr-1p::PH::miniSOG(Q103L) + nmr-1p::mCherry + ttx-3::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Interneuron expression of mCherry and PH-miniSOG (mini Singlet Oxygen Generator). Reference: Xu S & Chisholm AD. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 10;6:21271.

juEx6911 [unc-25p::PH::miniSOG(Q103L) + unc-25p::mCherry + ttx-3::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Expression of mCherry and PH-miniSOG (mini Singlet Oxygen Generator) in GABAergic motor neurons. Reference: Xu S & Chisholm AD. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 10;6:21271.

juEx6916 [myo-3p::PH::miniSOG(Q103L) + myo-3p::mCherry + ttx-3::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Expression of mCherry and PH-miniSOG (mini Singlet Oxygen Generator) in body wall muscles. Reference: Xu S & Chisholm AD. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 10;6:21271.

juEx7101 [col-19p::PH::miniSOG(Q103L) + ttx-3::RFP]. Pick RFP+ to maintain. Adult epidermal expression of PH-miniSOG (mini Singlet Oxygen Generator). Reference: Xu S & Chisholm AD. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 10;6:21271.

juEx7103 [unc-17p(beta)::PH::miniSOG(Q103L) + acr-2p::mCherry + ttx-3::RFP]. Pick RFP+ to maintain. Expression of mCherry and PH-miniSOG (mini Singlet Oxygen Generator) in cholinergic motor neurons. Reference: Xu S & Chisholm AD. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 10;6:21271. [NOTE: strain was previously described as carrying ttx-3::GFP, but appears to be ttx-3::RFP instead.]

juEx7105 [mec-4p::PH::miniSOG(Q103L) + mec-4p::mCherry + ttx-3::RFP]. Pick RFP+ to maintain. Expression of mCherry and PH-miniSOG (mini Singlet Oxygen Generator) in mechanosensory neurons. Reference: Xu S & Chisholm AD. Sci Rep. 2016 Feb 10;6:21271.

Eat mutant. Strong Unc Eat. Jerky backward Unc. Hypomorph.

Bacteria. E. coli. Str-R. Uracil auxotroph. DA837 is derived from OP50. DA837 is harder for worms to eat than most E. coli strains. Some mild Eat mutant worms are easier to distinguish from WT when grown on DA837 than when grown on other E. coli strains. Biosafety Level: BSL-1.

uqIs9 [myo-2p::rho1::tagRFP + tph-1p::GFP]. RHO-1::tagRFP aggregates in pharyngeal muscles. Animals have impaired pharyngeal pumping. Generated in N2 background. References: Huang YC, et al. Elife. 2019 May 3;8. pii: e43059. doi: 10.7554/eLife.43059.

oxIs318 [spe-11p::mCherry::histone + unc-119(+)] II. ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::histone H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ddIs6 [tbg-1::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. dnIs17 [pie-1p::GFP::hPLCIII?PH domain + unc-119(+)]. Maintain under normal conditions. Pick GFP+ to maintain. Reference: Johnston et al. (2010) Curr Biol.

tnIs13 [pie-1p::vab-1::GFP + unc-119(+)]. ltIs44 [pie-1p::mCherry::PH(PLC1delta1) + unc-119(+)].

tnIs13 [pie-1p::vab-1::GFP + unc-119(+)]. ltIs44 [pie-1p::mCherry::PH(PLC1delta1) + unc-119(+)]. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] are inviable. Homozygous fog-3(q443) animals are females.

bmdSi284 [loxN::rpl-28p::TIR1(F79G)::T2A::DHB::2xmKate2] I. bmdSi284 is a single copy CRISPR/Cas9 insertion that ubiquitously co-expresses the mutant version of TIR1 for improved auxin-inducible degradation via 5-Ph-IAA and a CDK activity sensor consisting of a fragment of human DNA helicase B (DHB) fused to two copies of mKate2. Reference: Martinez MAQ, et al. Biology Open. 2022 Dec 15;11(12):bio059668. doi: 10.1242/bio.059668.

cshIs140 [rpl-28p::TIR1(F79G)::T2A::mCherry::HIS-11] II. Allows for conditional degradation of endogenous LIN-12 using 5-Ph-IAA. Reference: Pani AM, et al. A new toolkit to visualize and perturb endogenous LIN-12/Notch signaling in C. elegans. MicroPubl Biol. 2022 Jul 28;2022:10.17912/micropub.biology.000603. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000603. PMID: 35966394.

bmdSi348 [loxN::rgef-1p::FLP::P2A::H2B::2xmTurq2]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi4348 in Chr I. bmdSi362 [loxN::rpl-28p::FRT3-LCK::mNG-STOP::FRT3::TIR1(F79G)::2A::PH::2xmKate2]; inserted into safe harbor site ttTi5605 in Chr II. FLP-ON::TIR1 system for AID-tagged protein degradation in neurons. High levels of TIR1(F79G) expression in neurons by rgef-1p::FLP with co-expression of membrane markers. bmdSi362 contains the ubiquitous rpl-28 promoter driving expression of FRT3-LCK::mNG-STOP::FRT3::TIR1(F79G)::2A::PH::2xmKate2 construct dependent upon tissue-specific FLPase. High levels of TIR1(F79G) can be expressed in specific tissue or cell types via FLPase activity, allowing spatiotemporally-targeted degradation of AID-tagged proteins. Reference: Xiao Y, et al. An expandable FLP-ON::TIR1 system for precise spatiotemporal protein degradation in C. elegans. bioRxiv 2022.10.14.512315; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.14.512315

eagIs6 [spn-4p::jGCaMP7s::pie-1 3'UTR + HygR [*fxIs10] ] II. ltIs44 [pie-1p::mCherry::PH(PLC1delta1) + unc-119(+)] IV. CaFE reporter (calcium inducible fluorescence in germline). Calcium-inducible fluorescent jGCaMP7s protein codon-optimized for elegans and expressed in germline enables visualization of calcium wave upon fertilization. mCherry::PH marks cell membranes. Reference: Toperzer KM, et al. Biol Open. 2023 Sep 15;12(9):bio059832. PMID: 37602653.

mudIs1 [tph-1p::ChR2::GFP + myo-3p::mCherry]. When tph-1 mutants carrying mudIs1 are exposed to blue light, the worms continue to move rather than stopping like wild-type animals. Reference: Pokala N & Glater EE. 2018. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 162(2): A152-A158.

mudIs1 [tph-1p::ChR2::GFP + myo-3p::mCherry]. Worms stop moving when exposed to blue light. Reference: Pokala N & Glater EE. 2018. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 162(2): A152-A158.

mudIs1 [tph-1p::ChR2::GFP + myo-3p::mCherry]. Worms stop moving when exposed to blue light. Reference: Pokala N & Glater EE. 2018. Journal of Undergraduate Neuroscience Education. 162(2): A152-A158.

ieSi57 [eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. AID*::GFP tag inserted into the endogenous dpy-27 locus. Dumpy, Him, X chromosome dosage compensation hypomorph. ieSi57 is a single-copy transgene insertion 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) of target proteins in somatic tissues. Reference: Morao AK, et al. Mol Cell. 2022 Nov 17;82(22):4202-4217.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.molcel.2022.10.002. PMID: 36302374.

or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets fill up with a mix of dead embryos and larvae [11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2; vulvaless due to homozygous lin-2(e1309) mutation; about 10% of lin-2(e1309) worms are leaky and lay eggs/can be mated into]. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites fill up with dead embryos. The lin-2 background helps to score embryonic lethality for both heterozygotes and or28 homozygotes. or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123.

or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets fill up with a mix of dead embryos and larvae [11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2; vulvaless due to homozygous lin-2(e1309) mutation; about 10% of lin-2(e1309) worms are leaky and lay eggs/can be mated into]. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites fill up with dead embryos. The lin-2 background helps to score embryonic lethality for both heterozygotes and or28 homozygotes. Strain produces a lot of males due to him-8(ec56). or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123.

Him. or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets produce 11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites produce all dead embryos with defective pharyngeal development. or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123.

or28 is a non-conditional maternal-effect embryonic lethal mutant ; the anterior pharynx is absent. and embryonic lethality is 100% penetrant. Pick single WT heterozygous hermaphrodites to maintain strain; these hets produce 11/16 dead embryos due to aneuploidy from translocation segregation and lethal homozygous hT2. The homozygous or28 hermaphrodites produce all dead embryos with defective pharyngeal development. or28 is a G to D mis-sense mutation at amino acid position 123. Strain produces lots of males due to him-8(ec56).

orIs21 [pie-1p::GFP::PH]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. orIs21 [pie-1p::GFP::PH]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. orIs21 [pie-1p::GFP::PH]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. orIs21 [pie-1p::GFP::PH]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.