q873[fog-3(1-262)::GGS::3xFLAG::fog-3(263 Phe)] I. qSi375 [mex-5p::eGFP::linker::his-58::3xboxb::tbb-2 3’UTR] II. The tethering assay allows this strain to be used for determining FOG-3 levels in different genetic backgrounds. Similar fertility to N2 wild type. Reference: Aoki S, et al. Cell Rep. 2018 Jun.26; 23(13):3769-3775

GSS linker and 3xV5 tag inserted at C-teminus of endogenous let-711 locus. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Carrick BH, et al. Dev Cell. 2024 Mar 11;59(5):661-675.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.01.005. PMID: 38290520.

1xV5 tag inserted at N-teminus of endogenous daz-1 locus. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Carrick BH, et al. Dev Cell. 2024 Mar 11;59(5):661-675.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.01.005. PMID: 38290520.

1xV5 tag inserted at N-teminus of endogenous ife-3 locus. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Carrick BH, et al. Dev Cell. 2024 Mar 11;59(5):661-675.e7. doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2024.01.005. PMID: 38290520.

caIs71[elt-2p::GFP::HIS-2B::unc-54 3'UTR + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Expresses nuclear-localized GFP in all intestinal nuclei under control of 5.2 kb elt-2 promoter. GFP is fused to Histone H2B + (fused pie-1 and truncated unc-54 3'-UTR). Transgene was integrated into N2 background by exposure to gamma rays. Reference: Dineen A, et al. Dev Biol. 2018 Mar 15;435(2):150-161. PMID: 29360433

Null allele of csr-1 with GFP and 3xFLAG tags inserted into second exon of endgonenous csr-1 locus. tor67 would normally tag both long and short isoforms, but the mg660 allele introduces a stop codon into the first exon so the long isoform is not made and only tagged CSR-1B isoform is produced.

Quadruple mutant of four spermatogenesis-specific ago genes. Reference: Charlesworth AG, et al. Nucleic Acids Res. 2021 Sep 7;49(15):8836-8865. PMID: 34329465

Isolated by Matthew Crook from compost heap, 13 Cherry St., Macleod, Melbourne, Australia, March 2009. *** NOTE: JU1615 is probably a N2 contaminant and not a real wild isolate. This is inferred from genotyping data from Erik Andersen et al. in the Kruglyak lab. (M-A Felix, Dec 2010).

louIs2 [ges-1p::mCherry::GFP::SKL::unc-54 3' UTR]. Expresses a mCherry::GFP::serine-lysine-leucine peroxisome signal sequence (SKL) fluorescent pexophagy reporter in the C. elegans intestine. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Dolese DA, et al. Autophagy. 2022 Jul;18(7):1522-1533. https://doi.org/10.1080/15548627.2021.1990647 PMID: 34689720

seaIs201 [myo-3p::human tau (0N4R;V337M)::unc-54 3'UTR + vha-6p::mCherry::unc-54 3'UTR]. Reduced crawling speed, reduced brood size, shortened lifespan, slow development, early paralysis. Human tau transgene is expressed in body wall muscles, producing strong phenotypes suitable for screening and is sensitive to knockdown by feeding RNAi. Generated in N2 background.

oskEx53250 [dat-1p::GCaMP6f + dat-1p::mCherry + lin-44p::mRFP + N2 genomic DNA cut with Pvu II (as a carrier)]. Pick animals with red fluorescence to maintain. GCaMP6f and mCherry expressed in dopaminergic neurons. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Tanimoto Y, et al. Sci Rep. 2016 May 19;6:26297. doi: 10.1038/srep26297. PMID: 27193056.

Superficially wild-type. Made in N2 background.

Superficially wild-type. Made in N2 background.

Superficially wild-type. Note that double homozygous mutants of pkc-3(it309) with par-2(it315) exhibited partially penetrant and variable maternal effect lethality and maternal effect sterility that was stronger than it315 alone. Thus, although the GFP tag on pkc-3 shows no effect in an otherwise wild-type background, it does seem to somewhat compromise the activity of the protein it tags. Made in N2 background.

Superficially wild-type. Made in N2 background. [NOTE: There was an error in the information originally submitted to the CGC for this strain. The correct allele name is par-6(it310), not par-6(it319).]

par-2(it315) exhibits a weak maternal effect sterility, suggesting that the tag reduces the protein activity. Note, however, that double homozygous mutants of it315 with pkc-3(it309) or par-6(it310) exhibited partially penetrant and variable maternal effect lethality and maternal effect sterility that was stronger than it315 alone. Thus, although the GFP tags on pkc-3 and par-6 show no effect in an otherwise wild-type background, they do seem to somewhat compromise the activity of the proteins they tag. Made in N2 background.

Superficially wild-type. Made in N2 background.

Superficially wild-type. Made in N2 background.

itIs153 [pie-1p::par-2::GFP + rol-6(su1006) + N2 genomic DNA]. Maintain at 25C. itIs153 is an integrated derivitive of axEx1094.

The origin of this strain is KR1082 via CB51. KR1082 was maintained on plates for a period of approximately two years. After this time, DNA was made and the Tc1 pattern examined. The number of Tc1s found in KR1787 was greater than that found in KR1082. Perhaps as many as 30 additional Tc1s were visible in excess of those normally seen in N2 strains.

WT var. Kitsilano. Interfertile with N2. See WBG 8(3) 78. Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate (Tc1 pattern XII).

kasEx147 [oig-1p(1.6kb)::GFP::unc-54 3'UTR + myo-2p::GFP]. Pick worms with GFP+ pharynx to maintain array. Unc. 1.6kb cis-regulatory region (-2.6-1.0kb) upstream of oig-1 was fused to GFP with the unc-54 3'UTR. oig-1 uses mulitple cis-regulatory regions to achieve different expression patterns in motor neurons; this construct drives expression specifically in cholinergic motor neurons. Construct was injected into N2 worms. Reference: Feng W, et al. Elife. 2020 Jan 3;9. pii: e50065. doi: 10.7554/eLife.50065.

uIs69 [(pCFJ90) myo-2p::mCherry + unc-119p::sid-1]. Hypersensitive neuronal RNAi by feeding. Dpy, Unc. Maintain 15-20 degrees. [NOTE: uIs69 is closely linked and maps to the right of dpy-11. (C. Loer 08/2011)] Derived from (BC277 x N2 Male) x TU3401. Reference: Calixto et al. (2010) Nature Methods 7:554-9.

uIs69 [(pCFJ90) myo-2p::mCherry + unc-119p::sid-1]. Hypersensitive neuronal RNAi by feeding. Superficially wild-type. Maintain 15-20 degrees. [NOTE: uIs69 is closely linked and maps to the right of dpy-11. (C. Loer 08/2011)] Derived from (unc-46(e177) uIs69) x N2 Male. Reference: Calixto et al. (2010) Nature Methods 7:554-9.

Reduction in serotonin and dopamine, most apparent in young larva; bleach hypersensitivity and cuticle fragility in adult, but less than null mutants. Derived by outcrossing CB7107 six times to N2. Reference: Loer CM, et al. Genetics. 2015 May;200(1):237-53.

Slight reduction in serotonin and dopamine, most apparent in L1 larva. Derived by outcrossing FX5924 four times to N2. Reference: Loer CM, et al. Genetics. 2015 May;200(1):237-53.

General chemical hypersensitivity (including bleach), fragile cuticle. Derived by outcrossing CB7014 five times to N2. [NOTE: the e3016 mutation is TGG>TGA but it affects codon W124, not W130.] Reference: Loer CM, et al. Genetics. 2015 May;200(1):237-53.

Serotonin- and dopamine-deficient, tetrahydrobiopterin-deficient, general chemical hypersensitivity, cuticle fragility (rapid disintegration in alkaline bleach), male turning defective (phenotypes appear identical to cat-4 null mutants). Derived by outcrossing FX1984 five times to N2. Reference: Loer CM, et al. Genetics. 2015 May;200(1):237-53.

Serotonin and dopamine-deficient, bleach hypersensitive, general chemical hypersensitivity, fragile cuticle. 652 bp deletion removes entire first exon. Derived by outcrossing FX773 five times to N2.

Slight reduction in serotonin and dopamine, most apparent in L1 larva. Derived by outcrossing FX2337 two times to N2. Reference: Loer CM, et al. Genetics. 2015 May;200(1):237-53.

Slight reduction in serotonin and dopamine, most apparent in L1 larva. Derived by outcrossing FX2373 two times to N2. Reference: Loer CM, et al. Genetics. 2015 May;200(1):237-53.

cpEx25 [mrck-1(delta CRIB)::YPet + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain array. YPet-tagged MRCK-1 truncated upstream of the CRIB domain to inhibit binding to CDC-42. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Marston DJ, et al. Curr Biol. 2016 26:2079-2089.

xchIs15 [hsp-16.2p::ssSel1::FLAG::superfolderGFP::spacer::humanAmyloidBeta1-42::let-858 3’UTR + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 15C: Prone to transgene suppression at higher temperatures. Rollers. Upon heat shock, human amyloid beta is expressed and secreted into the extracellular space. Aggregates are found in the extracellular space after 16 hours. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Jongsma E, et al. eLife. 2023 Sep 20;12:e83465. doi: 10.7554/eLife.83465. PMID: 37728486.

pk1417 outcrossed 4 times to N2. Reference: Kumsta C, Hansen M. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e35428.

Endogenous cycl-2 locus tagged with mNeonGreen (mNG). Green fluorescence in sperm. Him. Reference: Krauchunas AR, et al. (2020). C. elegans CYLC-2 localizes to sperm. microPublication Biology. 10.17912/micropub.biology.000314.

N2 with integrated array pJH4.52. xsIs3[hisH2B::GFP; rol-6(su1006)]. 39.9.1 Must be kept at 25C to avoid germline-silencing.

xsIs4 [hisH2B::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. N2 with integrated complex-array pJH4.52. Must be kept at 25C to avoid germline-silencing.

Reduced lifespan and reduced mitochondrial membrane potential. Transmitochondrial cybrid worm strain was bred to be homoplasmic for the CB4856 mtDNA genome in the N2 nuclear background. Reference: Dingley SD, et al. J Mol Biol. 2014 May 29;426(11):2199-216.

luc39 is a deletion of mir-791. mir-791(luc39) mutants show a decreased turning and reversal rate compared to N2 animals under conditions where the CO2 concentration is gradually increased from 0-5%. Reference: Drexel T, et al. Genes Dev. 2016 Sep 15;30(18):2042-2047.

luc28 removes mir-791 binding sites in the cah-3 3'UTR. luc28 worms show less response towards a gradual increase in CO2 concentration from 0-5% as compared to N2 animals. Reference: Drexel T, et al. Genes Dev. 2016 Sep 15;30(18):2042-2047.

luc37 removes mir-791 binding sites in the akap-1 3'UTR. luc37 worms show less response towards a gradual increase in CO2 concentration from 0-5% as compared to N2 animals, similar to the response of mir-791(lf) animals. Reference: Drexel T, et al. Genes Dev. 2016 Sep 15;30(18):2042-2047.

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.

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.

mirSi16 [flp-18p::lox2272::BFP::tbb-2 3'UTR::lox2272::ChR2-HRDC::SL2::jRGECO1a::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. mirEx131 [sra-6p::TeNL + npr-9p::ChR2-HRDC::YFP::jRGECO1a + unc-119(+) + gpa:14p::CRE]. Maintain by picking worms with YFP expression in AIB neurons. Blue fluorescence in flp-18 expressing neurons. loxP sites inserrted before first (eat-4(mir12[loxP 5'UTR])) and after second (eat-4(mir17[loxP intron2])) exon of eat-4 gene. Lite. mirEx131 contains calcium sensitive (Kd 250 nM) teal nanolantern (TeNL) in ASH and PVQ, ChR2-HRDC::YFP and jRGECO1a expression in AIB and gpa-14p:CRE. CRE under gpa-14 promoter generates a conditional eat-4 KO in ASH (NOT defective) after recombination of loxP sites in that locus and switches BFP expression in AVA to ChR2-HRDC and jRGECO1a after recombination of lox2272 sites. 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.

mirSi16 [flp-18p::lox2272::BFP::tbb-2 3'UTR::lox2272::ChR2-HRDC::SL2::jRGECO1a::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. mirIs47 [sra-6p::TeNL + npr-9p::ChR2-HRDC::YFP::jRGECO1a + unc-119(+) + gpa:14p::CRE]. Blue fluorescence in flp-18 expressing neurons. loxP sites before first (eat-4(mir12[loxP 5'UTR])) and after second exon (eat-4(mir17[loxP intron2])) of eat-4 gene. Lite. Calcium sensitive (Kd 250 nM) teal nanolantern (TeNL) in ASH and PVQ, ChR2-HRDC::YFP and jRGECO1a expression in AIB. Conditional eat-4 KO in ASH (NOT defective) and 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.

loxP sites inserted before first (eat-4(mir12[loxP 5'UTR])) and after second (eat-4(mir17[loxP intron2])) exon of eat-4 gene. Lite. 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.

nIs51 [egl-10(+) + lin-15(+)] X. Egl-C, Bor, hyperforaging, hyperactive locomotion, and male longevity and mating reduced. By Western blotting and staining the EGL-10 protein is highly overexpressed relative to N2. nIs51 was generated by injecting the lin-15 rescuing plasmid pEK1 at 50 ug/ml and the egl-10 rescuing fragment pMK21 at 80 ug/ml into MT1642 lin-15(n765) worms. The resulting strain was gamma irradiated and an integrant isolated, and was backcrossed to N2 four times. nIs51 was mapped to the right arm of X.

C. elegans var Bristol. Generation time is about 3 days. Brood size is about 350. Also CGC reference 257. Isolated from mushroom compost near Bristol, England by L.N. Staniland. Cultured by W.L. Nicholas, identified to genus by Gunther Osche and species by Victor Nigon; subsequently cultured by C.E. Dougherty. Given to Sydney Brenner ca. 1966. Subcultured by Don Riddle in 1973. Caenorhabditis elegans wild isolate. DR subclone of CB original (Tc1 pattern I). [NOTE: This stock might carry a ~1.8 kb deletion in alh-2 in the background. (UPDATE: 03/26/2018 - a user reported the stock they received was homozygous for the alh-2(ot588) mutation.)]