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

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

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.

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

This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

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. Degron::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.

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.

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.

Extreme coiler from L1 to adult. Hypomorph. f131/nDf17 is L1 lethal. Molecular lesion: g to a transition in splice donor site of exon 6 (g3485a) in ZK637.8 gene encoding a V-ATPase alpha subunit.

Slow pumping. Egg laying defective. Low frequency of dauer formation. Residual serotonin immunoreactivity, rare and very faint (<1% of NSMs) in most stages, but nearly 100% of CP neurons in adult males show faint to moderate serotonin immunoreactivity. Males mate quite well (E. Hare and C. Loer). Some phenotypic defects originally attributed to mg280 in this strain are likely due to vs166. vs166 is a large deletion (approx. 9.8kb) in the cam-1 gene; flanking sequences are: 5'-gctactggtaaataaggtaa-3' and 5'-atgcttttaaagtttatatt-3' (Edith Myers, personal commnication). See MT15434 for a strain carrying mg280 without the cam-1 mutation.

yzIs71 [tph-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] V. Rollers. tph-1 transcriptional reporter containing 3.1kb of tph-1 5’ regulatory sequence through the beginning of exon 4. Reference: Lloret-Fernández et al. eLife 2018;7:e32785 DOI: 10.7554/eLife.32785. Sze JY, et al. Nature. 2000 Feb 3;403(6769):560-4.

mgIs42 [tph-1::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers.

cshIs140 [rps-28p::TIR1(F79G)::T2A::mCherry::his-11 + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ieSi58 [eft-3p::degron::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 1µM 5-Ph-IAA. Nuclear localized mCherry co-expression marker.

bxIs16 [cat-2::YFP + tph-1::CFP]. Temperature sensitive: lethal at 25C. Maintain at 20C.

bxIs16 [cat-2::YFP + tph-1::CFP]. Temperature sensitive: lethal at 25C. Maintain at 20C.

RNAi-capable OP50 strain. Tetracycline & Chloramphenicol resistant. Uracil auxotroph. E. coli B. Biosafety Level: BSL-1. Standard OP50 (CGC) was rendered RNAi competent through two modifications by phage transduction. The OP50 RNase III (rnc) allele was replaced with the deletion allele (rnc14::?Tn10) found in HT115(DE3), and a genomically encoded IPTG-inducible T7 RNA polymerase (lacz?A::T7pol camFRT) was introduced. Reference: Neve IAA, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2019 Nov 11. pii: g3.400741.2019.