ZC504.5 Homozygous. Outer Left Sequence: gttggctcaatatggggaaa. Outer Right Sequence: gcgtcgaatacgttggagtt. Inner Left Sequence: ggcggtgagagtaagctttg. Inner Right Sequence: aaatggacgtcaccaaggag. Inner Primer PCR Length: 3321. Deletion size: about 1100 bp. Attribution: This strain was provided by the C. elegans Gene Knockout Project at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, which was part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

ZC504.5. Homozygous. Outer Left Sequence: GTTGGCTCAATATGGGGAAA. Outer Right Sequence: GCGTCGAATACGTTGGAGTT. Inner Left Sequence: GGCGGTGAGAGTAAGCTTTG. Inner Right Sequence: AAATGGACGTCACCAAGGAG. Inner Primer PCR Length: 3319 bp. Deletion Size: 2376 bp. Deletion left flank: ACTGTCATAAATAAATTGAGTTTACGTATT. Deletion right flank: TTTCTGCAATCTTCATTAGAACTGAACAAT. Attribution: This strain was provided by the C. elegans Gene Knockout Project at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, which was part of the International C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

Defective locomotion in response to blue/UV light. Double mutant has almost no response to light. Reference: Bhatla N & Horvitz HR. Neuron. 2015 Feb 18;85(4):804-18.

wtfIs348 [pAS3-5xQUAS::(delta)pes-10p::AI::gur-3G::unc-54 3' UTR + pAS3-5xQUAS::(delta)pes-10p::AI::prdx-2G::unc-54 3' UTR + pAS-3-rab-3p::AI::QF+GR::unc-54 3' UTR + unc-122::GFP]. Keep plates covered to avoid unnecessary exposure to light. This strain expresses a purple light-sensitive optogenetic protein system (i.e., GUR-3 and PRDX-2) in each neuron, and GFP in coelomocytes. Reference: Randi F, et al. (2022). A functional connectivity atlas of C. elegans measured by neural activation. arXiv:2208.04790. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.04790

wtfIs145 [rab-3p::his-24::GCaMP6s::unc-54 3' UTR + pBX]. wtfIs348 [pAS3-5xQUAS::(delta)pes-10p::AI::gur-3G::unc-54 3' UTR + pAS3-5xQUAS::(delta)pes-10p::AI::prdx-2G::unc-54 3' UTR + pAS3-rab-3p::AI::QF+GR::unc-54 3' UTR + unc-122::GFP]. Keep plates covered to avoid unnecessary exposure to light. This strain expresses a purple light-sensitive optogenetic protein system (i.e., GUR-3 and PRDX-2) in each neuron, and GFP in coelomocytes. GCaMP6s transgene allows for imaging whole-brain calcium activity with neuronal identification using NeuroPAL system. See description of strain OH15262 for full description of otIs669 NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene (Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642). Derived by out-crossing parental strain OH15262 an additional six times before incorporating other transgenes. References: Yu X, et al. Elife. 2021 Jul 14;10:e66410. doi: 10.7554/eLife.66410. PMID: 34259623 Randi F, et al. (2022). A functional connectivity atlas of C. elegans measured by neural activation. arXiv:2208.04790. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.04790

wtfIs145 [rab-3p::his-24::GCaMP6s::unc-54 3' UTR + pBX]. wtfIs348 [pAS3-5xQUAS::(delta)pes-10p::AI::gur-3G::unc-54 3' UTR + pAS3-5xQUAS::(delta)pes-10p::AI::prdx-2G::unc-54 3' UTR + pAS3-rab-3p::AI::QF+GR::unc-54 3' UTR + unc-122::GFP]. Keep plates covered to avoid unnecessary exposure to light. This strain expresses a purple light-sensitive optogenetic protein system (i.e., GUR-3 and PRDX-2) in each neuron, and GFP in coelomocytes. GCaMP6s transgene allows for imaging whole-brain calcium activity with neuronal identification using NeuroPAL system. unc-31(wtf502) is a CRISPR-engineered deletion allele. See description of strain OH15262 for full description of otIs669 NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene (Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642). Derived by out-crossing parental strain OH15262 an additional six times before incorporating other transgenes. References: Yu X, et al. Elife. 2021 Jul 14;10:e66410. doi: 10.7554/eLife.66410. PMID: 34259623 Randi F, et al. (2022). A functional connectivity atlas of C. elegans measured by neural activation. arXiv:2208.04790. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.04790

wtfEx496 [pAS3-rig-3p::AI::gur-3G::SL2::tagRFP::unc-54 3'UTR + pAS3-rig-3p::AI::prdx-2G::SL2::tagBFP::unc-54 3'UTR]. Pick animals either BFP or RFP expression in head neurons to maintain. Keep plates covered to avoid unnecessary exposure to light. This strain expresses a purple light-sensitive optogenetic protein system (i.e., GUR-3 and PRDX-2) alongside fluorescent proteins tagBFP and tagRFP in command interneurons AVA, and nearby pharyngeal neurons I1, I4, M4, NSM using rig-3 promoter. Worms exhibit higher reversal rate on exposing to blue light (peak value ~470) compared to controls. Reference: Randi F, et al. (2022). A functional connectivity atlas of C. elegans measured by neural activation. arXiv:2208.04790. https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2208.04790

wtfIs5 [rab-3p::NLS::GCaMP6s + rab-3p::NLS::tagRFP]. Integrated calcium indicator GCaMP6s and calcium-insensitive fluorescent protein RFP in the nuclei of all neurons. Derived from AML14 by integration of wtfEx4. Reference: Nguyen JP, et al. PLoS Comput Biol. 2017 May 18;13(5):e1005517.

wtfIs5 [rab-3p::NLS::GCaMP6s + rab-3p::NLS::tagRFP]. Integrated calcium indicator GCaMP6s and calcium-insensitive fluorescent protein RFP in the nuclei of all neurons. Derived from AML14 by integration of wtfEx4. Reference: Nguyen JP, et al. PLoS Comput Biol. 2017 May 18;13(5):e1005517.

nEx2287 [egl-6Ap::gur-3 + lin-15(+)]. Pick non-Muv to maintain. Exposure to light induces egg-laying. Reference: Bhatla N & Horvitz HR. Neuron. 2015 Feb 18;85(4):804-18. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.061. PMID: 25640076.

nIs534 [odr-1p::GCaMP3 + lin-15(+)]. nEx2314 [odr-1p::gur-3 + ges-1p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP expression in gut to maintain. odr-1p::gur-3 expression in AWC and AWB causes them to respond to light exposure. Reference: Bhatla N & Horvitz HR. Neuron. 2015 Feb 18;85(4):804-18. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.061. PMID: 25640076.

kyIs511 [gcy-36p::GCaMP + unc-122p::GFP]. nEx2316 [gcy-36p::gur-3 + ges-1p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP expression in gut to maintain. Expression of gcy-36p::gur-3 causes URX to respond to light 30% of the time. Reference: Bhatla N & Horvitz HR. Neuron. 2015 Feb 18;85(4):804-18. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2014.12.061. PMID: 25640076.

flvIs17 [tag-168::NLS::GCaMP7F + gcy-28.d::NLS::tagRFPt + ceh-36::NLS::tagRFPt + inx-1::tagRFPt + mod-1::tagRFPt + tph-1(short)::NLS::tagRFPt + gcy-5::NLS-;:tagRFPt + gcy-7::NLS::tagRFPt]. flvIs18 [tag-168::NLS::mNeptune2.5]. This strain can be used for calcium imaging at whole-brain level. Back-crossed 5x to MT21793 after transgene integration. Reference: Dag U, et al. bioRxiv 2023.01.15.524132; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.15.524132.

flvIs17 [tag-168::NLS::GCaMP7F + gcy-28.d::NLS::tagRFPt + ceh-36::NLS::tagRFPt + inx-1::tagRFPt + mod-1::tagRFPt + tph-1(short)::NLS::tagRFPt + gcy-5::NLS-;:tagRFPt + gcy-7::NLS::tagRFPt]. See description of strain OH15263 for full description of otIs670 NeuroPAL (Neuronal Polychromatic Atlas of Landmarks) transgene (Yemini E, et al. Cell. 2021 Jan 7;184(1):272-288.e11. PMID: 33378642). This strain can be used for pan-neuronal calcium imaging. Back-crossed 5x to MT21793 after transgene integration. Reference: Dag U, et al. bioRxiv 2023.01.15.524132; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2023.01.15.524132.

nEx2065 [gur-3p::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Maintain by picking non-Muv. GFP expression in I2, I4, AVD and PVC. Reference: Bhatla N & Horvitz HR. Neuron. 2015 Feb 18;85(4):804-18. PMID: 25640076.