arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Small body size and 6 coelomocytes. myo-3p::ssGFP is a secreted GFP that is taken up by coelomocytes.

vsIs100 [myo-3p::CFP + lin-15(+)]. CFP expression in VMs. Additional background expression seen as punctate nucleolar fluorescence along the ventral side of the worm (also present in wild-type).

vsIs13 [pes-10p::GFP + lin-15(+) IV. GFP expression in six VC neurons and posterior intestine. vsIs97 [tph-1p::DsRed2 + lin-15(+)]. DsRed2 expression in HSN, NSM, and associated processes. Additional background expression in tail and a pair of head neurons. NOTE: tph-1p::DsRed2 expression pattern is different than GFP expression driven by the same promoter [Koelle Lab]. vsIs100 [myo-3p::CFP + lin-15(+)]. CFP expression in VMs. Additional background expression seen as punctate nucleolar fluorescence along the ventral side of the worm (also present in wild-type).

stEx30 [myo-3p::GFP::myo-3 + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Pick GFP+ Rollers to maintain. Reference: Kumsta C, Hansen M. PLoS One. 2012;7(5):e35428.

lucEx1207 [myo-3p::YFP]. Pick YFP+ to maintian. Reference: Gutie?rrez-Pérez, P. et al. A deeply conserved miR-1 dependent regulon supports muscle cell physiology. bioRxiv, 2020, doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.31.275644.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. lucEx1311 (myo-3p::R2pH::LAMP1::3xFLAG::unc-54 3’UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry). Pick mCherry+ to maintain. Reference: Gutie?rrez-Pérez, P. et al. A deeply conserved miR-1 dependent regulon supports muscle cell physiology. bioRxiv, 2020, doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.31.275644.

lucSi91 [myo-3p::HEN1::unc-54 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Superficially wild-type. Cell-type-specific 3'-terminal 2'-O-methylation of animal miRNAs by a genetically encoded plant-specific methyltransferase (Arabidopsis thaliana HEN1). NOTE: This strain might still carry unc-119(ed3) in the background. Reference: Alberti C, et al. Nat Methods. 2018 Feb 26. doi: 10.1038/nmeth.4610.

hqSi10 [myo-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3' UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Degron and mNeonGreen tag inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous daf-2 gene locus by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. hqSi10 was generated by replacing the eft-3 promoter of the ieSi57 insertion (oxTi179 site) with the myo-3 promoter using CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of DAF-2 protein in the body wall muscles. hqSi10 previously known as hq375. Reference: Zhang Y, et al. BioRxiv. 2021 Aug 2. 2007.2031.454567. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.31.454567.

hqSi10 [myo-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3' UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 15C. GFP tag and degron inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous daf-16 gene locus by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. hqSi10 was generated by replacing the eft-3 promoter of the ieSi57 insertion (oxTi179 site) with the myo-3 promoter using CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be used for auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of DAF-16 protein in the body wall muscles. hqSi10 previously known as hq375. Reference: Zhang Y, et al. BioRxiv. 2021 Aug 2. 2007.2031.454567. https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.07.31.454567.

nIs578 [pGEM-T/sptf-3(+) + myo-3p::mCherry] IV. Rollers. Reference: Hirose T, Horvitz HR. Nature. 2013 Aug 15;500(7462):354-8.

wdEx1086 [myo-3p::GFP1-10 + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ to maintain. wd116 created by the insertion of a tandem array containing seven copies of the GFP11 beta-strand (gfp11x7) in the endogenous lev-10 locus; can be crossed with reporter lines expressing the complementing split GFP fragment (gfp1-10) in specific cell types to facilitate tissue-specific labeling. Reference: He S, et al. Genetics. 2019 Jun;212(2):387-395.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. myo-3p::ssGFP is a secreted GFP that is taken up by coelomocytes. Reference: Gee, K et al. (2017) G3 7: 991.

arIs37 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)] I. cdIs32 [unc-122p::DT-A(E148D) + myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. A diphtheria toxin A fragment DT-A (E148D) is expressed under a coelomocyte-specific promoter leading to the absence of coelomocytes. Worms are slightly uncoordinated, slightly dumpy and slow growing. References: Fares H & Greenwald I. Genetics. 2001 Sep;159(1):133-45. doi: 10.1093/genetics/159.1.133. PMID: 11560892. Schwartz MS, et al. PLoS One. 2010 Mar 5;5(3):e9564. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0009564. PMID: 20221439.

ltSi912 [myo-3p::vhhGFP4::zif-1::operon-linker::mCherry::his-11::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. This transgenic strain mediates body wall muscle-specific degradation of GFP-tagged proteins; can be combined with endogenous locus GFP-tagging or rescue of a null mutant with a GFP fusion to examine body wall muscle-specific functions of target genes. Reference: Wang S, et al.  Development. 2017 Jun 15. pii: dev.150094. doi: 10.1242/dev.150094.

drIs4 [gpdh-1p::GFP + col-12p::DsRed] IV. drEx471 [myo-3p::ogt-1(cDNA)::ogt-1 3'UTR + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Muscle-specific expression of OGT-1 provides tissue-specific rescue in ogt-1(dr20) presumptive null background. gpdh-1p::GFP is not induced during hypertonic stress. Constitutive col-12p::DsRed expression. Reference: Urso SJ, et al. (2020). The O-GlcNAc transferase OGT is a conserved and essential regulator of the cellular and organismal response to hypertonic stress. bioRxiv, 2020.2005.2001.072033.

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. otIs77 [ttx-3p::kal-1 + unc-122p::GFP] II. ruIs37 [myo-2p::GFP + unc-119(+)] III. jcIs1 [ajm-1::GFP + unc-29(+) + rol-6(su1006)] IV. vsIs33 [dop-3::RFP] V. ajm-1 was formerly known as jam-1 (Junction Associated Protein) and "the gene encoding the antigen recognized by the monoclonal antibody MH27." jcIs1 consists of pJS191, C45D3 and pRF4. Reference: Koppen M, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2001 Nov;3(11):983-91.

otIs377 [myo-3p::mCherry]. otEx4945 [hsp16-2p::hlh-1::2xFLAG + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Maintain at 15-20C; pick Rollers. Both otIs377 and otEx4945 were generated as complex arrays with digested bacterial genomic DNA.

otIs502 [hlh-2(fosmid)::YFP + myo-3p::mCherry]. Broad embryonic expression; later in development transgene is expressed in DTCs, vulva, and some gland cells in pharynx. Reference: Masoudi N, et al. PLoS Biol. 2018 Apr 19;16(4):e2004979.

otEx7476 [ceh-34(fosmid) + myo-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ to maintain. ot1014 is a CRISPR/Cas9-engineered allele removing the entire ceh-34 locus. ot1014 homozygotes arrest as L1 larvae. Reference: The enteric nervous system of C. elegans is specified by the Sine Oculis-like homeobox gene ceh-34. Vidal B, et al. bioRxiv 2021.11.30.470650; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.11.30.470650

oyIs14 [sra-6::GFP + lin-15(+)]. otEx3135 [myo-3p::sax-7cDNA short + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Reference: Pocock R, et al., Mol Cell Neurosci. 2008 Jan;37(1):56-68.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ccTi1594 [mex-5p::GFP::gpr-1::smu-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+), III: 680195] III. umnIs7 [myo-2p::GFP + NeoR, III:9421936] III. mCherry expression in pharyngeal and body wall muscle nuclei. GFP expression in germline and GFP expression in pharynx. High penetrance of non-Mendelian inheritance. Neomycin resistant. The GPR-1 overexpression transgene consistently confers a high penetrance of non-Mendelian inheritance; fluorescent markers allow tracking of Mendelian and non-Mendelian events. The genomic location of ccTi1594 is with respect to the WEBcel235 assembly.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ccTi1594 [mex-5p::GFP::gpr-1::smu-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+), III: 680195] III. mCherry expression in pharyngeal and body wall muscle nuclei. GFP expression in germline. High penetrance of non-Mendelian inheritance. The GPR-1 overexpression transgene consistently confers a high penetrance of non-Mendelian inheritance; fluorescent markers allow tracking of Mendelian and non-Mendelian events. The genomic location of ccTi1594 is with respect to the WEBcel235 assembly.

arIs39 [myo-3p::ssGFP + dpy-20(+)].

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. This strain produces GFP in all body wall muscles and vulval muscles, with a combination of mitochondrial and nuclear localization. ME0. Heterozygous males mate well. Integrated array (ccIs4251) contains 3 plasmids: pSAK2 (myo-3 promoter driving a nuclear-targeted GFP-LacZ fusion), pSAK4 (myo-3 promoter driving motochondrially targeted GFP), and a dpy-20 subclone. Array rescues dpy-20(e1282ts).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Homozygotes have decreased expression of tandem array transgenes, decreased fertility, and high incidences of males at 25C. Maintain at 15C.

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. ccIs55 [unc-54::lacZ + sup-7(st5)] V. GFP expression in nuclei and mitochondria of muscle cells.

syEx468 [myo-3p::egl-19::GFP]. C-terminal GFP fusion. Pick GFP+ to maintain.

syEx470 [myo-3::unc-38::GFP]. Pick GFP+ to maintain. unc-38::GFP transgene produced by in vivo recombination between pR29 (myo-3p::unc-38) and pR26 (unc-38::GFP).

syEx475 [myo-3p::unc-68(see following comments) + myo-2p::GFP + pUC-19]. Pick GFP+ animals to maintain. myo-3p::unc-68 transgene was produced by injecting pEM23 (myo-3 promoter + unc-68 exons 1-8) + 18 kb unc-86 PCR fragment (start codon through nucleotide 18090) + pLM511 (unc-68 position 11989 to the end); fragments were recombined in vivo.

syEx1155 [myo-3p::tomm-20::mRFP::3xMyc + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15C. Pick non-Unc to maintain array.

syIs243 [myo-3p::TOM20::mRFP + unc-119(+) + pBS Sk+]. Integrated from PS6053. Strain has been outcrossed, but not known if unc-119 mutation is still present in the background.

syEx1343 [myo-3p::fars-1(T412G)::fib-1::rps-16::GFP(S65C, SynIVS)::unc-54 3' UTR + myo-2p::DsRed::unc-54 3' UTR + pha-1(+) + pBluescript]. GFP expression in body wall muscle. Maintain at 25C and pick animals with red fluorescence in pharynx. Expresses a phenylalanyl-tRNA capable of tagging proteins with the non-canonical amino acid p-azido-L-phenylalanine in body wall muscle. Reference: Yuet KP, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 3;112(9):2705-10.

syIs321 [myo-3p::NLS::GAL4SK::VP64::unc-54 3'UTR + myo-2p::NLS::mCherry + pBlueScript].  myo-3 cGAL driver for body wall muscle.  Reference: Wang H, et al. Nat Methods. 2017 Feb;14(2):145-148.

uthSi7 [myo-3p::LifeAct::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR, Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Single-copy insertion of LifeAct::mRuby labels F-actin in body wall muscle cells. Out-crossed to N2. Reference: Higuchi-Sanabria R, et al. Mol Biol Cell. 2018 Oct 15;29(21):2522-2527. doi: 10.1091/mbc.E18-06-0362. PMID: 30133343

trIs10 [myo-3p::MB::YFP + myo-2p::YFP + ceh-23::HcRed + unc-25::DsRed + unc-129nsp::CFP].

stEx30 [myo-3p::GFP::myo-3 + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Pick Rollers to maintain. stEx30 rescues myo-3(st386); animals which have lost the array arrest as 2-fold dead embryos. See also WBPaper00005628.

gaIs146 [(pPRSK9) myo-3p::FLAG::pab-1 + sur-5::GFP]. Slightly slower growth than WT.

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. stIs10047 [unc-14p::his-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. stIs10035 [eft-3p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. stIs10077 [pha-4p(I2L)::his-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. stIs10088 [hlh-1p::his-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Published in Liu, X., et al., Cell, 2009. 139(6).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. stIs10115 [egl-5p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. gaIs218 [Y57A10C.6p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. gaIs222 [C54D10.3p::his-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009).

gaIs220 [col-93p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Published in Liu, X., et al., Cell, 2009. 139(6).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. stIs10596 [ceh-41p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009).

gaIs234 [jkk-1p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. Published in Liu, X., et al., Cell, 2009. 139(6).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. gaIs245 [col-34p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009).

ccIs4251 [(pSAK2) myo-3p::GFP::LacZ::NLS + (pSAK4) myo-3p::mitochondrial GFP + dpy-20(+)] I. stIs10117 [hsp-3p::HIS-24::mCherry + unc-119(+)]. Reference: Liu, X, et al., Cell (2009) 139(6).