otIs355 [rab-3::NLS::tagRFP]. otIs45 [unc-119::GFP] V. Pan-neural expression with no injection marker. Reference: Nguyen JP, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2016 Feb 23;113(8):E1074-81.

zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Balanced heterozygotes are Unc and segregate Unc (heterozygotes), Rol Par (sqt-3 par-1 homozygotes; maternal effect lethal), and dead eggs (nT1 homozygotes). NMY-2::GFP is expressed in the germline and somatic gonad. Cross of JJ1473 and KK288. Unknown if unc-119(ed3) is still present or homozygous in background. Reference: Small LE & Dawes AT. Mol Biol Cell. 2017 Aug 1;28(16):2220-2231.

zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Temperature-sensitive maternal-effect lethal. Maintain at 15C. NMY-2::GFP is expressed in the germline and somatic gonad. Cross of JJ1473 and EU822. Unknown if unc-119(ed3) is still present or homozygous in background. NOTE: this strain was originally described as heterozygous for lin-2(e1309), but lin-2 has been lost; this strain is now homozygous wild-type for lin-2. Reference: Small LE & Dawes AT. Mol Biol Cell. 2017 Aug 1;28(16):2220-2231.

zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Pick wild-type to maintain. Worms carrying the sDp3 duplication are wild-type; animals that have lost the duplication are Lon Par (maternal effect lethal). Cross of JJ1473 and KK237. Unknown if unc-119(ed3) is still present or homozygous in background. Reference: Small LE & Dawes AT. Mol Biol Cell. 2017 Aug 1;28(16):2220-2231.

zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Balanced worms are wild-type and segregate wild-type (heterozygotes), Coil Par (par-6 unc-101 homozygotes; maternal effect lethal), and paralyzed Unc (hIn1 homozygotes). Par phenotype is slightly leaky, but survivors are agametic. NMY-2::GFP is expressed in the germline and somatic gonad. Cross of JJ1473 and KK818. Unknown if unc-119(ed3) is still present or homozygous in background. Reference: Small LE & Dawes AT. Mol Biol Cell. 2017 Aug 1;28(16):2220-2231.

zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Heterozygous worms are wild type and segregate wild type, Par (maternal effect lethal), and Dpy (sC1 homozygotes). Heterozygous and Par adults are indistinguishable on the plate. Maintain by picking wild-type worms and checking for correct segregation of progeny. NMY-2::GFP is expressed in the germline and somatic gonad. Cross of JJ1473 and VC1313. Unknown if unc-119(ed3) is still present or homozygous in background. Reference: Small LE & Dawes AT. Mol Biol Cell. 2017 Aug 1;28(16):2220-2231.

Heterozygotes are Unc and segregate Unc and Lethal Unc Twitchers. Lethal early larval. Heterozygotes twitch in 1% nicotine.

umnIs45 [myo-2p::mKate2 + NeoR, V: 1005689 (intergenic)] III. Derived by insertion of myo-2p::mKate2 transgene into eT1 balancer in parental strain CB873 using CRISPR/Cas9.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx603 [rab-3p::cima-1 + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx605 does not rescue AIY presynaptic defects in cima-1(wy84) mutants. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx609 [aex-3p::cima-1 + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx609 does not rescue AIY presynaptic defects in cima-1(wy84) mutants. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx551 [cima-1p::cima-1 + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx551 rescues AIY presynaptic defects in cima-1(wy84) mutants. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx644 [ttx-3p::cima-1 + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx642 does not rescue AIY presynaptic defects in cima-1(wy84) mutants. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx647 [hlh-17p::cima-1 + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx647 does not rescue AIY presynaptic defects in cima-1(wy84) mutants. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx765 [dpy-7p::cima-1 + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx765 rescues AIY presynaptic defects in cima-1(wy84) mutants. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx775 [dpy-4p::cima-1 + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx605 rescues AIY presynaptic defects in cima-1(wy84) mutants. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

nsIs105 [hlh-17p::GFP] I. wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx805 [hlh-17p::caspase12 + hlh-17p::caspase17 + ttx-3p::mCherry + glr-3p::mCherry + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. Ablation of CEPsh glia partially suppresses AIY presynaptic maintenance defects in cima-1(wy84) mutants. nsIs105 (hlh-17::GFP) expression labels CEPsh glia. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx1004 [F25B3.3p::egl-15(5A) + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx1004 does not rescue egl-15(n484) suppression of cima-1 AIY presynaptic defects. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx1015 [dpy-7p::egl-15(5A) + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx1015 rescues egl-15(n484) suppression of cima-1 AIY presynaptic defects. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx1054 [dpy-7p::egl-15(5A)(ecto) + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx1054 rescues egl-15(n484) suppression of cima-1 AIY presynaptic defects. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx1411 [dpy-7p::egl-15(5A)::HA + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. AIY presynaptic maintenance defect at adult stage (synapses appears in asynaptic Zone 3 region). Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

wyIs45 [ttx-3p::GFP::rab-3 + unc-122p::RFP] X. olaEx559 [rol-6p::cima-1 + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx559 rescues AIY presynaptic defects in cima-1(wy84) mutants. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

mgIs45 [mir-84(+) + tub-1::GFP] I. mir-84 over-expressing line. Reference: Hayes GD, Riedel CG, Ruvkun G. Genes Dev. 2011 Oct 1;25(19):2079-92.

mgIs45 [mir-84(over-expressing) + tub-1::GFP] I. wIs54 [scm::GFP] V. Maintain by picking animals with good expression of tub-1::GFP in amphid neurons to maintain. somi-1 mutation suppresses precocious development of the vulva and hypodermal cells caused by over-expression of mir-84. Reference: Hayes GD, Riedel CG, Ruvkun G. 2011. Genes Dev. 2011 Oct 1;25(19):2079-92.

zuIs45 [nmy-2::NMY-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Temperature-sensitive Maternal-effect lethal at 25 C. Maintain at 15-20 C.

zuIs45 [nmy-2::NMY-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Temperature-sensitive. Maternal-effect lethal at 25 C. Maintain at 15-20 C. Segregates Unc Mel, non-Unc Mel, non-Unc Ste. Reference: Zonies S, et al. Development. 2010 May;137(10):1669-77.

zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. NMY-2::GFP is expressed in the germline and somatic gonad.

cp13[nmy-2::gfp + LoxP] I. GFP inserted into the endogenous nmy-2 gene by Cas9-triggered homologous recombination. Green fluorescence in many tissues, especially the germline. Fluorescence is similar to, but brighter than, the nmy-2::GFP transgene zuIs45. Reference: Dickinson DJ, et al. 2013 Nature Methods Advance Online Publication. DOI: 10.1038/nmeth.2641.

vsIs45 [tph-1::GFP]. tph-1::GFP in vsIs45 is expressed exclusively in the NSM neurons in larvae and NSM + HSN in adults, whereas other tph-1::GFP reporters are also expressed in other serotonergic neurons; can be used to image NSM development and for FACS isolation of NSM from L1s. Reference: Nelson JC, Colon-Ramos DA. J Neurosci. 2013 Jan 23;33(4):1366-76.

ynIs45 [flp-15p::GFP].

otIs45 [unc-119::GFP]. Pan-neural expression. No injection marker.

zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Maintain at 15C. Derived from parental strains GA158 and JJ1473. Reference: Simske J & Dong Y. 2017). The role of DAF-2 In the transmission of maternal and paternal nutritional status during embryogenesis presented in International Worm Meeting.

rdvIs1 [egl-17p::Myri-mCherry::pie-1 3'UTR + egl-17p::mig-10::YFP::unc-54 3'UTR + egl-17p::mCherry-TEV-S::his-24 + rol-6(su1006)] III. zuIs45 [nmy-2p::nmy-2::GFP + unc-119(+)] V. Rollers, red fluorescence in vulvae. YFP cannot be detected. Maintain at 20C. Reference: Ou G, et al. Science. 2010 Oct 29;330(6004):677-80.

wyEx915 [hlh-17p::mCherry + unc-122p::GFP]. Low penetrance backwards coiler. This strain was produced by crossing TV2394 with N2 to remove wyIs45.

juSi164 [mex-5p::HIS-72::miniSOG + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. wtfIs458 [mec-4::Chrimson4.2::SL2::mCherry::unc-54 3' UTR + unc-122::GFP]. Maintain in the covered box to avoid unnecessary exposure to ambient light. Upon blue light treatment (460 nm LED light for 30 min at 4 Hz with 2 mW/mm2), Histone-miniSOG in the germline can induce heritable mutations. Transgenic animals express light-gated ion channel Chrimson and a fluorescent protein mCherry in mechanosensory neurons alongside GFP in coelomocytes. Reference: Liu M, et al. PLoS Biol. 2022 Jan 28;20(1):e3001524. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001524. PMID: 35089912.

xnIs459 [YFP::ral-1a + unc-119(+)] III. Expresses YFP::ral-1 maternally and zygotically. Expression is present in many cells, including early embryos, epithelial cells, the excretory cell, and the germ line. Reference: Armenti ST, Chan E, Nance J. Dev Biol. 2014 Aug 4. pii: S0012-1606(14)00355-8.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, DpyUncs and Steriles which have an everted vulva. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Heterozygotes are WT and segregate WT, Uncs and Sterile Dpys which have an everted vulva. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

Heterozygotes are WT GFP+ and segregate WT GFP+, Dpy GFP+ (mIn1 homozygotes), and os33 homozygotes (GFP-, Dpy, Muv, Steriles).

axIs1962 [pie-1p::Dendra2::TEV::S-peptide::mex-5(S458A)::pie-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 25C to maintain transgene expression.

axIs1963 [pie-1p::Dendra2::TEV::S-peptide::mex-5(S404A S458A)::pie-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 25C to maintain transgene expression.

axIs1955 [mex-5p::Dendra2::TEV::S-peptide::mex-5RR(S458A)::mex-5 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 25C to maintain transgene expression.

Pick wild-type GFP+ to maintain. 3xFlag tag inserted into endogenous fbf-2 locus with engineered (N415A Y416A Q419A S453A H454A E457A) substitutions. Heterozygotes are WT with relatively dim pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT dim GFP+ (heterozygotes), Dpy bright GFP+ (mIn1 homozygotes), and non-GFP fbf-1 fbf-2 homozygotes (Mog). Pick WT dim GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain.

3xFlag tag inserted into endogenous fbf-2 locus with engineered (S453A H454A E457A Y479A) substitutions.

nIs408 [lin-29p::lin-29::mCherry + ttx-3p::GFP] I. nIs454 [mab-10p::mab-10::GFP + ttx-3p::GFP] II. Reference: Harris DT, Horvitz HR. Development. 2011 Sep;138(18):4051-62.

otIs458[ceh-63p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. GFP expression in DVC neurons. Can be used to isolate DVC by FACS. Derived by outcrossing parental strain OH11974 to remove him-5(e1490). Used by CeNGEN project for RNA-Seq (https://www.cengen.org/).

otIs450 [oig-1(fosmid)::SL2::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Integrated fosmid-based oig-1 transcritpional reporter.

otIs453 [itr-1::GFP::utr-1a 3' UTR + pha-1(+)]. itr-1::GFP reporter contains sequence from 2282bp upstream of exon 2 of itr-1a through end of exon 3, and carrying the utr-1a 3' UTR. Reference: Kratsios P, et al. Elife. 2017 Jul 5;6. pii: e25751. doi: 10.7554/eLife.25751. PMID: 28677525

wgIs450 [nhr-154::TY1::EGFP::3xFLAG + unc-119(+)]. TY1::EGFP::3xFLAG tag inserted in frame at C-terminus of coding sequence by recombineering. Expression of transgene confirmed by GFP. References: Sarov, M, et al. Nat Methods (2006) 10:839-44. Zhong, M, et al. PLoS Genet (2010) 6(2):e1000848. Strain was constructed as part of the Regulatory Element Project, part of modENCODE (http://www.modencode.org)

wgIs451 [R06C7.9::TY1::EGFP::3xFLAG + unc-119(+)]. TY1::EGFP::3xFLAG tag inserted in frame at C-terminus of coding sequence by recombineering. Expression of transgene confirmed by GFP. References: Sarov, M, et al. Nat Methods (2006) 10:839-44. Zhong, M, et al. PLoS Genet (2010) 6(2):e1000848. Strain was constructed as part of the Regulatory Element Project, part of modENCODE (http://www.modencode.org)