GFP tag inserted into endogenous lpin-1 locus. The strain was generated by using 5' attgttgctggcatcaaaaa crRNA for C-terminal lpin-1 editing and using dpy-10 editing as a co-conversion marker, followed by outcrossing twice to ABR lab stock of N2 to eliminate the dpy-10 co-conversion marker. Reference: Papsdorf et al, Nature Cell Biology, 2023, PMID 37127715. [NOTE: This strain was incorrectly named WBM1369 lpin-1(sta10[lpin-1::GFP]) in an earlier version of the paper.]

mNeonGreen tag inserted into the endogenous spe-51 locus. Him. Reference: Mei X, et al. Curr Biol. 2023 Jul 3;S0960-9822(23)00780-7. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.029. PMID: 37453427.

mNeonGreen tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous spe-21 locus by CRISPR. Expression in the membranous organelles of sperm. Reference: Suryanarayanan S, et al. bioRxiv 2025.03.03.641263; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.03.03.641263.

wrmScarlet-I tag inserted into endogenous spe-38 locus. Him. wrmScarlet-I expression labels membranous organelles (MOs) in the sperm. Reference: Zuo Y, et al. Biomolecules. 2023; 13(4):623. https://doi.org/10.3390/biom13040623

bafIs9 [daf-12::TAP (fosmid) + unc-119(+)]; rescues both daf-12 and unc-119. TAP tag inserted into daf-12 fosmid. Reference: Hochbaum D, et al. PLoS Genet. 2011 Jul;7(7):e1002179.

ieSi57 [eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. cer135 is a rpb-2::GFP(delta)piRNA::AID::3xFLAG tag inserted into the endogenous rpb-2 locus. This strain allows auxin-dependent disruption of RNA polymerase II with dose-dependent lifespan shortening. Reference: Oswal N, et al. PLoS Comput Biol. 2022 Sep 30;18(9):e1010415. PMID: 36178967.

GFP tag inserted into endogenous spe-36 (F40F11.4) locus. SPE-36::GFP expression in spermatids and spermatozoa. Reference: Krauchunas AR, et al. Curr Biol. 2023 Jul 24;33(14):3056-3064.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2023.06.051. PMID: 37453426.

GFP tag inserted at N-terminus of endogenous cosa-1 locus. Expressed primarily in both hermaphrodite and male gonad. Reference: Ortega J, et al. Sci. Adv.10,eadp0466(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adp0466 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp0466 PMID: 39356768.

GFP tag with linker sequence inserted at C-terminus of endogenous plk-3 locus. Expressed primarily in both male and hermaphrodite gonad. Reference: Ortega J, et al. Sci. Adv.10,eadp0466(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adp0466 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp0466 PMID: 39356768.

viz172 is a series of point mutations at that piRNA binding site in endogenously-tagged plk-3 locus. GFP tag with linker sequence inserted at C-terminus of endogenous plk-3 locus. V5 epitope and mCherry tags with a flexible linker inserted after the first 18 nt of the coding sequence of endogneous prg-1 locus. Both tagged transgenes are primarily expressed and localized in both hermaphrodite and male gonad. Eight silent mutations in 21u-10935 binding site. Original plk-3: CTCAGTCGTATCGAATATGCCCAA viz172: CTgtccCGTATCGAgTAcGCaCAg Reference: Ortega J, et al. Sci. Adv.10,eadp0466(2024).DOI:10.1126/sciadv.adp0466 https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.adp0466 PMID: 39356768.

N-terminal degron::GFP tag was inserted into the endogenous lin-35 locus. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: lin-35(kea7) is an N-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as a C-terminal insertion.]

C-terminal GFP::degron tag was inserted into the endogenous pals-22 locus. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: pals22(kea8) is a C-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as an N-terminal insertion.]

ieSi57 [eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. N-terminal degron::GFP tag was inserted into the endogenous lin-35 locus. A single copy insertion of eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby allows auxin-inducible degradation of LIN-35 in somatic tissues. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: lin-35(kea7) is an N-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as a C-terminal insertion.]

ieSi64 [gld-1p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. N-terminal degron::GFP tag was inserted into the endogenous lin-35 locus. A single copy insertion of gld-1p::TIR1::mRuby allows for auxin inducible degradation of LIN-35 in the germline. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: lin-35(kea7) is an N-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as a C-terminal insertion.]

keaSi10 [rpl-28p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. N-terminal degron::GFP tag was inserted into the endogenous lin-35 locus. A single copy insertion of rpl-28::TIR1::mRuby allows auxin-inducible degradation of LIN-35 throughout the animal. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: lin-35(kea7) is an N-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as a C-terminal insertion.]

keaSi10 [rpl-28p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. C-terminal GFP::degron tag was inserted into the endogenous pals-22 locus. A single copy insertion of rpl-28::TIR1::mRuby allows auxin-inducible degradation of PALS-22 throughout the animal. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: pals22(kea8) is a C-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as an N-terminal insertion.]

keaSi11 [vit-2p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. C-terminal GFP::degron tag was inserted into the endogenous pals-22 locus. A single copy insertion of vit-2p::TIR1::mRuby allows for auxin inducible degradation in the adult intestine. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: pals22(kea8) is a C-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as an N-terminal insertion.]

keaSi9 [myo-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. C-terminal GFP::degron tag was inserted into the endogenous pals-22 locus. A single copy insertion of myo-3p::TIR1::mRuby allows for auxin inducible degradation in the body wall muscles. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: pals22(kea8) is a C-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as an N-terminal insertion.]

keaSi12 [dpy-7p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. C-terminal GFP::degron tag was inserted into the endogenous pals-22 locus. A single copy insertion of dpy-7p::TIR1::mRuby allows for auxin inducible degradation in the epidermis. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: pals22(kea8) is a C-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as an N-terminal insertion.]

kea15 [rgef-1p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. C-terminal GFP::degron tag was inserted into the endogenous pals-22 locus. A single copy insertion of rgef-1p::TIR1::mRuby allows for auxin inducible degradation in neurons. Generated in N2 background. Reference: Willis AR, et al. Sci Adv. 2021 May 5;7(19):eabf3114. PMID: 33952520 [NOTE: pals22(kea8) is a C-terminal tag; the methods section of the paper incorrectly describes the tag as an N-terminal insertion.]

Superficially wild-type. Referred to as MP3-His. Strain can be used to biotinylated carboxylases from worm extracts. AX7884 obtained by crossing parental strains PHX1772 pod-2(syb1772[pod-2::His10]) II, PHX1666 mccc-1(syb1666[mccc-1::His10]) IV, PHX1680 pyc-1(syb1680[pyc-1::His10]) V and PHX1626 pcca-1(syb1626[pcca-1::His10]) X to obtain the quadruple His10-tagged strain. The 5xGlycine(G-linker)-His10 tag is a 45 bp sequence (GGAGGAGGAGGAGGACACCATCACCATCACCACCACCACCACCAC) encoding five glycine as a linker and ten histidine residues was knocked in at the C terminus-just upstream of the termination codon-of each of the four carboxylases. Reference: Artan M, et al. J Biol Chem. 2022 Aug 3:102343. doi: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.102343. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35933017.

mjIs134 [mex-5p::GFP::(Gly)5Ala::his-58::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. N-terminal Auxin-Inducible Degron and HA tag inserted into the endogenous hrde-1 locus. gfp fluorescence in germline (mex-5::gfp). Control strain for BFF69; does not carry TIR1 transgene necessary for the degradation. hrde-1(pig6) crRNA sequence: CAUAAUUUUGUCGAGCAAGU. Reference: Toker IA, et al. Dev Cell. 2022 Feb 7;57(3):298-309.e9. PMID: 35134343.

mjIs134 [mex-5p::GFP::(Gly)5Ala::his-58::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. N-terminal Auxin-Inducible Degron and HA tag inserted into the endogenous hrde-1 locus. Germline-expressed TIR1 and germline GFP. Allows for the degradation of hrde-1 and heritable RNAi deficiency in the presence of auxin. hrde-1(pig6) crRNA sequence: CAUAAUUUUGUCGAGCAAGU. Reference: Toker IA, et al. Dev Cell. 2022 Feb 7;57(3):298-309.e9. PMID: 35134343.

mCherry tag inserted into endogenous baf-1 locus after the start codon using by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. Reference: Fragoso-Luna A, et al. 2021 bioRxiv 2021.12.21.473632; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.12.21.473632

Endogenous erm-1 locus tagged with eGFP. Homozygous viable, partially functional endogenous erm-1 tag. erm-1::GFP animals have a reduced brood size and incomplete outgrowth of the excretory canal, but show no other developmental or morphological abnormalities.

Homozygous viable. Endogenous erm-1 locus tagged with eGFP and modified to mimic ERM-1(T544) phosphorylation. Variant affects ERM-1 localization and dynamics. Reduced brood size, increased embryonic and larval lethality. eGFP-tagged ERM-1 is not fully functional: animals have a reduced brood size and incomplete outgrowth of the excretory canal, but show no other developmental or morphological abnormalities. The penetrance of intestinal phenotypes is slightly higher than in untagged T544 mutants, presumably owing to a detrimental influence of the COOH-terminal GFP tag. Reference: Ramalho JJ, et al. Development. 2020 Jul 22;147(14):dev188011. PMID: 32586975

Homozygous viable. Endogenous erm-1 locus tagged with eGFP and modified to mimic non-phosphorylated ERM-1(T544). Variant affects ERM-1 localization and dynamics. Reduced brood size, increased embryonic and larval lethality. eGFP-tagged ERM-1 is not fully functional: animals have a reduced brood size and incomplete outgrowth of the excretory canal, but show no other developmental or morphological abnormalities. The penetrance of intestinal phenotypes is slightly higher than in untagged T544 mutants, presumably owing to a detrimental influence of the COOH-terminal GFP tag. Reference: Ramalho JJ, et al. Development. 2020 Jul 22;147(14):dev188011. PMID: 32586975

eGFP tag inserted into the endogenous endu-2 locus. Reference: Qi W, et al. (2020) A secreted endoribonuclease ENDU-2 from the soma protects germline immortality in C. elegans. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2020.12.04.408260. Accepted by Nature Communications.

zbIs2 [pie-1p::lifeact::RFP::pie-1 3' UTR + unc-119(+)]. Lifeact tag labels F-actin without interfering F-actin dynmics. The strain has never been officially published; however, a GFP version of this transgene is described in Pohl C & Bao Z. Dev Cell. 2010 Sep 14;19(3):402-12. PMID: 20833362.

A degron::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be combined with different TIR1 strains to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi57 [eft-3p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the soma. A degron::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be used to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein in somatic tissue, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi60 [myo-2p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in pharyngeal muscle. A degron::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be used to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein in pharyngeal muscle, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi61 [ges-1p::TIR1::mRuby::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. A degron::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome II (oxTi179) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in the intestine. This strain can be used to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein in the intestine, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Single copy transgene inserted into chromosome IV (cxTi10882) expressing modified Arabidopsis thaliana TIR1 tagged with mRuby in germ line and early embryos. A degron::GFP tag was inserted at the 3' end of the endogenous dhc-1 coding sequence via CRISPR/Cas9. This strain can be used to examine spatial and temporal requirements for dynein in the germ line and early embryos, and to serve as a control strain for auxin-inducible degradation (AID). Reference: Zhang L, et al. Development. 2015 Nov 9. pii: dev.129635.

Degron and GFP tag inserted into endogenous air-2 gene locus by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. Reference: Divekar NS, et al. PLoS Genet. 2021 May 20;17(5):e1009567. PMID: 34014923

ieSi38 [sun-1p::TIR1::mRuby::sun-1 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. Degron and GFP tag inserted into endogenous air-2 gene locus by CRISPR/Cas9 engineering allows auxin-inducible degradation (AID) of AIR-2 in germ line and early embryos. Reference: Divekar NS, et al. PLoS Genet. 2021 May 20;17(5):e1009567. PMID: 34014923

eGFP tag inserted into the endogenous nfki-1 locus. eGFP::NFKI-1 signal is observed in diverse neurons in the animals' head and tail throughout post-embryonic development. No obvious phenotype. Reference: Brena D, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16153.

eGFP tag inserted into endogenous ubh-4 locus. wrmScarlet tag inserted into endogenous rpn-9 locus. Reference: Martinez-Fernandez C, et al. Cells. 2023 Mar 18;12(6):929. doi: 10.3390/cells12060929. PMID: 36980270

muIs253 [eft-3p::sfGFP1-10::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Somatic expression of sfGFP1-10 (under the control of the eft-3 promoter and the unc-54 3'UTR). GFP11 tag inserted into endogenous his-3 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 insertion into parental strain CF4587. Reference: Goudeau J, et al. Genetics. 2021 Apr 15;217(4):iyab014. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab014. PMID: 33693628

Deletion of mir-799 pre-miRNA via CRISPR/CAS9 and CRE/lox. Left Flanking: ATTTTCTATTTATTGGTATAAAATATGTTA, Right Flanking: AAGAAGTACACTTCATATGCTCCTAACAAT. sgRNA: GTGAACCCTGATAAAGCTAG.

Nuclear mScarlet-I was inserted in place of the endogenous mir-799 pre-miRNA via CRISPR/CAS9. Left Flanking: ATTTTCTATTTATTGGTATAAAATATGTTA, Right Flanking: AAGAAGTACACTTCATATGCTCCTAACAAT. sgRNA: GTGAACCCTGATAAAGCTAG.

umnIs30 [myo-2p::mKate2 + NeoR, X: 6745526 (intergenic)] I. umnIs24 [myo-2p::GFP + NeoR, X: 15420938 (intergenic)] I. Carries szT1 balancer with mKate2 tag on left arm and GFP tag on right arm. Heterozygotes are wild-type GFP+ & mKate2+, and segregate wild-type GFP+ & mKate2+, DpyUnc non-GFP & non-mKate2, dead eggs and GFP+ & mKate2+ Lon males. Maintain by picking wild-type with GFP+ & mKate2+. Derived by insertion of myo-2p::mKate transgene into szT1 balancer in parental strain CGC35 using CRISPR/Cas9.

Engineered null mutations in predicted GPCR genes. Reference: Pu L, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 18;14(1):8410. PMID: 38110404.

Engineered null mutations in predicted GPCR genes. Reference: Pu L, et al. Nat Commun. 2023 Dec 18;14(1):8410. PMID: 38110404.

mCherry tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous spin-1 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities without prior written permission from In Vivo Biosystems. Please contact support@invivobiosystems.com for more information. Reference: Villalobos TV, et al. Nat Aging. 2023 Sep;3(9):1091-1106. PMID: 37580394.

mCherry tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous spin-2 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities without prior written permission from In Vivo Biosystems. Please contact support@invivobiosystems.com for more information. Reference: Villalobos TV, et al. Nat Aging. 2023 Sep;3(9):1091-1106. PMID: 37580394.

mCherry tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous spin-3 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities without prior written permission from In Vivo Biosystems. Please contact support@invivobiosystems.com for more information. Reference: Villalobos TV, et al. Nat Aging. 2023 Sep;3(9):1091-1106. PMID: 37580394.

mCherry tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous spin-4 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. This strain may not be distributed to commercial or for-profit entities without prior written permission from In Vivo Biosystems. Please contact support@invivobiosystems.com for more information. Reference: Villalobos TV, et al. Nat Aging. 2023 Sep;3(9):1091-1106. PMID: 37580394.

The hemaglutinin (HA) epitope tag was inserted using CRISPR/Cas9 through homologous recombination. The nine amino acid HA epitope was placed between C. remanei (EM464) MSS-1 residues 22 and 23, one residue downstream of the predicted mature N-terminus after signal peptide cleavage. NOTE: nm74 was originally described as nmIs9. Derived from parental strain SB146. Reference: Yin D, et al. Science. 2018 Jan 5;359(6371):55-61.

nm77 is an HA epitope tag inserted into the endogenous Cbr-msrp-3 locus, two codons after the predicted signal peptide cleavage site of Cbr-MSRP-3. Anti-HA antibodies recognize the tagged Cbr-MSRP-3 glycoprotein on immunoblots, in the membranous organelles of spermatids, and on the plasma membrane of activated sperm (including pseudopod) in both males and hermaphrodites. To confirm presence of the nm77 insertion, use primers AT19+AT20 (WT: 291 nt, nm77: 318 nt). AT19: AAGAAGAGAGAAACCAGAAGC. AT20: AAAAGTAAAACATACCGATCACA. Reference: Van Goor J, et al. Curr Biol. 2025 35:1-7.