Defective in chemotaxis to Na+, Cl-, OH-, NaHCO3, pyridine, cAMP, D-tryptophan, CO2(phosphate). Partially defective in chemotaxis to H+(phosphate). Slightly inverted taxis to H+(citrate). Thermotaxis defective too.

Defective in chemotaxis to all attractants and to D-tryptophan. Thermotaxis defective.

Defective in chemotaxis to everything except pyridine. Thermotaxis is weak.

F36F2.5 Homozygous. Outer Left Sequence: cgccaagaagtgaagattcc. Outer Right Sequence: acgcttgtaatgccgaaagt. Inner Left Sequence: gcaaatgcttcaaaagagcc. Inner Right Sequence: gagtccgagcaattctgaaaa. Inner Primer PCR Length: 1121. Deletion size: about 400 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

sEx13780 [rCes F36F2.5::GFP + pCeh361]. Maintain by picking WT. WT animals are GFP+. Strain construction supported by Genome British Columbia and Genome Canada. Please acknowledge McKay et al, Cold Spring Harbor Symposia on Quantitative Biology 68: 159-169 2004 (WBPaper00006525).

Reference: Liu S, Schulze E, Baumeister R. PLoS One. 2012;7(3):e32360.

dbEx722 [flp-17p::tax-2(cDNA)::SL2::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Pick non-Muv to maintain. Array rescues tax-2 in BAG. Reference: Bretscher AJ, et al. Neuron. 2011 Mar 24;69(6):1099-113.

dbEx723 [gcy-32p::tax-2(cDNA)::SL2::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Pick non-Muv to maintain. Array rescues tax-2 in AQR, PQR, and URX. Reference: Bretscher AJ, et al. Neuron. 2011 Mar 24;69(6):1099-113.

dbEx724 [flp-6p::tax-2(cDNA)::SL2::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Pick non-Muv to maintain. Array rescues tax-2 in ASE using an ASE-specific flp-6p fragment. Reference: Bretscher AJ, et al. Neuron. 2011 Mar 24;69(6):1099-113.

dbEx725 [gcy-8p::tax-2(cDNA)::SL2::GFP + gcy-32p::tax-2(cDNA)::SL2::GFP+ flp-17p::tax-2(cDNA)::SL2::GFP + flp-6p::tax-2(cDNA)::SL2::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Pick non-Muv to maintain. Array rescues tax-2 in AFD, AQR, PQR, URX, BAG, and ASE. Reference: Bretscher AJ, et al. Neuron. 2011 Mar 24;69(6):1099-113.

dbEx726 [gcy-8p::tax-2(cDNA)::SL2::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Pick non-Muv to maintain. Array rescues tax-2 in AFD. Reference: Bretscher AJ, et al. Neuron. 2011 Mar 24;69(6):1099-113.

otIs114 [lim-6p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Ectopic lim-6 expression in a set of cells anterior to ASE. Molecular identity: W40Stop. Null allele.

ok3356. Homozygous constitutive dauer deletion chromosome balanced by bli-4- and GFP-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested hT2 aneuploids, and non-GFP ok3356 homozygotes (constitutive dauer, probably non-recovering). Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: CGCCAAGAAGTGAAGATTCC. External right primer: ACGCTTGTAATGCCGAAAGT. Internal left primer: GCAAATGCTTCAAAAGAGCC. Internal right primer: GAGTCCGAGCAATTCTGAAAA. Internal WT amplicon: 1122 bp. Deletion size: 367 bp. Deletion left flank: AGGAACATTTCATCCGTATGGTCGTTTCTA. Deletion right flank: TTTGGAGGATTAATCGAGTTTTGAAGGTGA. Attribution: This strain was provided by the C. elegans Reverse Genetics Core Facility at the University of British Columbia, which is part of the international C. elegans Gene Knockout Consortium, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use. Paper_evidence WBPaper00041807

acEx190 [tax-2p::CZ::ced-3(p17)::unc-54 3’UTR + lim-6p::ced-3(p15)::NZ::unc-54 3’UTR + myo-3p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ to maintain.  ASG is ablated in animals carrying the array by employing a two-component system reconstituted caspase (recCaspase) using the tax-2 and lim-6 promoters.  Strain viable at all temperatures.  Reference Otarigho, B. and Aballay, A., 202. Cell reports, 35(8). PMID: 34038721.

kyIs150 [tax-2(delta)::GFP + lin-15(+)]. sax-1 is temperature-sensitive. ky491 was isolated by PCR from a deletion library. [NOTE: (12/29/2020) This strain has been found to actually be carrying the ky491 deletion allele of sax-1, not the ky211 point mutation as previously reported.] ky491 is a 1263 bp deletion in sax-1 (left flanking sequence: atgaagcccagg ctgtgaataaattgaatg, right flanking sequence: ccaatcacagtcagcctccgataaaatgtc). 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.

Improved survival at 37C. Dauer constitutive and longer lifespan at 28C. Reference: Hwang HY, et al. Front Genet. 2020 Oct 6;11:566948. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.566948. PMID: 33133151

Improvement in thermotolerance at 37C, though weaker than in null mutants. Longer lifespan than to tax-2(gk117937) null mutant. Higher frequency of dauer formation and survival at 28C than tax-2(gk117937) null mutant. Reference: Hwang HY, et al. Front Genet. 2020 Oct 6;11:566948. doi: 10.3389/fgene.2020.566948. PMID: 33133151