itIs153 [pie-1p::par-2::GFP + rol-6(su1006) + N2 genomic DNA]. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic-lethal at restrictive temperature of 26C; viable at permissive temperature of 15C. Reversed AP polarity axis at restrictive temperature with par-2::GFP and tubulin::GFP expression. itIs153 is an integrated derivitive of axEx1094. Reference: Keikhaee MR, et al. PLoS One. 2014 Sep 4;9(9):e106484.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. orIs21 [pie-1p::GFP::PH]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. orIs21 [pie-1p::GFP::PH]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. orIs21 [pie-1p::GFP::PH]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ruIs32 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B + unc-119(+)] III. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. orIs21 [pie-1p::GFP::PH]. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)] IV. Embryonic lethal at 26C. Maintain at 15C. Temperature-sensitive embryonic lethal following L4 upshift; germline defective following L1 upshift. Reference: Lowry J, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2015 Aug 26;5(11):2241-55.

ijmSi3 [mex-5p::cls-2(re-encoded)::GFP::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] I. ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. The coding sequence of GFP-tagged cls-2 in the transgene was re-coded using silent mutations to render it insensitive to RNAi-depletion of endogenous cls-2 expression. mCherry expression marks histones. Not known if unc-119(ed3) is still carried in the background of this strain. [NOTE: the ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV transgene was previously annotated as itIs37 in this strain. The correct name of the transgene is ltIs37 and not itIs37.] Reference: Schlientz A and Bowerman B. PLoS Genet. 2020 Oct 7;16(10):e1008751. doi: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1008751.

efIs155 [mex-5p::rpl-4::FLAG::tbb-2 3?UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Tagged RPL-4 can be used for ribosome purifications from germ cells. Reference: Nousch M, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2020 Sep 3:g3.401644.2020. doi: 10.1534/g3.120.401644

mgTi1 [rpl-28p::skn-1a::GFP::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] I. Expresses SKN-1A with C-terminal GFP tag. Reference: Lehrbach NL & Ruvkun G. Elife. 2016 Aug 16;5. pii: e17721

arSi12 [mex-5p::ERK::KTR::GFP(smu-1 introns)::T2A::mCherry::his-11::tbb-2 3'UTR]. arSi12 is a single-copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion expressing a fluorescent protein (ERK::KTR::GFP) that reports MPK-1 kinase activity in the germline. A nuclear histone marker is co-expressed (mCherry::H2B). Reference: de la Cova C, et al. Developmental Cell. 2017 Vol. 42(5):542-553.

arSi15 [mex-5p::ERK::KTR(S43A, T55A, S62A)::GFP(smu-1 introns)::T2A::mCherry::his-11::tbb-2 3'UTR]. arSi15 is a single-copy CRISPR/Cas9-engineered insertion expressing a mutant, unphosphorylated form of a fluorescent protein (ERK::KTR::GFP) that reports MPK-1 kinase activity in the germline. A nuclear histone marker is co-expressed (mCherry::H2B). Use arSi15 as a negative control for transgene arSi12. Reference: de la Cova C, et al. Developmental Cell. 2017 Vol. 42(5):542-553.

aSi10 [lox2272 Cbr-unc-119(+) lox2272 + loxP::unc-54 3’UTR::Split 3’ HygR::tjp2a_guide::Split 3’ mScarlet-I::egl-13nls::tbb-2 3’UTR]?II. Strain contains a specialized safe harbor transgene landing pad for integration of promoters to drive mScarlet. Reference: Stevenson ZC, et al. bioRxiv 2022.10.30.514301; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.10.30.514301. Paper accepted at eLife.

uocIs1 [eft-3p::Cas9(dpiRNA)::tbb-2 3' UTR + unc-119(+)]. Cas9 is optimized to remove all piRNA sites. Cas9 is expressed in the germline. Reference: Zhang D, et al. Science. 2018 Feb 2;359(6375):587-592.

tonSi1 [mex-5p::Dendra2::his-66::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. MosSCI insertion into ttTi5605 II. Maintain at 20-25C. Reference: Bolkova J and Lanctot C (2015) Int J Dev Biol, in press.

tonSi1 [mex-5p::Dendra2::his-66::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. MosSCI insertion into ttTi5605 II. ddIs6 [pie-1p::GFP::tbg-1 + unc-119(+)] V. Maintain at 20-25C. Derived by crossing JBL1 and TH27. Reference: Bolkova J and Lanctot C (2015) Int J Dev Biol, in press.

tonSi1 [mex-5p::Dendra2::his-66::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. MosSCI insertion into ttTi5605 II. axIs1522 [pie-1p::GFP::pgl-1::pgl-1 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 20-25C. Derived by crossing JBL1 and JH2108. Reference: Bolkova J and Lanctot C (2015) Int J Dev Biol, in press.

wrdSi3 [sun-1p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Germline and early embryo-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in germline and early embryo nuclei. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

bmdSi15 [loxN + eef-1A.1p::GFP(1-10)::unc-54 3? UTR + let-858 terminator + myo-2p::mCherry::3xHA::tbb-2 3? UTR + loxP] I. bmdSi15 is a CRISPR-based integration into the ttTi4348 site (I:-5.32). Somatic expression of sfGFP(1-10) driven by the eft-3 promoter. GFP11 tag inserted into endogenous lmn-1 locus via CRISPR/Cas9 insertion into parental strain DQM104. Reference: Gregory EF, et al. MicroPubl Biol. 2023 Dec 13:2023:10.17912/micropub.biology.001022. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.001022. eCollection 2023. PMID: 38152058.

wrdSi18 [^SEC^mex-5p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Germline and early embryo-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in germline and early embryo nuclei. Self-excising cassette with Rol and HygroR markers still in strain to facilitate crosses. Heat-shock to remove SEC as described in Dickinson et al. 2015. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi50 [mex-5p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Germline and early embryo-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in germline and early embryo nuclei. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi8 [^SEC^mex-5p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Germline and early embryo-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in germline and early embryo nuclei. Self-excising cassette with Rol and HygroR markers still in strain to facilitate crosses. Heat-shock to remove SEC as described in Dickinson et al. 2015. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi51 [mex-5p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Germline and early embryo-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in germline and early embryo nuclei. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi22 [^SEC^eft-3p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). SEC spotaneously excises at a high frequency so non-rollers will appear. Pick Rollers to maintain. Pan-somatic expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and expression of AID-tagged blue protein in somatic nuclei. Self-excising cassette with Rol and HygroR markers still in strain to facilitate crosses. Heat-shock to remove SEC as described in Dickinson et al. 2015. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Pan-somatic expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and expression of AID-tagged blue protein in somatic nuclei. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi45 [dpy-7p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Hypodermal-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in hypodermal nuclei. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi47 [dpy-7p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Hypodermal-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in hypodermal nuclei. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi44 [SCMp*::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Seam cell-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in seam cell nuclei. Some expression in hypodermal cells. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi46 [SCMp*::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Seam cell-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in seam cell nuclei. Some expression in hypodermal cells. Reference: Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

wrdSi58 [eft-3p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Pan-somatic expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and expression of AID-tagged blue protein in somatic nuclei. jsSi1579 is an RMCE landing pad inserted at a sgRNA site 45 bp from the ttTi5605 insertion site. It contains an rpl-28p::GFP reporter flanked by FRT and FRT3 sites and a loxP site (for more details about landing pads, see Nonet, 2020.Genetics or visit https://sites.wustl.edu/nonetlab/rmce/). Reference: Vo AA, et al. MicroPubl Biol. 2021 Aug 3;2021:10.17912/micropub.biology.000425. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000425. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34355140

wrdSi57 [^SEC^eft-3p:TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Pick Rollers to maintain. Pan-somatic expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and expression of AID-tagged blue protein in somatic nuclei. Self-excising cassette with Rol and HygroR markers still in strain to facilitate crosses. Heat-shock to remove SEC as described in Dickinson et al. 2015. jsSi1579 is an RMCE landing pad inserted at a sgRNA site 45 bp from the ttTi5605 insertion site. It contains an rpl-28p::GFP reporter flanked by FRT and FRT3 sites and a loxP site (for more details about landing pads, see Nonet, 2020.Genetics or visit https://sites.wustl.edu/nonetlab/rmce/). Reference: Vo AA, et al. MicroPubl Biol. 2021 Aug 3;2021:10.17912/micropub.biology.000425. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000425. eCollection 2021. PMID: 34355140

wrdSi19 [mex-5p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP2:tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Strain allows germline-specific depletion of NHR-23::AID*LLTEV::3xFLAG using the auxin-inducible degron system. wrdSi19 was made by crossing parental strain KRY87 to JDW83 [wrdSi10 (mex-5p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP2:tbb-2 3?UTR+SEC, I:-5.32); him5(e1490) V] and using heatshock to remove the SEC. Reference: Ragle JM, et al. Development. 2020 Nov 27;147(22):dev193862. doi: 10.1242/dev.193862. PMID: 33060131.

wrdSi3 [sun-1p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (II:0.77). Endogenous dpy-27 locus tagged with AID element and myc to create a conditional allele using the auxin-inducible degron (AID). In absence of auxin, ~40% of worms are male due to him-8(me4) mutation. In the presence of auxin, ~100% of worms are male (hermaphrodite-lethal due to degradation of AID-tagged DPY-27). Reference: Li Q, et al. Inducible degradation of dosage compensation protein DPY-27 facilitates isolation of Caenorhabditis elegans males for molecular and biochemical analyses. bioRxiv 2022.01.27.478040; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.01.27.478040.

itIs153 [pie-1p::par-2::GFP + rol-6(su1006) + N2 genomic DNA]. ojIs1 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 25C. Constructed by crossing heterozygous ojIs1 males into KK866 (itIs153) hermaphrodites and selecting for double homozygosity of the arrays. itIs153 is an integrated derivitive of axEx1094.

axIs1492 [pie-1p::GFP::tbb-2 ORF::tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)]. Transgene is prone to silencing -- maintain at 25C.

axIs1664 [pie-1p::GFP::histone H2B::tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)]. Transgene is prone to silencing -- maintain at 25C.

axIs1630 [daz-1p::GFP::histone H2B::tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)].

axIs1694 [gld-1p::GFP::histone H2B::tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)].

axIs1703 [spe-11p::GFP::histone H2B::tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)].

axIs1742 [lip-1p::GFP::histone H2B::tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)].

axIs1752 [fbf-1p::GFP::histone H2B:tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)]. Maintaining at 25C might reduce the chance of transgene silencing.

axIs1756 [fbf-2p::GFP::histone H2B:tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)]. Maintaining at 25C might reduce the chance of transgene silencing.

axIs1758 [spn-4p::GFP::histone H2B:tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)]. Transgene is slightly unstable. Pick non-Unc, GFP+ worms to maintain.

axIs1759 [msp-56p::GFP::histone H2B:tbb-2 3'utr + unc-119(+)].

axIs1779 [pie-1p::mCherry::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-119(+)]. Maintain at 25C to maintain transgene expression.

qSi150 [sygl-1p::3X flag::sygl-1::tbb-2 3' UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Phenotypically gravid, grows as a homozygote. Increased SYGL-1 protein expression, expanded progenitor zone, expanded GSC pool. Reference: Shin H. et al. PLoS Genet. 2017 Dec 12;13(12):e1007121.

qSi369 [sygl-1p::24xMS2 loops::3xflag::sygl-1::sygl1 3'UTR]. qSi370 [mex-5p:: MS2 Coat Protein::linker::sfGFP::tbb-2 3' UTR::gpd-2 intergenic sequence::H2B::mCherry::unc-54 3' UTR]. Superficially wild-type with expression of sfGFP and nuclear mCherry in germline. qSi369 and qSi370 constitute an MS2 system which allows live visualization of sygl-1 nascent transcripts in the C. elegans germline in a glp-1 mutant background. qSi370 can be prone to silencing, especially after severe starvation; silencing of GFP or mCherry expression can occur independently of one another. Maintain by picking animals with bright GFP and mCherry expression. Reference: Lee C, et al. Dev Cell. 2019 Aug 19;50(4):426-435.e4.

qSi369 [sygl-1p::24xMS2 loops::3xflag::sygl-1::sygl1 3'UTR]. qSi370 [mex-5p:: MS2 Coat Protein::linker::sfGFP::tbb-2 3' UTR::gpd-2 intergenic sequence::H2B::mCherry::unc-54 3' UTR]. Superfically wild-type with expression of sfGFP and nuclear mCherry in germline. qSi369 and qSi370 constitute an MS2 system which allows live visualization of sygl-1 nascent transcripts in the C. elegans germline in a glp-1 mutant background. Reference: Lee C, et al. Dev Cell. 2019 Aug 19;50(4):426-435.e4.