wrdSi23 [eft-3p::TIR1:F2A:mTagBFP:tbb2 3' UTR:: loxP] I. wrdSi23 is inserted at ttTi4348 (I: -5.32 cM). Pan-somatic expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and expression of AID-tagged blue protein in somatic nuclei. Auxin-inducible degradation (AID) tag inserted at C-terminus of endogenous unc-18 locus by CRISPR/Cas9. Can be used for auxin-induced immobilization of worms for live imaging. References: Cahoon CK and Libuda DE. bioRxiv 2021.05.25.445686; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.25.445686. Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

reSi7 [rgef-1p::TIR1::F2A::mTagBFP2::AID*::NLS::tbb-2 3'UTR] (I:-5.32). Neuronal-specific expression of TIR1 co-factor for AID, and tissue-specific AID-tagged blue protein in neuronal nuclei. Auxin-inducible degradation (AID) tag inserted at C-terminus of endogenous unc-18 locus by CRISPR/Cas9. Can be used for auxin-induced immobilization of worms for live imaging. Strain generated by crossing endogenously tagged unc-104::AID into DV3805. reSi7 is at -5.32 cM. References: Cahoon CK and Libuda DE. bioRxiv 2021.05.25.445686; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/2021.05.25.445686. Ashley GE, et al. Genetics. 2021 Mar 31;217(3):iyab006. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyab006. PMID: 33677541

Severe Unc-paralyzed. Growth good. Lannate resistant.

Recessive, paralysed, kinky, thin at all stages, able to lay eggs.

Multigenic deletion that removes the promoter and open reading frame of unc-18. Unc.

Unc. MosSCI insertion strain with unc-18 marker instead of unc-119. Mos1 insertion in Chr I. Compatible with mosSCI targeting vectors pCFJ448 (Gateway) and pCFJ676 (MCS).

ccIs55 [unc-54::lacZ + sup-7(st5)] V. Unc. Slow growing.

Segregates WT and Unc. Maintain by picking WT.

Unc. Long.

F27D9.1. Homozygous viable deletion chromosome balanced by lon-2-marked translocation. Heterozygotes are WT, and segregate WT, Lon-2 males, arrested szT1 aneuploids, and ok3477 homozygotes (Unc). Pick WT and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. External left primer: GGTGGTCTGACATCGAACCT. External right primer: GGGGCTCTGAAAATGAAACA. Internal left primer: GAATTGCTGAACAAATCGCA. Internal right primer: GGGTTGAAATGAGCAATCATC. Internal WT amplicon: 1331 bp. Deletion size: 371 bp. Deletion left flank: TTACTCTTCAAGCAATGTGCTACGACCTTT. Deletion right flank: CAGTATCAACAAGGAGTTGACAAGTTGTGT. Insertion Sequence: AGACCTT. 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

Egl. Lon. Unc.

Strain throws WT, DpyUncs and males (and some Lon-don't know where these come from??). Maintain by picking WT. non-Unc non-Dpy males mate at low frequency and will transmit stDp2.

oxIs565 [dpy-30p::frt::mCherry::frt::GFP::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Ubiquitous mCherry expression. Green nuclei after FLP activity. Integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi80 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] III. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr. III: 21.21. oxSi199 [unc-57p::tdTomato + unc-119(+)] IV. Synaptic red fluorescence visible on fluorescence dissecting scope. Integration into cxTi10882 mosSCI site (IV:-0.05). Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II, LG III and LG IV.

oxTi374 [unc-18(+) + ttTi5605 NeoR] V. oxEx1873 [Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type to maintain. oxTi374 is a Mini-Mos insertion of ttTi5605 MosSCI landing site in repressive region at position 3,339,184 of Chr V; can be used with standard ttTi5605 mosSCI targeting vectors. Animals carrying the array are wild-type and segregate Unc animals that can be used for MosSCI injections. This strain carries a rescuing unc-119(+) array for easier maintenance; inject Unc-119 animals that have lost the array. Reference: Froekjaer-Jensen et al. Cell (2016).

oxTi176 [unc-18(+) + ttTi5605 NeoR] V. oxEx1807 [Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type to maintain. oxTi176 is a Mini-Mos insertion of ttTi5605 MosSCI landing site in a generally permissive region at position 15,383,969 of Chr V; can be used with standard ttTi5605 mosSCI targeting vectors. Animals carrying the array are wild-type and segregate Unc animals that can be used for MosSCI injections. This strain carries a rescuing unc-119(+) array for easier maintenance; inject Unc-119 animals that have lost the array. Reference: Froekjaer-Jensen et al. Cell (2016).

oxTi173 [unc-18(+) + ttTi5605 NeoR] V. oxEx1795 [Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type to maintain. oxTi173 is a Mini-Mos insertion of ttTi5605 MosSCI landing site in a repressive region at position 17,523,246 of Chr V; can be used with standard ttTi5605 MosSCI targeting vectors. Animals carrying the array are wild-type and segregate Unc animals that can be used for MosSCI injections. This strain carries a rescuing unc-119(+) array for easier maintenance; inject Unc-119 animals that have lost the array. Reference: Froekjaer-Jensen et al. Cell (2016).

oxTi357 [unc-18(+) + ttTi5605 NeoR] V. oxEx1876 [Cbr-unc-119(+)]. Pick wild-type to maintain. oxTi357 is a Mini-Mos insertion of ttTi5605 mosSCI landing site in a repressive region at position 20,921,413 of Chr V; can be used with standard ttTi5605 MosSCI targeting vectors. Animals carrying the array are wild-type and segregate Unc animals that can be used for MosSCI injections. This strain carries a rescuing unc-119(+) array for easier maintenance; inject Unc-119 animals that have lost the array. Reference: Froekjaer-Jensen et al. Cell (2016).

oxTi302 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]; inserted in Chr. I: 10,166,145. oxTi75 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] II; inserted in Chr. II: 5,448,544. oxTi411 [eft-3p::tdTomato::H2B::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] inserted in Chr. III: 6,076,837. Him. Somewhat sick at higher temperatures. Maintain at 20C or below. This mapping strain uses three dominant fluorescent insertions that can be distinguished when scoring segregation. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for additional strain information.

oxTi76 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)]; inserted in Chr. IV: 11,899,008. oxTi405 [eft-3p::tdTomato::H2B::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]; inserted in Chr. V: 15,838,568. oxTi421 [eft-3p::mCherry::tbb-2 3'UTR] inserted in Chr. X: 6,180,397. Him. Somewhat sick at higher temperatures. Maintain at 20C or below. This mapping strain uses three dominant fluorescent insertions that can be distinguished when scoring segregation. Please see www.wormbuilder.org for additional strain information.

oxSi259 [eft-3p::GFP + Cbr-unc-119(+)] I. Cytoplasmic, green fluorescence expressed broadly (most cells). Integration into ttTi4348 mosSCI site (I:-5.32). oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi81 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] V. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr.V: 1.21. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG I, LG II and LG V.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxSi199 [unc-57p::tdTomato + unc-119(+)] IV. Synaptic red fluorescence visible on fluorescence dissecting scope. Integration into cxTi10882 mosSCI site (IV:-0.05). oxTi81 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] V. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr.V: 1.21. Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II, LG IV and LG V. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

oxTi185 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi179 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi444 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi177 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi365 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals are NeoR and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxTi354 [myo-2p::GFP::H2B + ttTi5605 + unc-18(+)]. Unc. Grows best at 20C on HB101. Strain contains a universal MosSCI insertion site that is compatible with targeting vectors for the ttTi5605 site (for example, pCFJ150 derivatives). This site is generally permissive for germline expression. Transgenic animals contain a myo-2p::GFP::H2B construct next to the insertion site and carry an extra copy of unc-18(+). Please see www.wormbuilder.org for more details.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi80 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] III. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr. III: 21.21. Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II and LG III. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi80 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] III. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr. III: 21.21. oxSi199 [unc-57p::tdTomato + unc-119(+)] IV. Synaptic red fluorescence visible on fluorescence dissecting scope. Integration into cxTi10882 mosSCI site (IV:-0.05). Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II, LG III and LG IV. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + ? + Cbr-unc-119(+)] III. Nuclear, red fluorescence in pharynx and body wall muscle. Complex integration into ttTi5605 mosSCI site (II:0.77). oxTi79 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3' UTR + unc-18(+)] III. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr. III: -26.22. Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG II and LG III. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

oxSi255 [snt-1p::GFP + Cbr-unc-119(+)] I. Integration into ttTi4348 mosSCI site (I:-5.32). Pan-neuronal GFP expression visible under dissection microscope. oxTi81 [eft-3p::GFP::H2B::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-18(+)] V. Nuclear, green fluorescence is broadly expressed (in most cells). Integration into chr.V: 1.21. Him. Combined fluorescent balancer strain for LG I and LG IV. Strain contains him-5(e1490) to generate males for crosses.

tmEx4487 [unc-18(+) + myo-2p::Venus]. Break points: In(F53B1.2 unc-18 In(lon-2 mec-10)) X. Covered region (Mb) 6.4 (2.1..8.5) Lon Mec (Unc). Pick fluorescent non-Unc to maintain array. Males carrying the array (Venus in pharynx) can mate. Reference: Iwata S, et al. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 21;6:33840.

Break points: In(F53B1.2 unc-18 In(lon-2 mec-10)) X. Covered region (Mb) 6.4 (2.1..8.5) Lon Unc Mec. Reference: Iwata S, et al. Sci Rep. 2016 Sep 21;6:33840.

ltSi569 [CEOP3608 tbg-1::mCherry + Cbr-unc-119(+)] inserted into oxTi185 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)] I. ltSi592 [spd-2p::gfp::spd-5(S653A S658A, re-encoded) + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Small centrosomes. mCherry-labeled gamma tubulin. GFP-labeled centrioles. Derived by crossing parental strains OD1801 with OD1709. Reference: Woodruff JB, et al. Science. 2015 May 15;348(6236):808-12. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa3923. PMID: 25977552

ltSi569 [CEOP3608 tbg-1::mCherry + Cbr-unc-119(+)] inserted into oxTi185 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)] I. ltSi1141 [spd-2p::gfp::spd-5(re-encoded) + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Re-encoded spd-5 is siRNA-resistant. mCherry-labeled gamma tubulin. GFP-labeled centrioles. Reference: Woodruff JB, et al. Science. 2015 May 15;348(6236):808-12. doi: 10.1126/science.aaa3923. PMID: 25977552

ltSi569 [CEOP3608 tbg-1::mCherry + Cbr-unc-119(+)] inserted into oxTi185 [ttTi5605 + NeoR(+) + unc-18(+)] I. ltSi1539 [spd-2p::GFP::spd-5 S170A T178A T198A::spd-5 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. mCherry-labeled microtubules. GFP-labeled centrosomes. Reference: Ohta M, et al. J Cell Biol. 2021 Feb 1;220(2):e202009083. doi: 10.1083/jcb.202009083. PMID: 33399854.

otIs356 [rab-3p(prom1)::2xNLS::TagRFP] V. otEx5925 [unc-18(fosmid)::SL2::NLS::YFP::H2B + pha-1(+)]. Maintain at 25C to select for array. Pan-neuronal nuclear YFP expression. Reference: Stefanakis N., Carrera I., Hobert O. Neuron. 2015 Aug 19;87(4):733-50.

Endogenous reporter generated by the insertion of SL2::GFP::H2B into the endogenous unc-18 locus. Expression in intestine and nervous system. Please contact Oliver Hobert prior to publishing work using this strain. Reference: Boeglin M, et al. Genetics. 2023 Dec 6;225(4):iyad180. doi: 10.1093/genetics/iyad180. PMID: 37793339.