oxIs12 [unc-47p::GFP] X. GFP expression in GABA neurons. Higher axon regeneration in aged animals. Reference: Byrne AB, et al. Neuron. 2014; 81(3):561-73.

oxIs12 [unc-47p::GFP] X. GFP expression in GABA neurons. Neuron. 2012 Jan 26;73(2):268-78.

geIs3 [sir-2.1(+) + rol-6(su1006)] I. oxIs12 [unc-47p::GFP] X. GFP expression in GABA neurons. Rollers. Dpy. Reference: Byrne AB, et al. Neuron. 2014; 81(3):561-73.

oxIs12 [unc-47p::GFP] X. GFP expression in GABA neurons. wpEx16 [unc-47p::sup-17 + myo-2p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain array. GABAergic expression of SUP-17 from wpEx16 rescues sup-17(n316). Reference: El Bejjani R, Hammarlund M. Neuron. 2012; 73(2):268-78.

oxIs12 [unc-47p::GFP] X. GFP expression in GABA neurons. wpEx22 [myo-3p::sup-17 + myo-2p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain array. Muscular expression of SUP-17 from wpEx22 rescues sup-17(n316). Reference: El Bejjani R, Hammarlund M. Neuron. 2012; 73(2):268-78.

oxIs12 [unc-47p::GFP] X. GFP expression in GABA neurons. wpEx30 [pdi-2p::sup-17 + myo-2p::GFP]. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain array. Hypodermal expression of SUP-17 from wpEx30 rescues sup-17(n316). Reference: El Bejjani R, Hammarlund M. Neuron. 2012; 73(2):268-78.

wpIs15 [unc-47p::KillerRed] X. Slight Unc. KillerRed is a red fluorescent protein and photosensitizer that efficiently generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) when activated by light. wpIs15 produces a Shrinker phenotype after illumination by white light for 2 hrs. Reference: Williams DC, et al. Cell Rep. 2013 Oct 31;5(2):553-63.

juIs76 [unc-25p::GFP + lin-15(+)] II. GFP expression in GABAergic motor neurons. wpIs15 [unc-47p::KillerRed] X. Slight Unc. KillerRed is a red fluorescent protein and photosensitizer that efficiently generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) when activated by light. wpIs15 produces a Shrinker phenotype after illumination by white light for 2 hrs. Reference: Williams DC, et al. Cell Rep. 2013 Oct 31;5(2):553-63.

wpIs39 [unc-47p:mCherry] X. mCherry expression in GABA neurons. Reference: Byrne AB, et al. Elife. 2016 Oct 4;5. pii: e12734.

wpIs36 [unc-47p::mCherry] I. wpSi1 [unc-47p::rde-1::SL2::sid-1 + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. Maintain at 15-20C, sterile at 25C. GABAergic neuron-specific RNAi strain. Sensitivity to feeding RNAi is limited to the GABAergic neurons; all other tissues are resistant to RNAi. Superficially wild type with mCherry fluorescence in the GABA motor neurons. Reference: Firnhaber C & Hammarlund M. PLoS Genet. 2013 Nov;9(11):e1003921.

wpIs59 [unc-47p::MYR::tdKillerRed]. KillerRed is a red fluorescent protein and photosensitizer that efficiently generates reactive oxygen species (ROS) when activated by light. wpIs59 carries a tandem dimer version of KillerRed targeted to the plasma membrane through the addition of a myristoylation tag (mry-tdKillerRed). Reference: Williams DC, et al. Cell Rep. 2013 Oct 31;5(2):553-63.

oxIs12 [unc-47p::GFP] X. GFP expression in GABA neurons. aex-6 a.k.a. rab-27. Reference: Sekine Y, et al. Cell reports. 2018; 23(2):415-428.

wpEx287 [unc-47p::aex-6::unc-54 3'UTR + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ to maintain. aex-6 a.k.a. rab-27. Reference: Sekine Y, et al. Cell reports. 2018; 23(2):415-428.

wpEx287 [unc-47p::aex-6::unc-54 3'UTR + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ to maintain. aex-6 a.k.a. rab-27. Reference: Sekine Y, et al. Cell reports. 2018; 23(2):415-428.

oxIs12 [unc-47p::GFP] X. GFP expression in GABA neurons. High regeneration. aex-6 a.k.a. rab-27. Reference: Sekine Y, et al. Cell reports. 2018; 23(2):415-428.

ufIs92 [unc-47p::acr-12::GFP].  wpIs109 [itr-1pB::mCherry + odr-1p::RFP]. ric-7 causes defective expulsion during defecation and slightly slow growth. ACR-12::GFP expression in GABA neurons. DA9 is labeled with mCherry. Reference: Ding C & Hammarlund M. Elife. 2018 Oct 29;7. pii: e38829. doi: 10.7554/eLife.38829.

wpIs40 [unc-47p::mCherry] V. ynIs50 [flp-22p::GFP]. AVL neurons are labeled with GFP and mCherry. Can be used to isolate AVL by FACS. Used by CeNGEN project for RNA-Seq (https://www.cengen.org/).

wpIs39 [unc-47p:mCherry] X. otIs92 [flp-10::GFP]. DVB neurons are marked with GFP and mCherry. Can be used to isolate DVB by FACS. Used by CeNGEN project for RNA-Seq (https://www.cengen.org/).

Heterozygotes are Unc with pharyngeal GFP signal. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] are inviable. Homozygous unc-43(n498); fog-3(q443) animals are females.

yakEx145 [unc-47p::hif-1(cDNA) + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with red pharynx to maintain. HIF-1 expressed from GABA-ergic neuron-specific promoter in hif-1 mutant background for tissue-specific rescuing experiments. yakEx145 does not rescue lethality in hif-1 mutant animals exposed to 50ppm hydrogen sulfide. Reference: Topalidou I & and Miller DL. bioRxiv 174581; doi: https://doi.org/10.1101/174581.

oxls12 [unc-47p::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Enhanced RNAi. Sterile at 25 degrees. [NOTE: the genotype of YY13 as previously annotated only as rrf-3(mg373)] References: Pavelec DM, et al. Genetics. 2009 Dec;183(4):1283-95. PMID: 19797044. McIntire SL, et al. Nature. 1997 Oct 23;389(6653):870-6. PMID: 9349821.

hpIs592 [ttr-39p::Chrimson::wCherry + lin-15(+)]. ljIs131 [myo-3p::GCaMP3::UrSL2::tagRFP-T]. Shrinker. Body relaxation upon green light illumination with ATR. Reference: Lu Y, et al. 2022. Current Biology (In Press).

hpIs592 [ttr-39p::Chrimson::wCherry + lin-15(+)]. ljIs131 [myo-3p::GCaMP3::UrSL2::tagRFP-T]. Shrinker. Red fluorescence in D motor neurons. Reference: Lu Y, et al. 2022. Current Biology (In Press).

ljIs131 [myo-3p::GCaMP3::UrSL2::tagRFP-T]. hpEx4343 [acr-5p::TeTx::wCherry + unc-4p::TeTx::wCherry + HygromycinR]. Pick animals with wCherry expression in ventral cord neurons to maintain hpEx4343. Animals carrying the array show additional red fluorescence in the head compared to those that have lost the array. Animals carrying hpEx4343 rest as coilers strongly biased towards ventral bend as L1 larvae and are severely Unc as adults. Coiling is somewhat suppressed in the ljIs131 background, but animals still exhibit an obvious bias towards ventral bend during movement. Hygromycin can be used to select for hpEx4343 transgenic animals. Reference: Lu Y, et al. Curr Biol. 2022 Nov 7;32(21):4631-4644.e5. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.09.002. PMID: 36182701.

oxIs22 [unc-49p::unc-49::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Temperature-sensitive Daf-c. GFP punctae are relatively normal in dauers. Maintain at 15C. Reference: Hung WL, et al. EMBO J. 2013 Jun 12;32(12):1745-60.

hpIs371 [unc-4p::tomm20::miniSOG::SL2::RFP + lin-15(+)]. MiniSOG neuron ablation marker for A-class (A-MNs) and other motor neurons. Reference: Gao S, et al. eLife 2018 Jan 23;7:e29915. PMID: 29360035

hpIs459 [unc-4p::GCaMP3::wCherry + lin-15(+)]. Strong GCaMP3 and wCherry expression in A-class motor neurons, as well as some head and tail neurons. It is recommended to use L4 stage animals when using this strain for calcium imaging and recording. Transgene expression becomes dimmer in many A-class neurons (except DA9), and is expression in VC neurons of adults. Reference: Gao S, et al. eLife, 7, e29915. https://doi.org/10.7554/eLife.29915 PMID: 29360035

hpIs371 [unc-4p::miniSOG::SL2::wCherry + lin-15(+)]. hpIs365 [unc-25p::GCaMP3::wCherry + lin-15(+)]. Red fluorescence in motor neurons. Reference: Lu Y, et al. 2022. Current Biology (In Press).

zxIs3 [unc-47p::ChR2(H134R)::YFP + lin-15(+)]. Strain occasionally segregrates Muv animals; pick non-Muv animals to maintain.