juIs176 [IFB-1a::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Some worms don't roll. GFP expression patterns are similar to MH4 staining.

juEx595 [IFB-1b::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain by picking Rollers. GFP expression patterns are similar to MH4 staining. Maintain by picking rollers.

Incompletely penetrant embryonic lethal at three-fold. Mild Mua. Abberant head epidermal morphology. PKA vab-21.

F10C1.2b Homozygous. Outer Left Sequence: aaaaatgggcgtgttcagtc. Outer Right Sequence: aaccgtcgaccaattctgac. Inner Left Sequence: ccgaaggatgcagaaacatt. Inner Right Sequence: gtgggcggagtcaactaaag. Inner Primer PCR Length: 3015. Estimated Deletion Size: about 1500 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

F10C1.2. Homozygous. Outer Left Sequence: AATTAGCTTCCCCGCAATTT. Outer Right Sequence: GTTGTTGATGCCTCCTTGGT. Inner Left Sequence: CTTTAGTTGACTCCGCCCAC. Inner Right Sequence: GCAAATGCGAGAAACCCTTA. Inner Primer PCR Length: 2999 bp. Deletion Size: 2379 bp. Deletion left flank: CAATTTCTAAGTAAGTAGTGTCTTGATCTC. Deletion right flank: AGCTTTTTGGTTTTGAAATGTTGAAAATTT. Insertion Sequence: ATTTCTAAGTAAGTAGTGTCTTGATCTC. 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

sEx14131 [rCes F10C1.2a::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).

Male/hermaphrodite line. Maintain at 15C to insure maintenance of male/hermaphrodite line.

Animals with the Duplications are WT. Animals which have lost the Duplication are Sterile and have an abnormal tail.

Maintain by picking Lon non-Unc. Throws Lon non-Unc, Lon Unc Vab (bent head, tails very thin), and Lon Unc Mel (kinker, temperature-sterile).

Degenerate tail. Posterior half is thin, pale, uncoordinated.

Dauer defective. Notched head. Unlinked double. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS.

Notched head. M-MATING++++ >30%WT.

Blebs on tail of adult hermaphrodite. Tail irregular, tail cuticle sometimes separated, tail spike sometimes truncated. Some animals have enlarged excretory canals.

Unc. Tail abnormalities-twisted or knobbed. Recessive. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS.

Notched head. Penetrance <70%.

Him. M-MATING+POOR <1%WT. Tail abnormalities->knob-like swelling in larvae and adults.

Extra hypodermal nuclei. DTC migration abnormal. pka lin-20.

Hermaphrodites have abnormal truncated or blebbed tails, pale appearance, some excretory cell abnormalities, especially in adults. Males have variably abnormal tails, some are able to mate.

Vab XX hermaphrodites and XO males, viable at all temperatures. Adult hermaphrodite tail spike is invariably shortened and/or vacuolated, often also abnormal in larvae. Possible excretory cell abnormalities. Rays of adult male tail variably abnormal, other structures normal; males can mate.

Notched head. Recessive. 100% Penetrance. Male spicules abnormal. M-MATING-NO SUCCESS. See also WBPaper00002236.

Most L1 larvae are deformed with irregular shapes. Older larvae and adults exhibit variably bent-head. Resembles spon-1(e2623) II. Homozygous viable, but inviable as hemizygotes (e1210/maDf2). Reference: Hodgkin (unpublished).

Notched head. Roller. Variably DpyRoller. Tail abnormalities. M-MATING++ 1-10%WT.

Head abnormal-bent. Variable penetrance. Other abnormalities.

Notched head. Tail abnormalities. Variable expression. Incomplete penetrance. Especially seen in L1. M-MATING++++ >30%WT. See also WBPaper00003843 and WBPaper00003865. Previously called efn-1(e96).

mIs14 [myo-2::GFP + pes-10::GFP]. Homozygous lethal double mutant balanced by GFP- and dpy-10-marked inversion. Pick wild-type GFP+ to maintain. Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate wild-type GFP+, Dpy bright GFP+ (mIn1 homozygotes), and non-GFP homozygous vab-1 ptp-1 double mutants. vab-1 ptp-1 double mutants (non-GFP) are embryonic lethal. Reference: Harrington RJ, et al. Development. 2002 May;129(9):2141-53.

vab-2(ju1) has embryonic lethality (12%) and notched heads (about 40%). vab-2(ju1) is considered a null allele (W30opal), and was previously called efn-1. Vab, embryonic ventral enclosure defects, male ray fusions.

juIs167 [vab-19::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Integrated by UV/TMP. Rollers. Received new stock Feb 2005.

Strong Vab-1 phenotype. About 50% embryonic lethality and about 30% larval lethality. Genetic null.

Vab. Notched Head. Distal tip cell Mig. Male tail ray and spicule defects. Males do not mate. About 50% larval lethality. H and B cell lineage defects. Received new stock Jan. 2006.

Cold sensitive lethal. Vab at 20 and 25C.

vab-2(ju1) has embryonic lethality (12%) and notched heads (about 40%). vab-2(ju1) is considered a null allele (W30opal). pka efn-1.

Intermediate Vab-1 phenotype. About 9% embryonic lethality and about 20% larval lethality. CB699 outcrossed 2X to N2 to make CZ414.

mIs14 [myo-2::GFP + pes-10::GFP]. Homozygous lethal double mutant balanced by GFP- and dpy-10-marked inversion. Pick wild-type GFP+ to maintain. Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate wild-type GFP+, Dpy bright GFP+ (mIn1 homozygotes), and non-GFP homozygous vab-1 ptp-1 double mutants. vab-1 ptp-1 double mutants (non-GFP) are embryonic lethal. Reference: Harrington RJ, et al. Development. 2002 May;129(9):2141-53.

Muv.

juIs24 [vab-1::GFP + lin-15(+)]. GFP very faint. Overtly WT.

vab-1 null phenotype. e2027 is a 74 bp deletion allele.

juIs52 [vab-2::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rescuing GFP-tagged VAB-2 transgene. Rollers. vab-2 formerly known as efn-1.

Impenetrant Vab - mostly tail; not mapped. Strain throws early larval lethals (ad1025 homozygotes) and Bli Uncs.

Linkage mapping strain. Maintain at 15C.

Maintain by mating GFP+ females with GFP+ males.

Maintain by mating GFP+ females with GFP+ males.

tnIs13 [pie-1p::vab-1::GFP + unc-119(+)].

tnIs13 [pie-1p::vab-1::GFP + unc-119(+)]. ltIs44 [pie-1p::mCherry::PH(PLC1delta1) + unc-119(+)].

tnIs13 [pie-1p::vab-1::GFP + unc-119(+)]. ltIs44 [pie-1p::mCherry::PH(PLC1delta1) + unc-119(+)]. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] are inviable. Homozygous fog-3(q443) animals are females.

tnIs13 [pie-1p::vab-1::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Homozygous hT2[bli-4 let-? qIs48] are inviable. Homozygous fog-3(q443) animals are females.

[NOTE: this strain is carrying vab-2(e96), not vab-2(e961)]

Transformation of ray 6 to a thin ray which is anteriorly displaced and fuses with ray 4 (99%). Body is slightly shorter. See also WBPaper00002235.