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hpEx4479 [npr-4p::snb-1::pHluorin + lin-15(+)]. Pick animals with green fluorescence in VNC to maintain. twk-40(bln336) is a gain-of-function allele. Paralyzed; no backward movement upon head touch. Synapse exocytosis marker for AVA. Transgenic animals exhibit punctate fluorescent signals along AVA neurites in the ventral cord, with weaker expression than in a wild-type background.

hpEx4479 [npr-4p::snb-1::pHluorin + lin-15(+)]. Pick animals with green fluorescence in VNC to maintain. twk-40(hp834) is a loss-of-function allele. Loopy. Synapse exocytosis marker for AVA. Transgenic animals exhibit punctate fluorescent signals along AVA neurites in the ventral cord, with stronger expression than in a wild-type background.

hpIs636 [rig-3p::HisCl1::SL2::mCherry]. hpEx4479 [npr-4p::snb-1::pHluorin + lin-15(+)]. Pick animals with green fluorescence in VNC to maintain. Synapse exocytosis marker in AVA. Transgenic animals exhibit punctate green fluorescent signals along AVA neurites in the ventral cord, with stronger expression than in a wild-type background. mCherry and HisCl1 expression in AVA soma and neurites. In the presence of histamine, the SNB-1::pHluorin intensity will decrease in neurites.

hpIs223 [rgef-1p::GFP::FUS + lin-15(+)]. GFP expression in neurons. Essentially wild-type movement; slight difference compared to N2 animals. C. elegans model for FUS ALS gene mutation. Reference: Murakami T, et al. Neuron. 2015 Nov 18;88(4):678-90. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.030. PMID: 26526393.

hpIs228 [rgef-1p::GFP::FUS[R522G] + lin-15(+)]. GFP expression in neurons. Slow motor activity compared to animals expressing wild-type GFP::FUS under the same promoter. C. elegans model for FUS ALS gene mutation. Reference: Murakami T, et al. Neuron. 2015 Nov 18;88(4):678-90. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.030. PMID: 26526393.

hpIs233 [rgef-1p::GFP::FUS[P525L] + lin-15(+)]. GFP expression in neurons. Slow motor activity compared to animals expressing wild-type GFP::FUS under the same promoter. C. elegans model for FUS ALS gene mutation. Reference: Murakami T, et al. Neuron. 2015 Nov 18;88(4):678-90. doi: 10.1016/j.neuron.2015.10.030. PMID: 26526393.

hpSi38 [flp-14(+) + NeoR]. Superficially wild-type. Neomycin-resistant. hpSi38 is a single copy miniMos insertion a wild-type genomic fragment containing flp-14 and fully rescues the flp-14 mutant phenotype. Reference: Lim MA, et al. Elife. 2016 Nov 18;5:e19887. doi: 10.7554/eLife.19887. PMID: 27855782

hpSi38 [flp-14(+) + NeoR]. hpIs201[ceh-10p::GFP + lin-15(+)]. GFP expression in RID neuron. Neomycin-resistant. hpSi38 is a single copy miniMos insertion a wild-type genomic fragment containing flp-14 and fully rescues the flp-14 mutant behavioral defects and RID axon defects. Reference: Lim MA, et al. Elife. 2016 Nov 18;5:e19887. doi: 10.7554/eLife.19887. PMID: 27855782

Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP csr-1(fj54) homozygotes (sterile, but some animals lay a small number of dead eggs). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. The fj54 mutation deletes a 524 bp region including half of the second exon, the third exon, and almost all of the fourth exon, causing a frame shift to stop the translation of both PAZ and Piwi domains. The deletion can be checked by PCR with the following primers: AAGAAATACCAATGCGGAGGCA and TTCACGGCTCTTTGCAGTTTCA.

Heterozygotes are WT and GFP+ and segregate WT GFP+ heterozygotes, non-GFP ego-1 homozygotes (sterile with inaccurate homologous pairing of meiotic chromosomes), very rare GFP+ homozygous hT2, and dead eggs. Maintain by picking wild-type GFP+. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP csr-1(fj67) homozygotes (sterile, but some animals lay a small number of dead eggs). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. Intracellular localization of CSR-1 is abnormal in the csr-1(fj67) homozygotes. fj67 is a 60-bp in-frame deletion of the first lysine-rich region (KQKDNFILLDILLKQWAAKK) in CSR-1. The first lysine-rich region in the WT has a FokI site. The deletion can be checked by PCR with the following primers: CACCTGTGATTTTTCGGGGAAC and TGGATTCCTTTTGCTGCAACAG, followed by digestion with FokI. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP csr-1(fj70) homozygotes (sterile, but some animals lay a small number of dead eggs). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. fj70 is a D769L mutation that renders CSR-1 (an Argonaute protein) catalytically defective and generates a new SphI site. The fj70 mutation can be checked by PCR with the following primers: TACACGTGGATGATGAGAAG and TCGTCCGAAACTTCCTCATC, followed by digestion with SphI. Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

Four amino-acid residues (G24–V27) near the N-terminus of EGO-1 were replaced with a PA-tag sequence (GVAMPGAEDDVV derived from human podoplanin) in the endogenous ego-1 gene. The PA-tag insertion can be checked by PCR with the following primers: TTCAAAATGCCGCTGCCTTC and GTCCTCTTCGCATCTTTATCAG, followed by digestion with Sau96I. The wild-type ego-1 gene contains a Sau96I site within its PCR region, while the PA-tagged ego-1 does not. This strain was used for immunofluorescence analysis of EGO-1. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

Heterozygotes are wild-type with pharyngeal GFP signal, and segregate WT GFP, arrested nT1[qIs51] aneuploids, and non-GFP csr-1(fj126) homozygotes (sterile, but some animals lay a small number of dead eggs). Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable. Pick WT GFP and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. fj126 was generated by the insertion of a synthetic nuclear export signal (NES). Instead of six amino-acid residues (R8–I13) near the N-terminus of CSR-1b, an NES sequence (LNELALKLAGLDI) from the cAMP-dependent protein kinase inhibitor alpha in mammals was inserted into the endogenous csr-1 gene. The DNA sequence encoding the NES has a HindIII site. The fj126 mutation can be checked by PCR with the following primers: AAGAAATACCAATGCGGAGGCA and CCGCTGAGGAACGAGATGG, followed by digestion with HindIII. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

Sterile csr-1 allele balanced over tmC5 labelled with Venus. Heterozygotes are wild-type with somewhat dimmer Venus signal and segregate WT Venus(+) heterozygotes, Mec Unc Venus(+) tmC5 homozygotes, and non-Venus csr-1(fj54) homozygotes (sterile, but some animals lay a small number of dead eggs). Pick wild-type Venus(+) and check for proper segregation of progeny to maintain. Homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes are inaccurate in this csr-1 null-mutant homozygotes. The fj54 deletion causes a frame-shift to stop the translation of both PAZ and Piwi domains. The deletion can be checked by PCR with the following primers: AAGAAATACCAATGCGGAGGCA and TTCACGGCTCTTTGCAGTTTCA. The inversion-based balancer in ZT60 is more amenable to producing csr-1(fj54) homozygous males than a translocation-based balancer (ZT3). Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

Sterile csr-1 allele balanced over tmC5 labelled with Venus. Heterozygotes are wild-type with somewhat dimmer Venus signal and segregate WT Venus(+) heterozygotes, Mec Unc Venus(+) tmC5 homozygotes, and non-Venus csr-1(fj54) homozygotes (sterile, but some animals lay a small number of dead eggs). Pick wild-type Venus(+) and check for proper segregation of progeny to maintain. Homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes are inaccurate in homozygous tm1637; fj54 double mutants. The vsra-1 mutation enhances the defects caused by the csr-1 mutation. The fj54 deletion causes a frame-shift to stop the translation of both PAZ and Piwi domains. tm1637 can be detected by PCR with the following primers: AAGCAGTTCTTCAAGACTGGTC and TTGTCCACTCGCACTTTGTG. The fj54 deletion can be checked by PCR with the following primers: AAGAAATACCAATGCGGAGGCA and TTCACGGCTCTTTGCAGTTTCA. vsra-1 is also known as csr-2/C04F12.1. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

The CeRep55_X quadruple-deletion mutant does not exhibit a clear Him phenotype, but the Him phenotype of the him-1(e879) mutant is enhanced by the CeRep55_X quadruple deletions. CeRep55 quadruple deletion: fjDf1 (also known as fj115); fjDf2 (aka fj85); fjDf3 (aka fj123); fjDf4 (aka fj120) X. This strain lacks four major clusters of CeRep55 repeats on the X chromosome. The condensation of unpaired X chromosomes in male testes is insufficient. CeRep55 is a class of minisatellite sequences consisting of a 27-nt tandem repeat that is present on all chromosomes. Some CeRep55 clusters express long non-coding RNAs and small RNAs. Each of the four deletion sites was designed to acquire a sequence tag (TGTACAGGAAACAGCTATGACC; similar to M13 reverse) instead of the CeRep55 tandem repeats. The deletions of CeRep55 clusters can be checked by PCR with the following primers: fjDf1 in Y73B3A, AGTAGTTACAAAGCGATATACGAAC and TTCGCCGACTCATAGACATCTG; fjDf2 in Y75D11A, CAAGTGCCAAACTAGACTGCTC and TTCAAAACGCTACGCGATACCAG; fjDf3 in Y81B9A, AAATGCCCCTATCTCACAGTGG and GACTGCTAGAATCTGACTCGTC; fjDf4 in Y49A10A, CTCTTCCATTTCCAGTACAACCAG and GTTTCTATGGCTAGAGTCGTATGGTTAC. The PCR check can also be performed with the M13 reverse primer and the right-side primer. The e879 mutation can be checked by PCR with the following primers: AAATCAGGAGTGGGCATCAG and GGGAAGATTCCGATGAGTGA, followed by digestion with MvaI. The wild-type him-1 gene contains an MvaI site within its PCR region, while the e879 allele does not. Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

Pick wild-type Venus+ animals to maintain. coh-4(tm1857) coh-3(gk112) homozygotes exhibit defects in synaptonemal complex formation on meiotic chromosomes. Many of the progeny from coh-4 coh-3 homozygotes exhibit embryonic lethality, likely due to aneuploidy, but only a few progeny hatch and exhibit the Him phenotype. The coh-3 and coh-4 genes encode nearly identical meiosis-specific kleisins. The deletion mutations can be checked by PCR with the following primers: coh-4(tm1857): TACGCGGCACACATGGGTCT and CAATTCCCCCTAGACATACGATTC; coh-3(gk112): CTCGCAGCGATCGAGCAAGC and AACTGAACATGAGAGCCACGAAG. tmC16 homozygotes are Unc Venus(+). [NOTE: ZT73 with the inversion-based balancer is more amenable to producing coh-4 coh-3 homozygous mutant males than TY5120 with a translocation-based balancer.] Reference: Tabara H, et al. (2023) A small RNA system ensures accurate homologous pairing and unpaired silencing of meiotic chromosomes. EMBO J, e105002.

zwIs106 contains [unc-9p::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Superficially wild-type. Maintain under normal conditions. Described in Altun et al. Dev Dyn 238:1936-50 (2009).

zxIs127 [sng-1p::SNG-1::CRY2olig(535) + myo-2p::mCherry]. Strain should be kept in the dark; it is very light-sensitive. Pan-neuronal expression of a truncated variant of Arabidopsis thaliana Cryptochrome-2 fused to synaptogyrin. If illuminated with blue light, synaptic vesicles cluster, resulting in inhibition of synaptic transmission. Synaptic transmission is restored within 15 minutes in the absence of light (ca. 6.5min time constant), resulting in normal wild type behavior afterwards. Reference: Vettkotter D, et al. Nat Commun 13, 7827 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-35324-z. PMID: 36535932

Pseudowild levamisole resistance. Head more resistant than body. Body resistance is temperature sensitive. WT phenotype.

Pseudo wild type levamisole resistance. WT phenotype.

Pseudo wild type levamisole resistant. WT phenotype. pka lev-10.

Phenotypically wildtype XX hermaphrodite at 20C; poor viability and fertility at 25C. Rare XO animals are hermaphrodite due to suppression of amber mutation e2115 and consequent transformation of XO due to tra-2(e2046) gain-of-function. Reference: Hodgkin & Albertson (1995) PMID: 8647390.

Wildtype hermaphrodites segregating wildtype hermaphrodites and tra-1 XX males, which mate with greater efficiency than most tra-1 XX mutants. Reference: Hodgkin (1987) PMID:3428597.

No obvious phenotype, wildtype pathogen resistance. Reference: O’Rourke et al. (2005) PMID: 16809667.

No obvious phenotype, apparently wildtype sensitivity to pathogens. Reference: O’Rourke et al. (2005) PMID: 16809667.

Missense mutation selenocysteine to cysteine. Resistant to cisplatin exposure. Primers to genotype this missense mutation and other silent mutations: [Common Fw: GGCTTCCACATTCTCACTCC] [RV wildtype: CTTAACCTCAGCAACCAGAA] [RV Sec to Cys: CTTAACCGCAACATCCGCTG] Reference: García-Rodríguez FJ, et al. Dis Model Mech. 2018 Jun 21;11(6).

Missense mutation engineered by CRISPR removes a selenocysteine to place a stop codon. Resistance to cisplatin exposure. Primers to genotype the cer55 and other silent mutations: [Common Fw: #1224 GGCTTCCACATTCTCACTCC] [RV wildtype: #1414 cTTAACCTCAGCAACCAGAA] [RV Sec to STOP: #1421 CTTAACCTTAACATCCGCTG] Reference: García-Rodríguez FJ, et al. Dis Model Mech. 2018 Jun 21;11(6).

Homozygotes for this mutation express a dumpy phenotype, while heterozygotes are roller and slightly shorter-than-wildtype in length. This Ctr-dpy-10 mutation will serve as a suitable syntenic marker for chromosome II mutations in C. tropicalis that does not impact the viability or fecundity of the organism. Generated in a C. tropicalis JU1373 background. Hermaphrodite. Culture at 20°C or above.

oxSi212 [pie-1p::GFP::mCherry::H2B::gld-2 3'UTR::operonGFP::H2B::cye-1UTR] II. Maintain under normal conditions; expression is stable. Superficially wildtype. Bright, nuclear mCherry and GFP fluorescence in germline. Reference: Frokjaer-Jensen C, et al. Nat Methods. 2012 Jan 30;9(2):117-8.

Heterozygous. Pick Unc to maintain. Heterozygotes are Unc and segregate Unc heterozygotes, wildtype (or2015 homozygotes that give only dead progeny), and and arrested nT1 aneuploids. Pick Unc and check for correct segregation of progeny to maintain. or2015 is a CRISPR/Cas9-engineered null allele removing the entire apx-1 open reading frame. Reference: Chuang CH, et al. G3 (Bethesda). 2025 Sep 26:jkaf229. doi: 10.1093/g3journal/jkaf229. PMID: 41004705.

saEx472 [(pTJ1369) scd-2(+) + lin-15(+)]. Pick wildtype worms, maintain at 25 degrees (non-transgenics will be Muv).

Superficially wildtype. Homozygous nprl-3(ku540) can suppress the early larval arrest phenotype of mmBCFA deficiency mutants elo-5(gk208) and cgt-1(tm1027) cgt-3(tm504). References: Zhu H, et al. Elife. 2013 May 21;2:e00429. Zhu H, Sewell AK, Han M. Genes Dev. 2015 Jun 15;29(12):1218-23.

mirIs97 [15XUAS::ACR1::let-858 3'UTR *oxTi677 [eft-3p::tdTomato::H2B::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)]] II. Superficially wildtype. Integration of multicopy UAS::ACR1 array into tdTomato in the oxTi677 insertion. Genotype for UAS::ACR1 with primers 5'-atgagcagcatcacctgtgat-3' and 5'-ttaggtctcgccggctct-3' to obtain a ~900 bp band.

Superficially wildtype.

Heterzygotes are wildtype and GFP+. lpin-1(ok2761) homozygotes die as L1 larvae. Homozygous nT1[qIs51] inviable.

jjIs1092 [(pNUT1) npp-1::GFP + unc-119(+)]. ltIs37 [pie-1p::mCherry::his-58 + unc-119(+)] IV. Heterozygotes are wildtype with GFP+ and mCherry+. lpin-1(ok2761) homozygotes die as L1 larvae. Also segregates Unc Rol.

F39B2.9/TMEM-107 has been shown to control the localization of 4 peripheral ciliary transition zone proteins. tmem-107(oq100); nphp-4(tm925) double mutants display ultra-structural malformations in ciliary transition zones, and exhibit sensory abnormalities including roaming, chemoattractant, and dye-filling defects. TRAM-1::tdTomato leaks into cilia in oq100 mutants. Genotyping primers: Forward cgcggttcttcttgtttctt, Reverse wildtype gagatcgagacggcgacg, Reverse oq100 gaaaaacaacgtggaagtcca. Reference: Lambacher NJ, et al. Nat Cell Biol. 2016 Jan;18(1):122-31.

Superficially wildtype. GFP tag inserted into endogenous daf-12 locus through CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted

Superficially wildtype. CRISPR/Cas9-engineered AID* conditional daf-12 allele. Reference: Aghayeva et al., PLoS Biol. 2021 Apr 23;19(4):e3001204. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001204. PMID: 33891586.

Superficially wildtype. GFP tag inserted into endogenous daf-3 locus through CRISPR/Cas9 engineering. Reference: Aghayeva et al., submitted

Superficially wildtype. CRISPR/Cas9-engineered AID* conditional daf-3 allele. Reference: Aghayeva et al., PLoS Biol. 2021 Apr 23;19(4):e3001204. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3001204. PMID: 33891586.

Modifcation of the endogenous myo-3 loci by the insertion of a trans-splicing ICR region and worm-optimized mCherry at region encoding the head-neck junction. Bright red fluorescence is visible as striations in body wall muscles and clusters in single-sarcomere (anal depressor, vuvla, uterine) muscles. Worms are phenotypically wildtype. Please contact Ryan Littlefield prior to publishing work using this strain.

heIs63 [wrt-2p::GFP::PH + wrt-2p::GFP::H2B + lin-48p::mCherry] V. GFP expression in seam cells and mCherry expression in pharynx. Reference: Wildwater M, et al. Development. 2011 Oct;138(20):4375-85.

leEx1423 [mxl-2::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Superficially wildtype. Grove C. A., De Masi F., et al (2009) Cell 138(2); 314-327.

leEx1432 [hlh-10::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Superficially wildtype. Grove C. A., De Masi F., et al (2009) Cell 138(2); 314-327.

leEx1439 [mxl-3::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Superficially wildtype. Grove C. A., De Masi F., et al (2009) Cell 138(2); 314-327.

leEx1444 [hlh-29::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Superficially wildtype. Grove C. A., De Masi F., et al (2009) Cell 138(2); 314-327.

leEx1546 [hlh-2::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Superficially wildtype. Grove C. A., De Masi F., et al (2009) Cell 138(2); 314-327.