sEx138 [K06G1 (I) + PCes1943[rol-6(su1006)]]. segrgnt. 2. 5ng/ul mini-prepped K06G1 + 90 ng/ul pCes1943[rol-6(su1006dm)] injected into hermaphrodite from BC842 (N2 male strain). pCes1943 carries rol-6(su1006) [an EcoRI insert from pRF4] and a kanamycin cassette. Select Rollers to maintain. Presence of cosmid confirmed by PCR. This transgenic strains were constructed in collaboration with the C. elegans Genome Sequencing Consortium Labs in St. Louis, MO and Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. Funding for the creation of this transgenic strain was provided by a grant to Ann Rose and David Baillie from the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program (CGAT), and from a grant from NSERC (Canada) to David Baillie. If you use this strain in work which you publish, please acknowledge these grants.

sEx139 [F44E2 (III) + pCes1943[rol-6(su1006)]]. 20 ng/ul F44E2 + 80 ng/ul pCes1943[rol-6(su1006dm)] injected into hermaphrodite from BC842 (N2 male strain). pCes1943 carries rol-6(su1006) [an EcoRI insert from pRF4] and a kanamycin cassette. Select Rollers to maintain. Presence of cosmid confirmed by PCR. This transgenic strains were constructed in collaboration with the C. elegans Genome Sequencing Consortium Labs in St. Louis, MO and Hinxton, Cambridge, UK. Funding for the creation of this transgenic strain was provided by a grant to Ann Rose and David Baillie from the Canadian Genome Analysis and Technology Program (CGAT), and from a grant from NSERC (Canada) to David Baillie. If you use this strain in work which you publish, please acknowledge these grants.

byEx1375 [endu-2p::endu-2::eGFP + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain array. Transgene rescues mortal germline (Mrt) phenotype of endu-2(tm4977). Reference: Qi W, et al. (2020) A secreted endoribonuclease ENDU-2 from the soma protects germline immortality in C. elegans. BioRxiv. doi: 10.1101/2020.12.04.408260. Accepted by Nature Communications.

Derived by outcrossing VC224 four times to N2. Reference: Flavell SW, et al. Cell. 2013 Aug 29;154(5):1023-35.

Derived by outcrossing RB785 three times to N2. Reference: Flavell SW, et al. Cell. 2013 Aug 29;154(5):1023-35.

Derived by outcrossing VC260 four times to N2. Reference: Flavell SW, et al. Cell. 2013 Aug 29;154(5):1023-35.

adEx1350 [kin-18::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers. Only about 10% transmission.

olaEx1316 [ttx-3p::CD4::GFP11 + glr-3p::CD4::GFP1-10 + ttx-3p::mCherry::rab-3 + unc-122p::GFP]. Maintain by picking animals with GFP expression in coelomocytes. olaEx1316 labels AIY presynaptic sites with mCherry, and AIY and RIA contact with GFP. oleEx1316 contains GRASP (GFP Reconstitution Across Synaptic Partners) constructs using two GFP fragments, GFP1-10 and GFP11, that can reconstitute a functional GFP molecule only when they are in close proximity. Reference: Shao Z, et al. Cell. 2013 Jul 18;154(2):337-50.

raEx130 [T05G5.1p::Y57A10A.16(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutant rescued by extrachromosomal array carrying pha-1(+), dominant rol-6, and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Grow at 25 degrees to maintain. At 15 degrees maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx131 [T05G5.1p::F42G9.9(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutant rescued by extrachromosomal array carrying pha-1(+), dominant rol-6, and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Grow at 25 degrees to maintain. At 15 degrees maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx132 [T05G5.1p::F02A9.4(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutant rescued by extrachromosomal array carrying pha-1(+), dominant rol-6, and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Grow at 25 degrees to maintain. At 15 degrees maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx133 [T05G5.1p::C47B2.2(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutant rescued by extrachromosomal array carrying pha-1(+), dominant rol-6, and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Grow at 25 degrees to maintain. At 15 degrees maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx134 [T05G5.1p::Y48G10A.3(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutant rescued by extrachromosomal array carrying pha-1(+), dominant rol-6, and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Grow at 25 degrees to maintain. At 15 degrees maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx135 [T05G5.1p::T01G9.2(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutant rescued by extrachromosomal array carrying pha-1(+), dominant rol-6, and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Grow at 25 degrees to maintain. At 15 degrees maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx136 [T05G5.1p::Y52B11A.9(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutant rescued by extrachromosomal array carrying pha-1(+), dominant rol-6, and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Grow at 25 degrees to maintain. At 15 degrees maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx138 [T05G5.1p::F25H2.4(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutant rescued by extrachromosomal array carrying pha-1(+), dominant rol-6, and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Grow at 25 degrees to maintain. At 15 degrees maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

raEx139 [T05G5.1p::K04G2.9(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6(su1006)]. Temperature-sensitive pha-1 mutant rescued by extrachromosomal array carrying pha-1(+), dominant rol-6, and cDNA::GFP fusion driven by muscle promoter (T05G5.1). Grow at 25 degrees to maintain. At 15 degrees maintain by picking Rol-6 animals. WBPaper00038444.

bxIs14 [pkd-2::GFP + pdx-1]. Ray axon defective.

bxIs14 [pkd-2::GFP + pdx-1]. Ray axon defective.

bxIs14 [pkd-2::GFP + pdx-1]. Ray axon defective.

bxIs14 [pkd-2::GFP + pdx-1]. Ray axon defective.

bxIs14 [pkd-2::GFP + pdx-1]. Ray axon defective.

sbEx133 [mel-11::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain by picking Rollers.

sbEx136 [(pAW33.1) let-502p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. pAW33.1 is about 6.6 kb BamH1 fragment from K06G1 and includes the first 12 amino acids of LET-502 clones into pPD95.67/BamH1. Should be nuclear localized, but is not nuclear localized. Maintain by picking Rollers.

osEx138 [let-526::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Rollers. Pick rollers to maintain. GFP expression in most somatic nuclei. Reference: Shibata Y, et al. Dev Biol. 2012 Jan 15;361(2):349-57.

rnyEx133 [opt-2p:::opt-2(aa1-412)::GFP) + pha-1(+)]. Maintain at 25C to select for animal carrying the array. Labels apical intestinal membrane. Reference: Nehrke (2003) 278(45):44657-66.

Egl. Aldicarb-resistant.

bcSi69 [hsp-16.41p::dCas9::SV40-NLS::HA::GS-linker::SV40-NLS::GFP::GFP::SV40-NLS::mai-2 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. bcEx1367 [U6p::rrn-4(sgRNAs1-4 targeting the rrn-4 locus) + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 15C. Pick Rollers to maintain. After heat shock, distinct spots of GFP fluorescence are visible in the nucleus. bcEx1367 array contains a PCR product of 4 different guide RNAs targeting rrn-4 (around 100 repeats of rrn-4 on LG V). Reference: Memar N, et al. In vivo labeling of endogenous genomic loci in C. elegans using CRISPR/dCas9. MicroPubl Biol. 2022 Dec 13;2022:10.17912/micropub.biology.000701. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000701. PMID: 36606081; PMCID: PMC9807462.

bcSi69 [hsp-16.41p::dCas9::SV40-NLS::HA::GS-linker::SV40-NLS::GFP::GFP::SV40-NLS::mai-2 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. bcEx1368 [U6p::rrn-1(sgRNAs1-4 targeting the rrn-1 locus) + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 15C. Pick Rollers to maintain. After heat shock, distinct spots of GFP fluorescence are visible in the nucleus. bcEx1368 array contains a PCR product of 4 different guide RNAs targeting rrn-1 (around 100 repeats of rrn-1 on LG I). Reference: Memar N, et al. In vivo labeling of endogenous genomic loci in C. elegans using CRISPR/dCas9. MicroPubl Biol. 2022 Dec 13;2022:10.17912/micropub.biology.000701. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000701. PMID: 36606081; PMCID: PMC9807462.

bcSi69 [hsp-16.41p::dCas9::SV40-NLS::HA::GS-linker::SV40-NLS::GFP::GFP::SV40-NLS::mai-2 3’UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] IV. bcEx1370 [U6p::rrn-4(sgRNAs1-4 targeting the rrn-1 locus) + U6p::rrn-4(sgRNAs1-4 targeting the rrn-4 locus) + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain at 15C. Pick Rollers to maintain. After heat shock, distinct spots of GFP fluorescence are visible in the nucleus. bcEx1370 array contains a PCR product of 4 different guide RNAs targeting rrn-1 (around 100 repeats of rrn-1 on LG I) and a PCR product of 4 different guide RNAs targeting rrn-4 (around 100 repeats of rrn-4 on LG V). Reference: Memar N, et al. In vivo labeling of endogenous genomic loci in C. elegans using CRISPR/dCas9. MicroPubl Biol. 2022 Dec 13;2022:10.17912/micropub.biology.000701. doi: 10.17912/micropub.biology.000701. PMID: 36606081; PMCID: PMC9807462.

oxIs322 [myo-2p::mCherry::H2B + myo-3p::mCherry::H2B + Cbr-unc-119(+)]. lucEx1311 (myo-3p::R2pH::LAMP1::3xFLAG::unc-54 3’UTR + ttx-3p::mCherry). Pick mCherry+ to maintain. Reference: Gutierrez-Perez, P. et al. A deeply conserved miR-1 dependent regulon supports muscle cell physiology. bioRxiv, 2020, doi.org/10.1101/2020.08.31.275644.

mirSi16 [flp-18p::lox2272::BFP::tbb-2 3'UTR::lox2272::ChR2-HRDC::SL2::jRGECO1a::unc-54 3'UTR + Cbr-unc-119(+)] II. mirEx131 [sra-6p::TeNL + npr-9p::ChR2-HRDC::YFP::jRGECO1a + unc-119(+) + gpa:14p::CRE]. Maintain by picking worms with YFP expression in AIB neurons. Blue fluorescence in flp-18 expressing neurons. loxP sites inserrted before first (eat-4(mir12[loxP 5'UTR])) and after second (eat-4(mir17[loxP intron2])) exon of eat-4 gene. Lite. mirEx131 contains calcium sensitive (Kd 250 nM) teal nanolantern (TeNL) in ASH and PVQ, ChR2-HRDC::YFP and jRGECO1a expression in AIB and gpa-14p:CRE. CRE under gpa-14 promoter generates a conditional eat-4 KO in ASH (NOT defective) after recombination of loxP sites in that locus and switches BFP expression in AVA to ChR2-HRDC and jRGECO1a after recombination of lox2272 sites. Reference: Porta-de-la-Riva M, et al. Nat Methods. 2023 May;20(5):761-769. doi: 10.1038/s41592-023-01836-9. PMID: 37024651.

mKate2 tag was inserted into the endogenous hsp-12.6 locus using CRISPR/Cas9. HSP-12.6::mKate2 expression most visible in the muscles. Reference: Koutsoumparis A, et al. Curr Biol. 2022 Apr 26;S0960-9822(22)00581-4. doi: 10.1016/j.cub.2022.04.012. PMID: 35504281

syEx1341 [ges-1p::fars-1(T412G)::fib-1::rps-16::GFP(S65C, SynIVS)::unc-54 3' UTR + myo-2p::DsRed::unc-54 3' UTR + pha-1(+) + pBluescript]. GFP expression in the intestine. Maintain at 25C and pick animals with red fluorescence in pharynx. Expresses a phenylalanyl-tRNA capable of tagging proteins with the non-canonical amino acid p-azido-L-phenylalanine in the intestine. Reference: Yuet KP, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 3;112(9):2705-10.

syEx1342 [myo-2p::fars-1(T412G)::fib-1::rps-16::GFP(S65C, SynIVS)::unc-54 3' UTR + unc-122p::mCherry::unc-54 3' UTR + pha-1(+) + pBluescript]. GFP expression in the pharynx. Maintain at 25C and pick animals with red fluorescence in coelomocytes. Expresses a phenylalanyl-tRNA capable of tagging proteins with the non-canonical amino acid p-azido-L-phenylalanine in pharyngeal muscle. Reference: Yuet KP, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 3;112(9):2705-10.

syEx1343 [myo-3p::fars-1(T412G)::fib-1::rps-16::GFP(S65C, SynIVS)::unc-54 3' UTR + myo-2p::DsRed::unc-54 3' UTR + pha-1(+) + pBluescript]. GFP expression in body wall muscle. Maintain at 25C and pick animals with red fluorescence in pharynx. Expresses a phenylalanyl-tRNA capable of tagging proteins with the non-canonical amino acid p-azido-L-phenylalanine in body wall muscle. Reference: Yuet KP, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 3;112(9):2705-10.

syEx1344 [rab-3p::fars-1(T412G)::fib-1::rps-16::GFP(S65C, SynIVS)::unc-54 3' UTR + myo-2p::DsRed + pha-1(+) + pBluescript]. GFP expression in neurons. Maintain at 25C and pick animals with red fluorescence in pharynx. Expresses a phenylalanyl-tRNA capable of tagging proteins with the non-canonical amino acid p-azido-L-phenylalanine in neurons. Reference: Yuet KP, et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2015 Mar 3;112(9):2705-10.

mjIs145 [mex-5p::GFP::his-58::21UR-1sense::tbb-2 3'UTR] II. Control piRNA sensor strain accompanying SX1316. Instead of antisense 21UR-1 target site, this transgene contains the piRNA sequence in sense and histone GFP is not silenced. Reference: Bagijn MP, et al. Science. 2012 Aug 3;337(6094):574-8.

mjIs144 [mex-5p::GFP::his-58::21UR-1target::tbb-2 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] II. piRNA sensor strain. Single copy inserted into ttTi5605 (MosSCI). Superficially wild-type with loss of piRNA sensor silencing in piRNA pathway mutants (e.g. prg-1). GFP is silenced in wild-type, expressed in piRNA pathway mutants and can be used as a simple read-out for piRNA pathway function. Reference: Bagijn MP, et al. Science. 2012 Aug 3;337(6094):574-8.

mjEx331 [eft-3p::pash-1::GFP::unc-54 3'UTR + myo-2p::mCherry::unc-54 3'UTR]. Maintain at 25C. Array rescues pash-1 lethality and should be self-selecting at 25C. Pick mCherry(+) animals to confirm presence of array. SX1359 was derived from SX1137 pash-1(mj100). mj100 homozygotes can be re-isolated by raising SX1359 at permissive temperature (15C) and picking animals that have lost the array. Reference: Lehrbach NJ, et al. RNA. 2012 Dec;18(12):2220-35.

teIs127 [pie-1p::GFP::H2B::mom-2 3'UTR + unc-119(+)] teIs127 construct includes a 557 bp genomic sequence beginning 100 bp upstream of the mom-2 stop codon was cloned downstream of pie-1 promoter-driven GFP::H2B. Superficially wild-type. Reference: Oldenbroek M, et al. Development. 2013 Nov;140(22):4614-23.

akEx130 [(pPB45) glr-1::GFP + (pJM23) lin-15(+)]. Worms with the array are non-Muv at 20C.

vprEx133 [hlh-17p::dat-1p::DsRedExpress2]. DsRed2 expression is driven only by downstream (dat-1) promoter.

yakEx131 [eft-3p::hif-1(cDNA) + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with red pharynx to maintain. HIF-1 expressed from a ubiquitous promoter in hif-1 mutant background for tissue-specific rescuing experiments. yakEx131 rescues 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.

yakEx137 [unc-14p::hif-1(P621A)::YFP + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with red pharynx to maintain. Non-degradable form of HIF-1 tagged with YFP expressed from unc-14 promoter in hif-1 mutant background for tissue-specific rescuing experiments. yakEx137 rescues 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.

yakEx136 [vha-6p::hif-1(cDNA) + myo-2p::mCherry]. Pick animals with red pharynx to maintain. HIF-1 expressed from intestine-specific promoter in hif-1 mutant background for tissue-specific rescuing experiments. yakEx136 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.