acEx26 [odr-1p::RFP]. Pick RFP+ to maintain. RFP expression in AWC and AWB. Reference: Kaur S & Aballay A. Cell Reports. 2020 May 19; 31(7): 107662. PMID: 32433971

No delta 12 fatty acid desaturase activity. Slow growing. Unc. Dpy. Cold sensitive - maintain at 20C or higher.

hEx26 [C07F10 + C04F1 + C53A11 + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain by picking Unc Rollers. Segregates 53% Unc Rollers. This strain was generated by the Genetic Toolkit project, which should be acknowledged in any publications resulting from its use: The Genetic Toolkit is funded by the NIH National Center for Research Resources (NCRR) (USA) to Ann M. Rose, David L. Baillie, and Donald L. Riddle. Report all experimental results to Ann Rose.

denEx26 [F08G5.6::GFP + pha-1(+)]. Maintain at >22 degrees. Reference: Alper S, et al. (2007) Mol Cell Biol 27:5544-53.

wwEx26 [mir-42-44p::GFP + unc-119(+)]. Maintain by picking non-Unc.

Recessive. Resistant to levamisole. Weakly to moderately temperature sensitive. WT movement.

sEx264 [K04G7 (III) + pCes1943[rol-6(su1006)]]. segrgnt A. 10 ng/ul K04G7 + 100 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.

muEx261[ceh-20::GFP at C terminus + odr-1::RFP].

muEx265 [hsf-1p::hsf-1(cDNA) + myo-3::GFP]. Pick GFP worms to maintain.

muEx268 [ges-1p::GFP::daf-16(cDNA) + odr-1::RFP]. daf-16 GFP expressed in intestine. Partial rescue of lifespan phenotype. Grows okay at 15C. Pick RFP to maintain.

muIs142 [ges-1p::GFP::daf-16(cDNA) + odr-1p::RFP]. Maintain at 15-20C. Gamma irradiation-induced integration of muEx268. Rescues daf-16a1/c in the intestine (described in Libina et al, 2003). Reference: Zhang P, et al. Cell Metab, 2013. 17(1): p. 85-100.

kyIs30 [glr-1::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Do not distribute this strain; other labs should request it from the CGC. This strain cannot be distributed to commercial organizations. This strain cannot be used for any commercial purpose or for work on human subjects.

domEx261[mec?4p::CoChR::GFP + unc?122p::RFP]. Pick animals with red fluorescence in coelomocytes to maintain. High sensitivity blue-light optogenetic line for gentle touch receptor neurons (TRN). Transgenic animals expressing the high-sensitivity blue light-activated channelrhodopsin CoChR into TRNs using the mec-4 promoter. In animals grown on all trans-retinal-containing medium, low intensity blue light stimuli trigger behaviors similar to those evoked by gentle touch. Reference: Schild LC & Glauser DA. Genetics. 2015 Aug;200(4):1029-34. doi: 10.1534/genetics.115.177956. PMID: 26022242.

raEx265 [T05G5.1p::F52H3.7(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6]. 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.

raEx266 [T05G5.1p::M03F4.7(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.

raEx267 [T05G5.1p::F09F7.2(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6]. 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.

raEx269 [T05G5.1p::Y67H2A.5(cDNA)::GFP + pha-1(+) + rol-6]. 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.

rtEx260 [nlp-19p::GFP + lin-15(+)]. Raise at 20C or higher and pick non-Muv to maintain array.

vxEx265 [gcy-8p::ICE + myo-2p:mCherry]. Pick mCherry+ animals to maintain. Expresses human caspase (ICE) to ablate AFD neurons. Reference: Vidal-Gadea AG, et al. Elife. 2015 Jun 17;4. doi: 10.7554/eLife.07493.

vtIs1 [dat-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] V. muEx261 [ceh-20::GFP + odr-1::RFP]. Pick RFP+ animals to maintain. Rollers. ot406 has a dopaminergic phenotype. mu290 is Egl and has a PDE dopaminergic phenotype.

vtIs1 [dat-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] V. muEx261 [ceh-20::GFP + odr-1::RFP]. Pick RFP+ animals to maintain. Rollers. Embryonic lethality of ceh-20(ok541); ceh-40(gk159) double mutants is rescued by muEx261.

vtIs1 [dat-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] V. muEx261 [ceh-20::GFP at C terminus + odr-1::RFP(su1006)]. Pick RFP+ animals to maintain. Rollers. Embryonic lethality of ceh-20(mu290); ceh-40(gk159) double mutants is rescued by muEx261. ot406 has a dopaminergic phenotype.

vtIs1 [dat-1p::GFP + rol-6(su1006)] V. muEx261 [ceh-20::GFP + odr-1::RFP]. Pick RFP+ animals to maintain. Rollers. Embryonic lethality of ceh-20(mu290); ceh-40(gk159) double mutants is rescued by muEx261.

Shortened locomotor healthspan. ix261 missense allele causes phenotype similar to that of deletion alleles. Reference: Kawamura K, & Maruyama IN. Aging (Albany NY). 2020 Dec 3;12(23):23525-23547.

otIs643 [npr-9::TagRFP + rol-6(su1006)] V. muEx261 [ceh-20::GFP + odr-1::RFP]. Pick RFP+ animals to maintain. Rollers.

otEx2646 [ceh-36::GFP::unc-54 3' UTR + rol-6(su1006)]. Maintain by picking Rollers.

otEx2647 [ceh-36p2::GFP::cog-1 3'UTR + rol-6(su1006)].

otEx2654 [ceh-36p2::GFP::cog1 3' UTR + rol-6(su1006)].

GFP tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous ceh-13 locus by CRISPR. Reference: Murray JI, et al. PLOS Genet. 2022 May 2;18(5):e1010187. PMID: 35500030

Endogenous ins-9 locus tagged with 3xNLS::GFP reporter. Reference: Sun H & Hobert O. Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7887):93-99. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04071-4. PMID: 34759317.

GFP tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous flp-3 locus by CRISPR. Allele generated by SUNY Biotech. Reference: Tekieli T. et al. Development. 2021 Sep 15;148(18):dev199687. doi: 10.1242/dev.199687. PMID: 34415309.

GFP tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous flp-1 locus by CRISPR. Allele generated by SUNY Biotech. Reference: Taylor SR, et al. Cell. 2021 Aug 5;184(16):4329-4347.e23. doi: 10.1016/j.cell.2021.06.023. PMID: 34237253.

mCherry tag inserted into the endogenous ikb-1 locus. IKB-1::mCherry is observed in the pharynx and body wall muscles during development. No obvious phenotype. Reference: Brena D, et al. Sci Rep. 2020 Sep 30;10(1):16153.

GFP tag inserted at the C-terminus of the endogenous nob-1 locus by CRISPR. Reference: Murray JI, et al. PLOS Genet. 2022 May 2;18(5):e1010187. PMID: 35500030

Endogenous ins-6 locus tagged with 3xNLS::GFP reporter. Reference: Sun H & Hobert O. Nature. 2021 Dec;600(7887):93-99. doi: 10.1038/s41586-021-04071-4. PMID: 34759317.

mjSi74 [mex-5p::wormCherry::prde-1::par-5] I. Integration into ttTi4348. Reference: Weick EM, et al. Genes Dev. 2014 Apr 1;28(7):783-96.

vkEx2620 [nhx-2p::aman-2::CemOrange2 + myo-2p::GFP]. Wild-type animals expressing AMAN-2::CemOrange2 under the intestinal-specific nhx-2 promoter. AMAN-2 is localized to the Golgi. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain. Reference: Thomas

vkEx2664 [nhx-2p::CemOrange2::tram-1 + myo-2p::GFP]. Wild-type animals expressing CemOrange2::TRAM-1 under the intestinal-specific nhx-2 promoter. TRAM-1 is localized to the ER. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain. Reference: Thomas

vkEx2666 [nhx-2p::CemOrange2::rab-7 + myo-2p::GFP]. Wild-type animals expressing CemOrange2::RAB-7 under the intestinal-specific nhx-2 promoter. RAB-7 is localized to the late endosome. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain. Reference: Thomas

vkEx2671 [nhx-2p::CemOrange2::rab-5 + myo-2p::GFP]. Wild-type animals expressing CemOrange2::RAB-5 under the intestinal-specific nhx-2 promoter. RAB-5 is localized to the late endosome. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain. Reference: Thomas

vkEx2674 [nhx-2p::CemOrange2::pisy-1 + myo-2p::GFP]. Wild-type animals expressing CemOrange2::PISY-1 under the intestinal-specific nhx-2 promoter. PISY-1 is localized to the ER. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain. Reference: Thomas

vkEx2688 [nhx-2p::CemOrange2::cup-5 + myo-2p::GFP]. Wild-type animals expressing CemOrange2::CUP-5 under the intestinal-specific nhx-2 promoter. CUP-5 is localized to the lysosome. Pick animals with GFP+ pharynx to maintain. Reference: Thomas

cwEx266 [cam-1p::cam-1::GFP + rol-6(su1006)]. Pick Rollers to maintain. Unc. GFP-tagged CAM-1 rescues gm122. Generated in N2 background.

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