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Stock IDSD00625
Strain NameIA134
AKAcdaD-2 III
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptioncdaD-2/cdaD-2 (cdaD-2; cdaD, III)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestCDAD (cell-division arrest D, originally reported as mo6)
OriginF2 following an outcross to B1868 VII of an assortant derived from nitroso-guanidine mutagenesis of B1868 VI x VII in 1974.
PublicationsGene:
Frankel J, Jenkins LM, Doerder FP, Nelsen EM. 1976. Mutations affecting cell division in tetrahymena pyriformis. I. selection and genetic analysis. Genetics 83(3):489-506.

Frankel J, Nelsen EM, Jenkins LM. 1977. Mutations affecting cell division in tetrahymena pyriformis, syngen 1. II. phenotypes of single and double homozygotes. Dev Biol 58(2):255-75.

Bruns PJ, Brussard TB, Merriam EV. 1983. Nullisomic tetrahymena. II. a set of nullisomics define the germinal chromosomes. Genetics 104(2):257-70.
CommentscdaD-2 is a ts mutation that causes cell division arrest. Located on chromosome 5.
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD00625
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45