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Stock IDSD00643
Strain NameIA385
AKAjanA-2 II
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionjanA-2/janA-2; eja1-1/eja1-1 (janA-2; eja1-1; janA, eja1, II)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestJANA (janus A) (originally reported as jan); EJA1 (enhancer of janus)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following an outcross to IA264 of a mutant clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis in 1988 of IA264 followed by cytogamy
PublicationsThis clone:
Cole ES and Frankel J. 1991. Conjugal blocks in tetrahymena pattern mutants and their cytoplasmic rescue. II. janus A. Dev Biol 148(2):420-8.
CommentsA mutation that causes the dorsal surface to be converted to a partial mirror-image of the ventral surface and blocks conjugation. Allelic to janA-1.
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD00643
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45