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Stock IDSD01223
Strain NameIA253
AKAsqt1-1 IV
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic Descriptionsqt1-1/sqt1-1 (sqt1-1; IV)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestSQT1 (squat-1)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following outcross to B2079-X-VI of a clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of SB210 in 1979 followed by cytogamy
PublicationsNone
CommentsShortened, ovoid shape. Expression is not appreciably temperature-sensitive. The phenotype resembles conical (con1) but is less dramatic. Detailed phenotypic analysis was carried out on a different homozygous clone that is now extinct.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01223
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45