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Stock IDSD01228
Strain NameIA305
AKAmpD-1 IVa
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionmpD-1/mpD-1 (mpD-1; IV)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestMPD (membranellar pattern D)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following outcross to B2079-X-VI of a clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of IA264 followed by cytogamy in 1981
PublicationsFrankel J, Jenkins LM, Bakowska J, Nelsen EM. 1984b. Mutational analysis of patterning of oral structures in tetrahymena. I. effects of increased size on organization. J Embryol Exp Morphol 82:41-66.

Frankel J, Nelsen EM, Bakowska J, Jenkins LM. 1984a. Mutational analysis of patterning of oral structures in tetrahymena. II. A graded basis for the individuality of intracellular structural arrays. J Embryol Exp Morphol 82:67-95.
CommentsFormation of four or five well-formed membranelles in the oral apparatus at 39-40 degrees. Located on chromosome 3R; Clean temperature-sensitive expression of oral phenotype associated with cell elongation.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01228
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45