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Stock IDSD01454
Strain NameIA388
AKAelo1-1 II
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic Descriptionelo1-1/elo1-1 (elo1; II)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestELO1 (elongated 1)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following an outcross to B2086 II of a mutant clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of IA264 in 1988 followed by cytogamy.
PublicationsBriefly described in Frankel J. 2008. What do genic mutations tell us about the structural patterning of a complex single-celled organism? Eukaryot Cell 7(10):1617-39, p. 1630 and Fig. 17.
CommentsSomewhat elongated, with unequal cell division yielding smaller posterior division products. Phenotype evident at 28° but more extreme at 39°.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01454
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45