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Stock IDSD01467
Strain NameIA485
AKApsmA-3 II
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionpsmA-3/psmA-3 (psmA-3; II)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestPSMA (pseudomacrostome A)
OriginAn F2 progeny following an outcross to B2086 II of a mutant clone resulting from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of IA264 in 1990 followed by cytogamy.
PublicationsNone
CommentsElongated phenotype with development of large oral-replacement or misplaced cell division oral primordia.(39°). Same phenotype as psmA-1 IV (IA223) but different conditions of expression: Detailed phenotypic analysis was carried out on the sister clone, IA486.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01467
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45