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Stock IDSD01520
Strain NameIA479
AKAjanC-4-VII
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionjanC-4/janC-4 (janC-4; VII)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestJANC (janusC)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following an outcross to B2086 II of a mutant clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis in 1993 of IA264 followed by cytogamy.
PublicationsNone
Commentsjanus phenotype: partially reversed oral apparatus on the dorsal surface; two contractile-vacuole pore sets. Some irregular ciliary rows. Expression is not temperature sensitive. Allelic to janC1 (IA359 and IA360), and janC2 (IA408). Phenotypically very similar or identical to both of the above.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01520
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45