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Stock IDSD00634
Strain NameIA277
AKAcon1-1 I
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic Descriptioncon1-1/con1-1 (con1-1; con1, I)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestCON1 (conical1, originally reported as co)
OriginOriginal derivation: 1973 nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of strain D1868 by Doerder (1975). This clone: con1-1/con1-1 mpA-1+/mpa-1+ A-star-progeny clone derived from the F1 of a con1-1/con1-1 mpA-1/mpA-1 (strain D) x wild-type (stain B) cross.
PublicationsGene:
Doerder FP, Frankel J, Jenkins LM, DeBault LE. 1975. Form and pattern in ciliated protozoa: Analysis of a genic mutant with altered cell shape in tetrahymena pyriformis, syngen 1. J Exp Zool 192(2):237-58.

This clone: none
CommentsThis clone has a mixed A-strain and B-strain genetic background, but no longer has the variant allele specifying the mpA membranellar abnormality that is endemic in the inbred A strain.
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD00634
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45