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Stock IDSD00637
Strain NameIA359
AKAjanC-1 IV
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionjanC-1/janC-1 (janC-1; janC, IV)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestJANC (janus C)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following two successive generations of outcrossing, the first to B2079-Z-VI and the second to IA264, of a mutant clone resulting from nitroso-guanidine mutagenesis of IA264 in 1985 followed by cytogamy. Sister clone to IA360.
PublicationsGene:.
Frankel J, Nelsen EM, Jenkins LM. 1987. Intracellular pattern reversal in tetrahymena thermophila: Janus mutants and their geometrical phenocopies, p. 219-44. In: Genetic regulation of development. Loomis WF, editor. New York: A.R. Liss.

This clone: None
CommentsjanC-1 has a cortical phenotype similar to that of janA but exhibits no conjugal block.
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD00637
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45