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Stock IDSD00640
Strain NameIA366
AKAcdaD-1 VI
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptioncdaD-1/cdaD-1 (cdaD-1; cdaD, VI)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestCDAD (cell division arrest D) (Originally reported as mo6.)
OriginNewer (1976) inbred line ultimately derived from the same original assortant as IA365
PublicationsGene:
Frankel J, Jenkins LM, Doerder FP, Nelsen EM. 1976. Mutations affecting cell division in tetrahymena pyriformis. I. selection and genetic analysis. Genetics 83(3):489-506.

Frankel J, Nelsen EM, Jenkins LM. 1977. Mutations affecting cell division in tetrahymena pyriformis, syngen 1. II. phenotypes of single and double homozygotes. Dev Biol 58(2):255-75.

Bruns PJ, Brussard TB, Merriam EV. 1983. Nullisomic tetrahymena. II. a set of nullisomics define the germinal chromosomes. Genetics 104(2):257-70.

This clone: None
CommentscdaD-1 causes temperature sensitive cell division arrest. Allelic with cdaD-2 (IA134). Located on chromosome 5. A detailed phenotypic analysis was carried out on a homozygous clone of a preceding sexual generation, which is now extinct.
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD00640
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45