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Stock IDSD01217
Strain NameIA486
AKApsmA-3 VI
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionpsmA-3/psmA-3 (psmA-3; VI)
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 1993 followed by cytogamy. A sister clone to IA485.
PublicationsNone
CommentsElongated phenotype with development of large oral-replacement or misplaced cell division oral primordia (39 degrees). Same phenotype as psmA-1 IV (IA223) but different conditions of expression: a clear-cut temperature-sensitive, wild-type at 28oC, rapid and uniform onset of mutant phenotype at 39o. Recently studied by H. E. Buhse and Eileen Hamilton. A sister clone to IA485.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01217
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45