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Stock IDSD01224
Strain NameIA262
AKAmum1-1 III (originally published as mum)
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic Descriptionmum1-1/mum1-1 (mum1-1; III)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestMUM1 (misaligned undulating membrane 1)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny of a heterozygote originally derived from a double-mutant clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of of IA264 in 1977 followed by cytogamy.
PublicationsLansing TJ, Frankel J, Jenkins LM. 1985. Oral ultrastructure and oral development of the misaligned undulating membrane mutant of tetrahymena thermophila. J Protozool 32(1):126-39.
CommentsUndulating membrane fragmented. Expression is not temperature-sensitive.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01224
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45