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Stock IDSD01230
Strain NameIA352
AKAmpG-1 V
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionmpG-1/mpG-1 (mpG-1; V)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestMPG (membranellar pattern G)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following 2nd-generation outcross to B2079-X-II of a clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of IA264 in 1985 followed by cytogamy
PublicationsBriefly described in Frankel J. 2008. What do genic mutations tell us about the structural patterning of a complex single-celled organism? Eukaryot Cell 7(10):1617-39, p. 1623-4 and Fig. 7A.
CommentsNon-conditional formation of two instead of three membranelles in the oral apparatus. Located on chromosome 4. Expression is not temperature-sensitive.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01230
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45