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Stock IDSD01447
Strain NameIA104
AKAcdaA-1 II
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptioncdaA1-1/cdaA1-1 (cdaA-1; II)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestCDAA (cell-division arrest A). Originally published as mo1.
OriginOriginally selected following nitroso-guanidine mutagenesis of D1868 in 1973, and inbred in D strain background; bred into the B strain by four successive outcrosses to B1868 VII with intervening genomic exclusion, followed by selection of homozygote from F2 of two hetero-zygotes.
Publications20 publications, cited 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. (see p. 1627)
CommentsLocated on chromosome 4R. Temperature-sensitive expression. Fully penetrant at 39 degrees. Phenotype fails to form a fission zone.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01447
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45