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Stock IDSD01452
Strain NameIA350
AKAmpF-1 VII
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionmpF-1/mpF-1 (mpF-1; VII)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestMPF (membranellar pattern F)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following a second-generation outcross to B2079-X-II of a mutant clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis in 1984 of IA264 followed by cytogamy and rescue with a cross to a Chx heterokaryon (IA267)
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. 1625 and Fig. 9A.
CommentsOral membranelles abnormal; undulating membrane short (39°). Temperature-sensitive expression; fully penetrant at 39°.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01452
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45