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Stock IDSD01453
Strain NameIA364
AKAcdaK-1 VII
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptioncdaK-1/cdaK-1 (cdaK-1; VII)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestCDAK (cell division arrest K)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following an outcross to B2079-Z-VI of a clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis in 1986 of IA264 followed by cytogamy.
PublicationsDescribed by Krzywicka A, Kiersnowska M, Wloga D, Kaczanowska J. 1999. Analysis of the effects of the cdak1 mutation of tetrahymena thermophila on the morphogenesis of the fission line. European Journal of Protistology. 35(3):342-52.

Reviewed 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. 1629 and Fig. 14.
CommentsUnequal fission-arrest caused by diagonal and incomplete fission zone (39°). Temperature-sensitive expression; fully penetrant at 39°.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01453
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45