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Stock IDSD01457
Strain NameIA137
AKAcdaE-1 V
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptioncdaE-1/cdaE-1 (cdaE-1; V)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestCDAE (cell division arrest E). (Originally published as mo8).
OriginF2 following a 2nd-sequential outcross to B1868 VI of an assortant (and its progeny) derived from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of B1868 VI x VII in 1973.
PublicationsFrankel J, Jenkins LM, Doerder FP, Nelsen EM. 1976. Mutations affecting cell division in tetrahymena pyriformis. I. selection and genetic analysis. Genetics 83(3):489-506.

Frankel J, Nelsen EM, Jenkins LM. 1977. Mutations affecting cell division in tetrahymena pyriformis, syngen 1. II. phenotypes of single and double homozygotes. Dev Biol 58(2):255-75.
CommentsIncomplete fission-zone formation with arrest in late-cytokinesis, with the new oral apparatus often abnormal and frequently wedged within the arrested furrow (39°). Fairly high lethality in crosses. Clear-cut temperature-sensitive expression: no expression at 28°, penetrance high but not 100% at 39° C.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01457
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45