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Stock IDSD01510
Strain NameIA107
AKAcdaA-2 III
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptioncdaA-2/cdaA-2 (cdaA-2; III)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestCDAA (cell division arrest A) Originally published as mo1b
OriginF2 following outcross to B1868 VI of an assortant derived from nitroso-guanidine mutagenesis of B1868 VI x VII in 1973.
PublicationsGenetics:
Frankel 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.

Phenotype:
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.
CommentsPartial failure to form a fission zone (39o C.) Fully penetrant at 39o C, but expressivity is far weaker than that of cdaA-1 at 39o, and instead resembles that of cdaA-1 at 35o C: dorsal ciliary rows remain continuous while ventral rows become subdivided, and a partial division furrow forms. Allelic to cdaA-1 (IA-104). The published phenotypic analysis was carried out on a different homozygous cdaA-2/cdaA-2 clone that is now extinct.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01510
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45