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Stock IDSD01519
Strain NameIA471
AKAjanC-3 V
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic DescriptionjanC-3/janC-3 (janC-3; V)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestJANC (janus C)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following a 3rd generation outcross to B2086 II of a double mutant clone (hpo1-3/hpo1-3; janC-3/janC-3) resulting from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis of IA264 in 1992 followed by cytogamy.
PublicationsNone
Commentsjanus phenotype: partially reversed oral apparatus on the dorsal surface; two contractile-vacuole pore sets. Some irregular ciliary rows. Expression is not temperature sensitive. Allelic to janC1 (IA359 and IA360) and janC2 (IA408). Phenotypically very similar or identical to both of the above.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01519
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45