Tetrahymena Stock Center| Stock ID | SD01544 |
| Strain Name | IA240 |
| AKA | mpB-1 IIa |
| Species | T. thermophila |
| Genetic Description | mpB-1/mpB-1 (mpB-1; II) |
| MAC Knockins/outs | |
| MIC Knockins/outs | |
| Gene of Interest | MPB (membranellar pattern B) |
| Origin | Genomic exclusion progeny following an outcross to B2079-X-II of a mutant clone that resulted from nitrosoguanidine mutagenesis in 1979 of SB210 followed by cytogamy |
| Publications | Fig. 4F & 4H in Goodwin Brian C., Holder N., Wylie C. C. and British Society for Developmental Biology. 1983. Development and evolution. Cambridge [Cambridgeshire]; New York: Cambridge University Press, p. 288. Briefly 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). |
| Comments | Variable oral abnormalities affecting both the membranelles and undulating membrane, with much higher expression at 39o C than at 29o C. Penetrance less than 50%. The only known mutant allele of this gene. Extensive unpublished analysis by Martin Burg. Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa |
| Research Resource Identifier | TSC_SD01544 |
| Requires MTA? | No |
| Academic cost | $45 |
