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Stock IDSD01592
Strain NameIA329
AKAlkn1-2 VII
SpeciesT. thermophila
Genetic Descriptionlkn1-2/lkn2-2 (lkn1-2; lkn1, VII)
MAC Knockins/outs
MIC Knockins/outs
Gene of InterestLKN1 (low kinety number 1)
OriginGenomic exclusion progeny following an outcross to B2079-X-VI of a mutant clone that resulted from ethyl-methane-sulfonate mutagenesis in 1982 of IA264 followed by cytogamy.
PublicationsBriefly mentioned 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. 1622.
CommentsAllelic to lkn1-1(IA319): similar phenotype, fully penetrant at 29o C but more weakly expressed than lkn1-1.

Submitted by Joseph Frankel, University of Iowa
Research Resource IdentifierTSC_SD01592
Requires MTA?No
Academic cost $45