Mutants (Isolated)

tm574

Allele Nametm574
Sequence NameT07G12.10
CGC Namezim-2
Worm BaseAllele Name tm574
CGC Name zim-2
Sequence T07G12.10
Phenotypehomozygous viable, Dr. A. Dernburg: Dev. Cell 11, 817 (2006). Dr. W. Hanna-Rose: Genetics 177, 1221 (2007).
Mutation site27386/27387-27801/27802 (415 bp deletion)
ChromosomeIV
Putative gene structurejoin(27217..27315, 27378..28168, 28467..28746, 28819..29079, 29171..29364, 29416..29468, 29516..29592)
Map position4.62
Balancer
Map position of balancer
Sequence of primersExtFwd:CGCCGTTTCATTTGGAACTT,ExtRev:TGTCGAGTTGTCTGGCATGA,IntFwd:GCTGCTGCCCATTTTCGATA,IntRev:GACAACGCGGCAAAACAACT
Distributed lab
DepositorDr. S. Mitani
References Please submit your publication
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Male meiotic spindle features that efficiently segregate paired and lagging chromosomes.
Elife 2020 9  
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Janisiw E, Dello Stritto MR, Jantsch V, Silva N.
BRCA1-BARD1 associate with the synaptonemal complex and pro-crossover factors and influence RAD-51 dynamics during Caenorhabditis elegans meiosis.
PLoS Genet 2018 14(11) e1007653 
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Phosphorylation of the synaptonemal complex protein SYP-1 promotes meiotic chromosome segregation.
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Jaramillo-Lambert A, Engebrecht J.
A single unpaired and transcriptionally silenced X chromosome locally precludes checkpoint signaling in the Caenorhabditis elegans germ line.
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Gu SG, Fire A.
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Bessler JB, Andersen EC, Villeneuve AM.
Differential localization and independent acquisition of the H3K9me2 and H3K9me3 chromatin modifications in the Caenorhabditis elegans adult germ line.
PLoS Genet 2010 6(1) e1000830 
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Jaramillo-Lambert A, Harigaya Y, Vitt J, Villeneuve A, Engebrecht J.
Meiotic errors activate checkpoints that improve gamete quality without triggering apoptosis in male germ cells.
Curr Biol 2010 20(23) 2078-89 
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Checchi PM, Engebrecht J.
Caenorhabditis elegans histone methyltransferase MET-2 shields the male X chromosome from checkpoint machinery and mediates meiotic sex chromosome inactivation.
PLoS Genet 2011 7(9) e1002267 
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Muscat CC, Torre-Santiago KM, Tran MV, Powers JA, Wignall SM.
Kinetochore-independent chromosome segregation driven by lateral microtubule bundles.
Elife 2015 4 e06462 
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Leopold LE, Heestand BN, Seong S, Shtessel L, Ahmed S.
Lack of pairing during meiosis triggers multigenerational transgene silencing in Caenorhabditis elegans.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015 112(20) E2667-76 
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Stamper EL, Rodenbusch SE, Rosu S, Ahringer J, Villeneuve AM, Dernburg AF.
Identification of DSB-1, a protein required for initiation of meiotic recombination in Caenorhabditis elegans, illuminates a crossover assurance checkpoint.
PLoS Genet 2013 9(8) e1003679 
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Phillips CM, Meng X, Zhang L, Chretien JH, Urnov FD, Dernburg AF.
Identification of chromosome sequence motifs that mediate meiotic pairing and synapsis in C. elegans.
Nat Cell Biol 2009 11(8) 934-42 
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Arur S, Ohmachi M, Nayak S, Hayes M, Miranda A, Hay A, Golden A, Schedl T.
Multiple ERK substrates execute single biological processes in Caenorhabditis elegans germ-line development.
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2009 106(12) 4776-81 
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Sun H, Nelms BL, Sleiman SF, Chamberlin HM, Hanna-Rose W.
Modulation of Caenorhabditis elegans transcription factor activity by HIM-8 and the related Zinc-Finger ZIM proteins.
Genetics 2007 177(2) 1221-6 
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Phillips CM, Dernburg AF.
A family of zinc-finger proteins is required for chromosome-specific pairing and synapsis during meiosis in C. elegans.
Dev Cell 2006 11(6) 817-29 
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