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| Experimental Models |  |  | 
| Bacterial strains |  |  | 
| Escherichia coli clone for C. elegans SMD-1 F47G4.7 | RNAi feeding library (Open Biosystems, Huntsville, AL) | N/A | 
| Escherichia coli clone for C. elegans KLP-7 K11D9.1 | RNAi feeding library (Open Biosystems, Huntsville, AL) | N/A | 
| Escherichia coli clone for C. elegans ZYG-9 F22B5.7 | RNAi feeding library (Ahringer RNAi library) | N/A | 
| Escherichia coli clone for C. elegans TBG-1 F58A4.8 | RNAi feeding library (Open Biosystems, Huntsville, AL) | N/A | 
| C. elegans strains |  |  | 
| C. elegans wild type isolate | CGC | N2 | 
| unc-119(ed3) III; ltIs76 [pAA178: pie-1p::mCHERRY::sp12 + unc-119 (+)]; ltIs25 [pAZ132; pie-1p::GFP::tba-2 + unc-119 (+)] | Audhya lab | MSN146 | 
| ebp-2(or1954[ebp-2::mKate2]) II; mTurquoise2::H2B (his-72::linker::mTurquoise2) III (CRISPR); unc-119(ed3); ojIs23 [SP12::GFP + unc-119(+)] | (Maheshwari et al., 2023) | OCF163 | 
| spd-5(vie26[gfp::spd-5 +loxP]) I; unc-119(ed3); ocfIs2[pie-1 prom::mCherry::SP12::pie-1 3’UTR +unc119 (+)];mTurquoise2::H2B (his-72::linker::mTurquoise2) III | (Maheshwari et al., 2023) | OCF176 | 
| unc-119(ed3); ocfIs2[pie-1 prom::mCherry::SPl2::pie-1 3’UTR +unc119 (+)];ltIs25 [pAZ132; pie-1p::GFP::tba-2 + unc-119 (+)]; mTurquoise2::H2B (his-72::linker::mTurquoise2) III | (Maheshwari et al., 2023) | OCF181 | 
| unc-119(ed3); ocfIs2[pie-1 prom::mCherry::SP12::pie-1 3’UTR +unc119 (+)];ltIs25 [pAZ132; pie-1p::GFP::tba-2 + unc-119 (+)]; mTurquoise2::H2B (his-72::linker::mTurquoise2) III; ocf101[atln-1::3xFLAG::degron] IV (CRISPR); TIR1::mRuby IV | (Maheshwari et al., 2023) | OCF183 | 
| unc-119(ed3); ojIs23 [SP12::GFP + unc-119(+)]; itSi569Itbg-1::mCherry); mTurquoise2::H2B (his-72::linker::mTurquoise2) III | (Maheshwari et al., 2023) | OCF184 | 
| unc-119(ed3); ocfIs2[pie-1 prom::mCherry::SP12::pie-1 3’UTR +unc119 (+)]; cb-unc-119(+)]I; ltSi1141[pOD1021/pVV103; Pspd-2::GFP::SPD-5 reencoded; cb-unc-119(+)]II; unc-119(ed3) III | This study | OCF187 | 
| unc-119(ed3); ocfIs2[pie-1 prom::mCherry::SP12::pie-1 3’UTR +unc119 (+)]; ltSi592[pVV168; Pspd-2::GFP-spd-5 mut 653,658, reencoded; cb-unc-119(+)]II; unc-119(ed3)III | This study | OCF189 | 
| unc-119(ed3); ojIs23 [SP12::GFP + unc-119(+)]; PH::gfp; tba-1(pg77[tba-1::TagRFP-T + loxP]) I; uIs31 III | This study | OCF193 | 
| ltSi592[pVV168; Pspd-2::GFP::spd-5 mut 653,658, reencoded; cb-unc-119(+)]II; unc-119(ed3)III; spd-5(wow36[tagrfp-t^3xmyc::spd-5]) I | This study | OCF200 | 
| Pspd-2::GFP::SPD-5 reencoded; cb-unc-119(+)]II; unc-119(ed3) III; spd-5(wow36[tagrfp-t^3xmyc::spd-5]) I | This study | OCF201 | 
| tba-1(pg77[tba-1::TagRFP-T + loxP]) I; uIs31 III; Pspd-2::GFP::SPD-5 reencoded; cb-unc-119(+)]II; unc-119(ed3) III | This study | OCF212 | 
| tba-1(pg77[tba-1::TagRFP-T + loxP]) I; uIs31 III; ltSi592[pVV168; Pspd-2::GFP::spd-5 mut 653,658, reencoded; cb-unc-119(+)]II; unc-119(ed3)III | This study | OCF213 | 
| unc-119(ed3); ojIs23 [SP12::GFP + unc-119(+)];tba-1(pg77[tba-1::TagRFP-T + loxP]) I; ltSi1219[pMO104; Pspd-2::SPD-5 (re-encoded) (WT, untagged);cb-unc-119(+)]II; unc-119(ed3)III | This study | OCF214 | 
| unc-119(ed3); ojIs23 [SP12::GFP + unc-119(+)]; tba-1(pg77[tba-1::TagRFP-T + loxP]) I; ItSi1219[pMO104; Pspd-2::spd-5 S653A S658A::spd-5 3′UTR; cb-unc119(+)]II; unc-119(ed3)III | This study | OCF215 | 
| Recombinant DNA |  |  | 
| Vector for expressing dsRNA: pL4440 | Addgene | # 1654 | 
| Antibodies |  |  | 
| None |  |  | 
| Oligonucleotides and other sequence-based reagents |  |  | 
| TAATACGACT CACTATAGGT GGAATT GTCCGCTACTGAT | IDT | spd-5 RNAi F | 
| AATTAACCCT CACTAAAGGT GTATT C AACGAGTGCCTGA | IDT | spd-5 RNAi R | 
| Chemicals, Enzymes and other reagents |  |  | 
| Amplicillin | Sigma Aldrich | Cat # A9518 | 
| Indole-3-acetic acid (auxin) | Alfa Aesar | Cat # A10556 | 
| IPTG | Sigma Aldrich | Cat # I6758 | 
| Qiagen MinElute Reaction Cleanup Kit Qiagen Cat | Qiagen | Cat # 28206 | 
| MEGAscript™ T7 Transcription Kit | Invitrogen | Cat # AM1333 | 
| MEGAscript™ T3 Transcription Kit | Invitrogen | Cat # AM1338 | 
| Phenol:CHCl3:Isoamyl Alcohol | Invitrogen | Cat # 15593031 | 
| Ethanol 200 proof | The Warner-Graham company | Cat # 64-17-5 | 
| Agarose | Invitrogen | Cat # 214010 | 
| Software |  |  | 
| FIJI (ImageJ release 2.1.0) | (Schindelin et al, 2012) | https://imagej.nih.gov/ij/ | 
| GraphPad Prism [Version 10.1.1 (270)] | GraphPad | https://www.graphpad.com/scientificsoftware/prism/ | 
| Nikon Elements Software | Nikon USA | N/A | 
| IMOD or 3dmod [version 4.11.1] | https://bio3d.colorado.edu | N/A | 
| AMIRA 6.5.0 (release 2018-03-07) | Thermo Fisher Scientific | N/A | 
| Amira ZIB edition Version 2020.1 | Zuse Institute Berlin Dep. Visual Data Analysis, Takustr.7, Berlin, Germany. | N/A | 
| Adobe Photoshop CC (release 23.1) | Adobe | N/A | 
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