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. 2012 Oct 10;7(10):e46494. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0046494

Table 1. Chlamydomonas strains used in this study and presence of discussed features.

Number of Tomograms
Strain Swimming Reference analyzed i-SUB5-6 proximal 1–2 bridge
phenotype present present absent
WT (CC-125, 137c) WT waveform, fast swimming 51, 77 19 19 5 14
pWT (pf2-4::PF2-GFP a, ida6::IDA6-GFP b, ida6::IDA6-SNAP c) WT waveform, fast swimming 34, 37 11 11 3 8
I1 mutant (pf9-3, CC-3913) Slow swimming 51, 55 7 7 1 6
N-DRC mutants (sup-pf-3, CC-1399, pf2) Abnormal waveform, slow swimming 36, 37 8 8 2 6
N-DRC mutant also lacking IA4(ida6, CC-3090) Abnormal waveform, slow swimming 78 6 6 2 4

Some of the tomograms from these strains were previously used with different image processing methods to analyze other axonemal complexes [30], [37], [51].

a

Strain provided by Raqual Bower and Mary E. Porter (University of Minnesota). The N-DRC defective pf2 mutant strain [36] was rescued with a GFP-tagged WT PF2 gene. The resultant strain, pf2-4::PF2-GFP, is structurally and phenotypically indistinguishable from WT.

b

Strain provided by Douglas Tritschler and Mary E. Porter (University of Minnesota). The N-DRC defective ida6 mutant strain [78] was rescued with a GFP-tagged WT IDA6 gene and the resulting ida6::IDA6-GFP strain has the same motility and structure as WT.

c

Strain provided by Douglas Tritschler and Mary E. Porter (University of Minnesota). The N-DRC defective ida6 mutant strain [78] was rescued with a SNAP-tagged WT IDA6 gene. The resultant strain, ida6::IDA6-SNAP, is structurally and phenotypically indistinguishable from WT.