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].
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.
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.
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.