Nomenclature: Brief sections on nomenclature and symbols have appeared in: Neurospora Newsletter 8:23 (Barratt and Perkins, 1965); Neurospora Newsletter 14:13 (Barratt, 1969); Neurospora Newsletter 20:38 (Perkins and Barratt, 1973) and Adv. Genetics (Perkins and Barry, 1977). In the Newsletters, FGSC has made this appeal: "Please do not use the FGSC number as a substitute for the genotype, allele or locus."
With this issue of the FGSC catalog we have tried to use correct nomenclature. If you find errors please notify the FGSC.
The number usually refers to an isolation number. Numbers without prefixes indicate the original Beadle and Tatum mutants. The few exceptions are indicated by underlining the allele numbers.
Prefixes used are as follows:
A M. Ahmad
AB Used by Thomas E. Johnson
ALS Alice L. Schroeder
ANTAS Used by John H. Chalmers, Jr.
AR Alan Radford
B Brookhaven National Laboratory-used
by Val Woodward;also by M.E. Case
et al. to refer to pan-2 alleles
BAT Used by J.L. Reissig
BC Used by R.L. Metzenberg
BE Bruce Eberhart
BS B.R. Smith
BVS B.V. Smith
C California Institute of Technology
C- Cornell University
CA Canberra- used by D. Smyth
car Used by A.M. Kapular
CD Used by R.H. Davis
CJS Carol J. Smarr-used by D.D. Perkins
CL Used by A.S. Sussman
CM Used by A.M. Eberhart
CN Used by N.F. Robertson
CR Used by W.M. Thwaites to denote
citrulline resistant
CR- Used by H. Bertrand
CU Columbia University
D Duke University-used by S.R. Gross
D Used by G.A. Marzluf
DBL D.B. Lee
DFC D.F. Caroline
DH Dorothy Halsall
DJ David Jacobson
DK Used by S.R. Gross
DL A.M. DeLange--used by N.B. Raju
DS David Stadler
DW Dow Woodward
E Emerson- used by Sterling Emerson;
also used by T. Ishikawa to refer to
ad-8 mutants
ER Used by V.E.A. Russo
F Used by D. Woodward, et al. to refer
to ad-4 mutants
FB Frank Buxton
FK Fraser and Kafer
FLR Used by S.R. Gross
FS Florida State- used by DeBusk/Selitrennikoff
G B. Gowdridge- used by M.J. Mayo
GH George Hoffmann
GN Used by G.W. Charlang
GNB George N. Bistis
H Hungate- used by Frank Hungate
HC Ho Coy Choke
HK Homare Kuwana
HS Hugh Sweeney
HY Used by Julian Hartley
I Used by G.A. Marzluf
j Used by I.B. Barthelmess
JBM Joyce B. Maxwell
JC J.B. Courtright
JFL J.F. Lehman- used by R.L. Metzenberg
JH Johns Hopkins Univ.- used by W.D. McElroy
JI John Innes (Inst.)- used by J.R. Fincham
JL John Leslie
JP Used by M.L. Sargent
K Used by D.G. Catcheside; also by K.C.
Atwood for K22 (amyc)
KG Kwansei Gakuin- used by H. Kuwana
KGP K.G. Perrine - Used by G. Marzluf
KH K.S. Hsu
KO Used by A. Radford
KS Kansas State- used by V. Woodward
L C.C. Lindegren
L L. Livingston
LD Lori Dunn
LLM Laura Livingston Mays
LO Lori Olson
LP Lakshmi Pendyala
LW Lloyd Wolfinbarger
M B.D. Maling
MB Monica Bjorkman
MD Michael C. Deeley
MEP Used by R.H. Davis
MK Used by V.E.A. Russo
MKG Used by R.L. Metzenberg
MN Mutant Neurospora- used by D.E.A. Catcheside
MW Used by A.S. Sussman
N Dorothy Newmeyer
NAN Used by Morris Grindle
NM Noreen Murray
NMR Used by G.A. Marzluf
NS W.N. Strickland
OP Used by G.J.Sorger
ORS Used by O. Mylyk
OY O.C. Yoder
P Perkins- used by D.D. Perkins; also
by N.E. Murray nee Parker
PB Used by Thomas E. Johnson
PD Peter Dodd
PJR Peter J. Russell
PR Designates partial reversion
R Rockefeller- used by E.L. Tatum
RC Reed College
RES R.E. Subden
RLM R.L. Metzenberg
RLP R. LePage
RP R.L. Phillips
RS R.W. Siegel- used by D.D. Perkins
RU Rice University
RW Ruth Williams- used by L.G. Williams
RWT R.W. Tuveson
S Stanford- used by E.L. Tatum
SAT Sharon A. Thomas
SC South Carolina- used by Mishra and DeLange
SDS San Diego State
SF Used by H.G. Gratzner
SG Sam Gross- used by D.D. Perkins
STL St. Lawrence
SUE Used by R.E. Subden
SV S.J. Vollmer
T Texas- used by R.P. Wagner
T (underlined) Tokyo- used by T. Ishikawa
TB Thomas Baker
TJS T.J. Schmidhauser
TL T. Legerton
TM Used by D.G. Catcheside and T. Angel
nee Maxia
TP Thomas Paulus
U Used by G.A. Marzluf
UA Univ. of Alberta- used by K.K. Jha
UCLA Univ. of California, Los Angeles
UFC United Fruit Co.- used by R.D. Goos
UG Univ. of Georgia- used by Branch Howe
UK Univ. of Kansas--used by J.A. Kinsey
UM Univ. of Michigan- used by R.H. Davis
UT Univ. of Texas
UV Used by M. Grindle
UVC Used by M. Grindle
UW Univ. of Wisconsin- used by R.L. Metzenberg
UWO Univ. of Western Ontario- used by W.L. Greer
V N.V. Vigfusson
V (underlined) Virginia- used by R.H. Garrett
WRN Used by T.W. Seale to designate reversion by nitrous acid.
WRR Used by G.A. Marzluf
WRU Used by T.W. Seale to designate reversion by ultraviolet
Y Yale- used by E.L. Tatum(1945- 49);
X Used by B.M. Eberhart, also N.H. Giles (to 1973)
Z H. Zalkin
Suffixes used are as follows:
Ab aberration
(r) resistant
(d) dependent
(s) sensitive
(p) pH- sensitive
(t) temperature- sensitive
pr partial reversion
T translocation (reciprocal or insertional)
In addition, in cases where more than one gene mutation has been recovered from a stock, a suffix is added to the isolation number to differentiate the two; i.e., Y30539y is an allele of ylo-1; y30539r an allele of rib-2.
The symbols are designed to provide the general nature of the background of each stock. No attempt is made to provide detailed information. Several nonidentical lines of Emerson, Lindegren and St. Lawrence wild types are in use. As stocks improved, a given laboratory often changed to different but related wild types. Where detailed information is essential, the investigator should write directly to the Stock Center. For origin of some of the wild type strains, see Barratt, R.W., "Origin of Important Wild Type Stocks of N. crassa", Neurospora Newsletter 2:24- 25 and Neurospora Newsletter 3:19; Case, M.E. et al. "Further Information on the Origin of the Yale and Oak Ridge Wild Type Strains of N. crassa", Neurospora Newsletter 8:25-26, Catcheside, D.G. 1975 "Occurrence in Wild Strains of Neurospora crassa of Genes Controlling Genetic Recombination", Aust. J. Biol. Sci. 28:213-225 and Newmeyer, D. et al. 1987 "An annotated pedigree of Neurospora crassa laboratory wild types, showing the probable origin of the nucleolus satellite and showing that certain stocks are not authentic", Fungal Genetics Newsletter 34:46-51.
For many of the original mutant strains of Beadle and Tatum, only incomplete records are available as to whether existing strains are original or derived. Where any doubt occurs, the symbol O? is employed to indicate uncertainty.
Symbols used are as follows:
A Abbott C Chilton E Emerson L Lindegren M Mixed RL Rockefeller-Lindegren SL St. Lawrence AxC Abbott crossed with Chilton AxL Abbott crossed with Lindegren AxM Abbott crossed with mixed LxE Lindegren crossed with Emerson
Numbers after symbols (as SL4) refer to the number of backcrosses to the indicated background. SL4 should be read "back- crossed into St. Lawrence background four times."
A/a mating type alleles
d lethal producing deliquescent asci; wild type allele D (formerly called 1,L)
E lethal preventing ascospore maturation on certain media, producing 8- spored
asci on other media (dominant); (wild type allele e)
I lethal producing indurated asci (dominant); wild type allele i
dwarf or yellow dwarf; wild type allele v
A mating type alleles S sitophila C crassa T tetrasperma E England V Virginia, USA
Symbols used to indicate the mutagen employed are as follows:
A acridine ICR-170 MDAB methyl-dimethylaminobenzene AFT-B Alfatoxin B1 MMS methyl methane sulfonate 2-AP 2-Aminopurine N neutrons BUDR 5-bromodeoxyuridine NA nitrous acid Co-60 cobalt 60 NG N-methyl-N'-nitrosoguanidine DEB diepoxybutane 4-NQO 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide DEO diepoxyoctane O no mutagen, allele present in parent strain DS diethyl or dimethyl sulfate P beta propiolactone EMS ethyl methane sulfonate RIP Repeat Induced Point mutation FUDR 5-fluorodeoxyuridine TR transformation G gamma radiation S spontaneous HA hydroxylamine S35 sulfur 35 M mustard (nitrogen or sulfur) UV ultraviolet light MC methylcholanthrene X x-rays UV+M ultraviolet + mustard simultaneously
AA A. Almasan AGD A. Gib DeBusk AJG A.J. Griffiths AL Alan Lambowitz ALS Alice L. Schroeder AMK Alan M. Kapular AML Ann Matthews Lacy AMS Adrian M. Srb AMW Angela M. Wellman AR Alan Radford AS Alfred Sussman ATCC American Type Culture Collection BBG Bronx Botanical Garden BCT Barbara C. Turner BDM Barbara D. Maling BME Bruce M. Eberhart BRS B.R. Smith BSR B. Seidel-Rogol BSS B.S. Strauss BVS Bonita V. Smith BW Brian White CBS Centraalbureauvoor Schimmelcultures CFC C.F. Curtis CIT Calif. Inst. of Tech. CMI Commonwealth Mycological Institute CPS C.P. Selitrennikoff CS Chuck Staben CTY Carl T. Yamashiro CWH C.W. Hesseltine CWM Clint W. Magill CWS Carolyn W. Slayman CY Charles Yanofsky DAS David A. Smith DDP David D. Perkins DE Dan Ebbole DEC D.E.A. Catcheside DGC D.G. Catcheside DJJ David Jacobson DJL David J. Luck DJW David J. West DLE David L. Edwards DMB David M. Bonner DMH Dorothy M. Halsall DNP D. Newmeyer Perkins DPM D.P. Mahoney DRG Donna R. Galeazzi DRS David R. Stadler DS D.R. Smyth EGB Edward G. Barry EGS Emory G. Simmons EJM Edward J. Mullaney EK Etta Kafer ELT Edward L. Tatum ER Edward Reich ESJ Eric S. Jacobsen EWR Edith Wong Rao FD Frank Doe FGSC Fungal Genetics Stock Center FHG Frank H. Gaertner FJD F.J. de Serres FRL Frank R. Lauter FJL Franz J. Leinweber FPB Frank P. Buxton GAM George A. Marzluf GAS G.A. Scarborough GM Gregory May GRH George R. Hoffman GS George Sorger GWC Gisela W. Charlang GWG G.W. Grigg HA Harold Aurich HB Helmut Bertrand HBH H. Branch Howe HCC Ho Coy Choke HDB H.D. Braymer HDV Hans de Vries HFT Hector F. Terenzi HGG Howard G. Gratzner HGK H.G. Kolmark HI Hirokazu Inoue HK Homare Kuwana HWS H. Wayne Shew IBB I.B. Barthelmess JAD John A. DeMoss JAK John A. Kinsey JBC J.B. Courtright JBM Joyce B. Maxwell JCK John C. Krug JCM J.C. Murray JFF Jerry F. Feldman JFL John F. Leslie JFW J.F. Wilson JH J. Hartley JHC J.H. Chalmers, Jr. JJL Jennifer J. Loros JLR Jose L. Reissig JM Jaime Mora JRF J.R. Fincham JW Jan Weijer JWT John W. Taylor KEA Kenneth E. Allen KDM Kenneth D. Munkres KF Kouhei Furuya KJM K.J. McDougall KKJ Krishna K. Jha KN Kazuo Nakamura KSH K.S. Hsu LB Leon Belcour LG Laura Garnjobst LGW Larry G. Williams LLM Laura L. Mays LRL Laura R. Livingston LTC Lung-Ting Chang LW Lloyd Wolfinbarger MA Majeed Ahmad MB Monika Björkman MBM Mary B. Mitchell MEC Mary E. Case MG Morris Grindle MGS Michael G. Schechtman MJM M. Jean Mayo ML Melanie Loo MLP Martin L. Pall MLS Malcom L. Sargent MS Marie Shields NBR N.B. Raju NCM N.C. Mishra NEM Noreen E. Murray NFR N.F. Robertson NGB Neil G. Brink NHH N.H. Horowitz NJW N.J. Weston NRRL Northern Regional Research Laboratory OCY Olen C. Yoder OMM Orest M. Mylyk PCH P.C. Huang PJR Peter J. Russell PMM P.M. Mohan PSL P. St. Lawrence PT Phillips Thayer RBC R.B. Cain RBF Richard B. Flavel RDG Roger D. Goos REB R.E. Beever REN Robert E. Nelson RES Ronald E. Subden RF Robert Fuerst RH Ruth Halaban RHD Rowland H. Davis RHG R.H. Garrett RKL R.K. Littlewood RLM R.L. Metzenberg RLP R.L. Phillips RM Ramesh Maheshwari RMD Ruth M. DeBusk RPW Robert P. Wagner RRB R.R. Burk RTP Robert T. Pollock RWB Raymond W. Barratt RWH Roy W. Harding RWT Robert W. Tuveson SB Stuart Brody SE Sterling Emerson SEG S.E. Gochenaur SRG Samson R. Gross SRS S.R. Suskind SW Susan Wellman TEJ Thomas E. Johnson THP T.H. Pittenger TI Tatsuo Ishikawa TM Tadako Muryama TMO Tong-Man Ong TWS Thomas W. Seale VEAR V.E.A. Russo VWW Val W. Woodward WK W. Klingmuller WKB William K. Bates WLG W.L. Greer WMT William M. Thwaites WNS W.N. Strickland WSM Walter S. McNutt YK Yoshiaki Kitani
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