Suppression and function of X-linked lethal and sterile mutations in Caenorhabditis elegans
Meneely, P.M.; Herman, R.K.
Genetics 97(1): 65-84
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0016-6731 PMID: 7196363 Document Number: 178114
The identification and characterization of more X-linked recessive lethal and sterile mutants of C. elegans in the region covered by mnDp1 are reported, bringing the total to 54 mutants in 24 genes, located in 13 segments of the region. 43 mutants were tested for suppression by homozygous sup-5(e1464), a mutation which appears to suppress only null alleles of many unrelated genes. The results allowed the identification of alleles of 9 essential genes that are probably null.