“…Several deletion alleles used in this work were isolated as previously described (Gengyo-Ando & Mitani 2000). The strains include: N2 Bristol wild -type, ift-81(tm2355), ift-81(tm2356), ift-81(tm2389), ift-74(tm2394), ift-74(tm2397), tm2394;tm2355, unc-86(eDf25), osm-1(p808), osm-1(p816), osm-5(p803), osm-5(ok451), osm-6(p811), che-2(e1033), che-13(e1805), che-13(n1520), tm2355;tmEx1455[pFX_venusT-ift-81(FL) (ift-81::venus), pFX_YFPT-unc-122], tm2355;tmEx1457[pFX_venusT, pFX_YFPT-unc-122], tm2394;tmEx1458[pFX_venusT-ift-74(FL) (ift-74::venus), pFX_YFPT-unc-122] andtm2394;tmEx1460[pFX_venusT, pFX_YFPT-unc-122], tmEx1446[pFX_venusT-ift-81(FL) (ift-81::venus), pRF4], tmEx1452 , (osm-6::venus), pRF4], tmEx1415 , pRF4], tmEx1444 (osm-9::venus), pRF4], tm2355;tmEx1444, tm2394;tmEx1444, tmEx1407[pFX_venusT-ift-81(aa1) (ift-81p::venus), pRF4], tm2355; tmEx1407 and tm2394; tmEx1407.…”