CC-802 lf1 mt+

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From George Witman, Princeton University, December 1979

This mutant has abnormally long flagella, and swims slowly. The flagella are slow to regenerate after deflagellation.

This is the original lf1 mutant, isolated by McVittie in the 137c wild type background.

The LF1 locus corresponds to a gene encoding a calcium-binding EF-hand protein involved in the regulation of flagellar length. The protein is found in the cell body in the Length Regulatory Complex (LRC).


Barsel SE, Wexler DE, Lefebvre PA (1988) Genetic analysis of long-flagella mutants of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. Genetics 118:637-648

Tam LW, Wilson NF, Lefebvre PA (2007) A CDK-related kinase regulates the length and assembly of flagella in Chlamydomonas. J Cell Biol 176:819-829


  • Locus:
  • LF1
  • Chromosome:
  • 2