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Site rfbC

• Name: rfbC
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  b2038	MG1655 locus tag
  rfbD

  
  
• Mnemonic: rough
• Left End Point: 45.43
• Right End Point: 45.44
  Products:

  dTDP-4-keto-6-deoxyglucose-3,5-epimerase

  dTDP-4-deoxyrhamnose-3,5-epimerase

  
  
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• Priority: 0
  2 Alleles of This Gene

  rfbC1

  rfbC736(del)::kan

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG11979
  EcoliWiki	rfbC

  
  
• Comment:
  • Note that the gene order BCAD was used in some of the earlier papers, but it was agreed that gene names would correspond with order BDAC, reversing the assignment of C and D, given in those papers.
• References:
  • Yao, Z., M.A. Valvano 1994. Genetic analysis of the O-specific lipopolysaccharide biosynthesis region (rfb) of Escherichia coli K-12 W3110: identification of genes that confer group 6 specificity to Shigella flexneri serotypes Y and 4a. J.Bacteriol. 17