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Strain WA802

• CGSC#: 5610
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  WA802	Arber W.	1
  K802		2

  
  
• Sex(Hfr,F+,F-,or F'): F-
• 11 Mutations:

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  lacY1 or DE(cod-lacI)6	7.80	1	lacY1 or Δ(cod-lacI)6
  glnX44(AS)	14.99	1	glnX44(AS)
  galK2(Oc)	16.99	1	galK2(Oc)
  galT22	17.01	1	galT22
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  e14-	26.00	1	e14-
  mcrA0	26.07	1	mcrA0
  rfbC1	45.43	1	rfbC1
  metB1	88.94	1	metB1
  mcrB1	98.63	1	mcrB1
  hsdR2	98.74	1	hsdR2

  
  
• Comments:
  • This strain is McrA^- and McrB^- (Raleigh et al. 1988 Nucleic Acids Res. 16:1563).
• References:
  • Wood, W.B. 1966. Host specificity of DNA produced by Escherichia coli: bacterial mutations affecting the restriction and modification of DNA. J.Mol.Biol. 16:118-133
  
  

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