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Strain WA2574

• CGSC#: 5620
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  WA2574	Arber W.	1

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  leuB6(Am)	1.74	1	leuB6(Am)
  fhuA21	3.61	1	fhuA21
  lacY1 or DE(cod-lacI)6	7.80	1	lacY1 or Δ(cod-lacI)6
  glnX44(AS)	14.99	1	glnX44(AS)
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  manY455	40.98	1	manY455
  metB1	88.94	1	metB1
  thiE1	90.34	0	thiE1
  hsdS3	98.67	1	hsdS3
  deoB20	99.53	0	deoB20

  
  
• Comments:
  • The paper cited describes related strains, but not 2574. This strain is r-K, m-K.
• References:
  • Arber, W, D Wauters-Willems 1970. Host specificity of DNA produced by Escherichia coli. XII. The two restriction and modification systems of strain 15T-. Mol. Gen. Genet. 108(3):203-17.
  
  

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