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Strain H502

• CGSC#: 4951
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  H502	Hoffmann-Berling H.	1

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  thyA45	63.86	1	thyA45
  endA3	66.57	1	endA3
  uvrA103	92.01	1	uvrA103
  deo-225	99.47	1	deo-225
  phi Xs	1000.00	1	φXs

  
  
• Comments:
  • This is an E. coli C strain.
  • This strain reverts at such high frequency that Hoffmann-Berling suggests using H508 instead.
• References:
  • Vosberg, HP, H Hoffmann-Berling 1971. DNA synthesis in nucleotide-permeable Escherichia coli cells. I. Preparation and properties of ether-treated cells. J. Mol. Biol. 58(3):739-53.
  
  

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