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Strain JM15

• CGSC#: 5042
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  JM15	Jones-Mortimer M.C.	1

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  cysE50	81.47	1	cysE50
  tfr-8	1000.00	1	tfr-8

  
  
• Comments:
  • This strain is sensitive to cysteine; use cystine, instead. The nature of the mutation conferring resistance to phage T4 (tfr-8) is not known.
• References:
  • Jones-Mortimer, MC 1968. Positive control of sulphate reduction in Escherichia coli. Isolation, characterization and mapping oc cysteineless mutants of E. coli K12. Biochem. J. 110(3):589-95.
  
  

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