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Strain χ573(OR11)

• CGSC#: 6350
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  χ573(OR11)	Berg & Curtiss	1
  OR11		2
  chi573(OR11)		2

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  DE(lacI-lipB)71	7.87	1	Δ(lacI-lipB)71
  glnV42(AS)	14.99	1	glnV42(AS)
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  serA12	65.86	1	serA12
  T3R	1000.00	1	T3R

  
  
• Comments:
  • This is a primary F' strain.
  • This is a primary F' strain. The deletion corresponds to the F251 insert.
• Episome/Plasmid: F254

  Plasmid Markers/Mutations:
  lac
  hemB
  phoA
  proC
  purE
  rna
  lipA
  lipB

• References:
  • Berg, CM, R Curtiss 1967. Transposition derivatives of an Hfr strain of Escherichia coli K-12. Genetics 56(3):503-25.
  
  

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