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Strain AB2421

• CGSC#: 2421
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  AB2421	Howard-Flanders P.	1

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  thr-1	0.01	1	thr-1
  araC14	1.52	1	araC14
  leuB6(Am)	1.74	1	leuB6(Am)
  DE(gpt-proA)62	5.51	1	Δ(gpt-proA)62
  lacY1	7.79	1	lacY1
  tsx-33	9.28	1	tsx-33
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  uvrB45	17.52	1	uvrB45
  hisG4(Oc)	45.01	1	hisG4(Oc)
  rpsL31(strR)	74.84	1	rpsL31(strR)
  xylA5	80.34	1	xylA5
  mtlA2	81.26	1	mtlA2
  argE3(Oc)	89.48	1	argE3(Oc)
  thiE1	90.34	1	thiE1
  uvrA6	92.01	1	uvrA6

  
  
• Comments:
• References:
  • Howard-Flanders, P., R.P. Boyce, L. Theriot 1966. Three loci in Escherichia coli K-12 that control the excision of pyrimidine dimers and certain other mutagen products from DNA. Genetics 53:1119-1136
  
  

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