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Strain AB2291

• CGSC#: 2291
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  AB2291	Eggertsson G.	1

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  araBAD-9	1.40	1	araBAD-9
  fhuA1	3.61	1	fhuA1
  DE(gpt-proA)62	5.51	1	Δ(gpt-proA)62
  lacY1 or lacZ4	8.00	1	lacY1 or lacZ4
  tsx-3	9.28	1	tsx-3
  glnX44(AS)	14.99	1	glnX44(AS)
  galK2(Oc)	16.99	1	galK2(Oc)
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  hisG4(Oc)	45.01	1	hisG4(Oc)
  rpsL8 or rplL9(L?)	73.00	1	rpsL8 or rplL9(L?)
  malT1(LamR)	76.54	1	malT1(λR)
  mtl-1	81.26	1	mtl-1
  ilvD188(Oc)	85.17	1	ilvD188(Oc)
  metE46	86.45	1	metE46
  thiE1	90.34	1	thiE1

  
  
• Comments:
  • his-4, trp-3 and ilvD188 are ochre mutations.
• References:
  • Eggertsson, G., E.A. Adelberg 1965. Map positions and specificities of suppressor mutations in Escherichia coli K-12. Genetics 52:319-340
  
  

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