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Strain RL88

• CGSC#: 6368
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  RL88	Loughlin R.E.	1

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  galK2(Oc)	16.99	0	galK2(Oc)
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  DE(tonB-cysB)206	28.21	1	Δ(tonB-cysB)206
  his-68	45.01	1	his-68
  gyrA223(NalR)	50.33	1	gyrA223(NalR)
  tyrA2	59.00	1	tyrA2
  rpsL125(strR)	74.84	1	rpsL125(strR)
  malT1(LamR)	76.54	1	malT1(λR)
  xyl-7	80.34	1	xyl-7
  mtlA2	81.26	1	mtlA2
  thiE1	90.34	1	thiE1

  
  
• Comments:
  • gyrA223 compensates for the deletion of topA in DE206. (R.E.Depew, personal communication)
• References:
  • Fimmel, AL, RE Loughlin 1977. Isolation of a lambdadcys transducing bacteriophage and its use in determining the regulation of cysteine messenger ribonucleic acid synthesis in Escherichia coli K-12. J. Bacteriol. 132(3):757-63.
  
  

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