CGSC Strain#: 12127
Strain Designation: C-367      Source of Strain: M.G. Sunshine
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: tyrT66(AS), Δ(tonB-trp), his-, rpsL-(strR), arg-
Strain Comments:

• Source for retronphage phiR73 (is a lysogen of phages P2int and phiR73)
• This is an E. coli C strain, not a K-12 strain.
• tyrT66(AS) was formerly called su⁺_III
• tyrT66(AS) was formerly called supF66
• AS = amber(UAG) suppressor
• strR = streptomycin resist.

References:

• Inouye, S, MG Sunshine, EW Six, M Inouye 1991. Retronphage phi R73: an E. coli phage that contains a retroelement and integrates into a tRNA gene. Science 252(5008):969-71.