CGSC Strain#: 6328
Strain Designation: UQ285      Source of Strain: L.A. Isaksson
Other Designations: 285c
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: lacZ4, λ^-, rpoD285(ts), argG75
Strain Comments:

• The derivation and genotype of parental strain P90A5 of J. Miller are not fully known.
• rpoD285(ts)-- is a short deletion that makes an unstable σ⁷⁰ protein and this instability leads to temperature sensitive growth.
• ts = Temperature Sensitive

References:

• Isaksson, L.A., S.E. Skold, J. Skjoldebrand, R. Takata 1977. A procedure for isolation of spontaneous mutants with temperature sensitive synthesis of RNA and/or protein. Mol.Gen.Genet. 156:233-237