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Site alaX

• Name: alaX
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  ala-beta
  b2396	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: Alanine
• Left End Point: 54.23
• Right End Point: 54.24
  Products:

  alanine tRNA 2

  
  
• Direction: <
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  duplicate gene	NULL

  
  
• Priority: 1
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG30012
  EcoliWiki	alaX

  
  
• Comment:
  • (tandemly duplicated gene)
• References:
  • Komine, Y., T. Adachi, K. Inokuchi, H. Ozeki 1990. Genomic organization and physical mapping of the transfer RNA genes in Escherichia coli K12. J.Mol.Biol. 212:579-598
  
  
  • Brun, Y.V., R. Breton, P. Lanouette, J. LaPointe 1990. Precise mapping and comparison of two evolutionarily related regions of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome. Evolution of valU and lysT from an ancestral tRNA operon. J.Mol.Biol. 214:825-843