CGSC Strain#: 5142
Strain Designation: MM387     
Source of Strain: M. Monk
Sex: F-
Chromosomal Markers: lacZ53(Am)
,
λ-,
relA1,
recB21,
rpsL151(strR)
,
polA12(ts)
,
rha-5,
deoC2Strain Comments: - See Ikeda feedback on KL414.
- lacZ53(Am)-- is the Paris lac-Y14 amber.
- polA12(ts)-- : sensitive to temperature and to low salt; altered pH optimum. Normal Exo levels. Totally defective in nick translation at 42C. recA56 polA12 are ts for growth.
- Am = amber(UAG) mutation
- strR = streptomycin resist.
- ts = Temperature Sensitive
References: - Monk, M, J Kinross 1972. Conditional lethality of recA and recB derivatives of a strain of Escherichia coli K-12 with a temperature-sensitive deoxyribonucleic acid polymerase I. J. Bacteriol. 109(3):971-8.