CGSC Strain#: 6060
Strain Designation: CS520     
Source of Strain: J. Carbon
Sex: Hfr
Point of Origin#: 2A
Map Position: 12.20
Direction of Marker Transfer: Counterclockwise
Chromosomal Markers: tyrT58(AS)
,
trpA58,
relA1,
spoT1,
metB1,
glyV-50Strain Comments: - This is the strain from which the DNA of the Clarke and Carbon plasmid bank was made.
- This strain is probably Rac- also. See: Kaiser and Murray 1979 Mol.Gen.Genet. 175:159. glyV50 was called suA58 or A58sul. See: Guest and Yanofsky 1965 J.Mol.Biol. 12:793.
- spoT1-- In addition to the 6bp insertion, there is a C to T transition resulting in an H257Y substitution.
- tyrT58(AS) was formerly called supF58
- AS = amber(UAG) suppressor
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