Site gal
- Name: gal
- Type: Operon
- Mnemonic: Galactose
- Left End Point: 16.96
- Right End Point: 17.06
- SubSites:
galE galT galK galM - Direction: <
- Priority: 0
- 3 Alleles of This Gene
gal-3 gal-490 gal-6 - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype. Loss: 2-deoxygalactose resistance; deleted with chlA, chlD; 7. Loss in galU-: galactose resistance.
- References:
- Lederberg, E.M. 1960. Genetic and functional aspects of galactose metabolism in E. coli. Symp.Soc.Gen.Microbiol. 10:115-131
- Adhya, S., P.P. Cleary, A. Campbell 1968. A deletion analysis of prophage lambda and adjacent genetic regions. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 61:956-962
- Saedler, H., A. Gullon, P. Starlinger 1968. Negative control of the galactose operon in E. coli. Mol.Gen.Genet. 102:79-88
- Alper, M.D., B.N. Ames 1975. Positive selection of mutants with deletions of the gal-chl region of the Salmonella chromosome as a screening procedure for mutagens that cause deletions. J.Bacteriol. 121:259-266
- Weichert, M.J., S. Adhya 1993. The galactose regulon of Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 10:245-251