Site mrdB
- Name: mrdB
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b0634 MG1655 locus tag rodA - Mnemonic: murein cluster d
- Left End Point: 14.32
- Right End Point: 14.35
- Direction: <
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
mrdB51 - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10607 EcoliWiki mrdB - Comment:
- Selectable phenotype (rodA) Mecillinam resistance. cell shape; sensitivity to radiation and drugs
- References:
- Stoker, N.G., J.M. Pratt, B.G. Spratt 1983. Identification of the rodA gene product of Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 155:854-859
- Stoker, N.G., J.K. Broome-Smith, A. Edelman, B.G. Spratt 1983. Organization and subcloning of the dacA-rodA-pbpA cluster of cell shape genes in Escherichia coli. J.Bacteriol. 155:847-853
- Asoh, S., H. Matsuzawa, M. Matsuhashi, T. Ohta 1983. Molecular cloning and characterization of the genes pbpA and rodA responsible for the rod shape of Escherichia coli K-12: analysis of gene expression with transposon Tn5 mutagenesis and protein synth
- Begg, K.J., W.D. Donachie 1985. Cell shape and division in Escherichia coli: experiments with shape and division mutants. J.Bacteriol. 163:615-622
- Asoh, S., H. Matsuzawa, F. Ishino, J.L. Strominger, M. Matsuhashi, T. Ohta 1986. Nucleotide sequence of the pbpA gene and characteristics of the deduced amino acid sequence of penicillin-binding protein 2 of Escherichia coli K-12. Eur.J.Biochem. 160:23
- Matsuzawa, H., S. Asoh, K. Kunai, K. Muraiso, A. Takasuga, T. Ohta 1989. Nucleotide sequence of the rodA gene, responsible for the rod shape of Escherichia coli: rodA and the pbpA gene, encoding penicillin-binding protein 2, constitute the rodA operon.