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Site cup

• Name: cup
• Type: Gene
• Mnemonic: carbohydrate uptake
• Left End Point: 97.00
• Right End Point: 97.02
• Direction: <
• Priority: 1
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  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoliWiki	cup

  
  
• Comment:
  • Uptake of carbohydrates. blocks growth on most carbohydrates, both PTS and non-PTS. Mapping data inconsistent with respect to close markers (uxu, pyrB, PO1).
• References:
  • Mahajan, S.K., N.B. Vartak, A.R. Datta 1988. A new pleiotropic mutation causing defective carbohydrate uptake in Escherichia coli K-12: isolation, mapping, and preliminary characterization. J.Bacteriol. 170:2568-2574