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Site alaW

• Name: alaW
• Type: Gene
  Synonyms

  alaW-alpha
  b2397	MG1655 locus tag

  
  
• Mnemonic: Alanine
• Left End Point: 54.25
• Right End Point: 54.25
  Products:

  alanine tRNA 2

  
  
• Direction: <
• Properties:

  Property	Comment
  duplicate gene	NULL
  tRNA gene	NULL

  
  
• Priority: 0
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  EcoGene.org	EG30011
  EcoliWiki	alaW

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Brun, Y.V., R. Breton, P. Lanouette, J. LaPointe 1990. Precise mapping and comparison of two evolutionarily related regions of the Escherichia coli K-12 chromosome. Evolution of valU and lysT from an ancestral tRNA operon. J.Mol.Biol. 214:825-843