Site ebgA
- Name: ebgA
- Type: Gene
- Synonyms
b3076 MG1655 locus tag - Mnemonic: evolved
-galactosidase - Left End Point: 69.41
- Right End Point: 69.48
- Direction: >
- Priority: 1
- 1 Alleles of This Gene
ebgA766(del)::kan - External Database Links:
Host Site Page Links EcoGene.org EG10252 EcoliWiki ebgA - Comment:
- Selectable Phenotype. Increase, in DE lacZ: growth on lactose.
- References:
- Campbell, J., J. Lengyel, J. Langridge 1973. Evolution of a second gene for B-galactosidase in Escherichia coli. Proc.Natl.Acad.Sci.USA 70:1841-1845
- Stokes, H.W., B.G. Hall 1985. Sequence of the ebgR gene of Escherichia coli: evidence that the EBG and LAC operons are descended from a common ancestor. Mol.Biol.Evol. 2:478-483
- Stokes, H.W., P.W. Betts, B.G. Hall 1985. Sequence of the ebgA gene of Escherichia coli: comparison with the lacZ gene. Mol.Biol.Evol. 2:469-477
- Hall, B.G., P.W. Betts, J.C. Wootton 1989. DNA sequence analysis of artificially evolved ebg enzyme and ebg repressor genes. Genetics 123:635-648