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Strain N2668

• CGSC#: 5069
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  N2668	Gottesman & Gellert	1

  
  
• Sex(Hfr,F+,F-,or F'): F-
• 6 Mutations:

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  relA1	62.71	1	relA1
  rpsL150(strR)	74.84	1	rpsL150(strR)
  spoT1	82.34	1	spoT1
  lig-7([])(ts)	1000.00	1	[lig-7](ts)
  bglR6	1000.00	1	bglR6

  
  
• Comments:
  • Not a pure K-12 strain.
• References:
  • Gottesman, MM, ML Hicks, M Gellert 1973. Genetics and function of DNA ligase in Escherichia coli. J. Mol. Biol. 77(4):531-47.
  
  

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