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Strain AB442

• CGSC#: 442
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  AB442	Taylor A.L.	1

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  fhuA2::IS2	3.61	1	fhuA2::IS2
  lacY1 or lacZ4	8.00	1	lacY1 or lacZ4
  tsx-23	9.28	1	tsx-23
  gal-6	16.96	1	gal-6
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  hisG1	45.01	1	hisG1
  purF1	52.31	1	purF1
  malT1(LamR)	76.54	1	malT1(λR)
  xyl-7	80.34	1	xyl-7
  cysE8	81.47	1	cysE8
  argH1(del)	89.55	1	ΔargH1
  thiE1	90.34	1	thiE1

  
  
• Comments:
  • In Lyophil Only.
  • The Meynells say that the culture of AB442 that they received was grossly contaminated and not recoverable.
• References:
  • Taylor, A.L., M.S. Thoman 1964. The genetic map of Escherichia coli K-12. Genetics 50:659-663
  
  

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