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Strain M7040

• CGSC#: 5809
• Strain Designation

  Designation	Source	Preference
  M7040	Beckwith J.R.	1

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

  Mutation	Location	Certainty	Display
  lacZ82(Am)	7.81	1	lacZ82(Am)
  LAM-	17.40	1	λ-
  relA1	62.71	1	relA1
  rpsL150(strR)	74.84	1	rpsL150(strR)
  spoT1	82.34	1	spoT1

  
  
• Comments:
• References:
  • Newton, W.A., J.R. Beckwith, D. Zipser, S. Brenner 1965. Nonsense mutants and polarity in the lac operon of Escherichia coli. J.Mol.Biol. 14:290-296
  
  

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