CGSC Strain#: 5032
Strain Designation: Y-Mel      Source of Strain: early Yale lab
Sex: F+ Chromosomal Markers: tyrT58(AS), mel-1
Strain Comments:

• Said to be good for plaque-ing lambda and lambd cI857
• tyrT58(AS) was formerly called supF58
• AS = amber(UAG) suppressor

References:

• Rickenberg, H.V., G. Lester 1955. The preferential synthesis of beta-galactosidase in Escherichia coli. J.Gen.Microbiol. 13:279-284
• Taylor, A.L., C. Yanofsky 1964. Transformation of bacterial markers and transfer of phage markers with DNA isolated form LAM-Phi80 hybrid phage carrying the tryptophan genes of E. coli. Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 17:798-804
• Signer, E., J.R. Beckwith, S. Brenner 1965. Mapping of suppressor loci in Escherichia coli. J.Mol.Biol. 14:153-166