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phs Locus of Escherichia coli, a mutation causing pleiotropic lesions in metabolism, is an rpoA allele.

Journal of bacteriology ·Vol. 164 ·No. 2 ·1985-11-00 ·Pages 972-5

Rowland GC, Giffard PM, Booth IR

Abstract

The phs mutation, which causes a pleiotropic growth defect, has been mapped and shown to be an allele of rpoA, the gene for the alpha subunit of RNA polymerase. The mutation is shown to cause a transcription defect in the arabinose operon, araBAD.

MeSH Terms
Alleles Arabinose/metabolism Bacteriophage lambda/genetics Chromosome Mapping Chromosomes, Bacterial Coliphages/genetics DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases/genetics Escherichia coli/enzymology,genetics,growth & development,metabolism Genes, Bacterial Genetic Complementation Test Lysogeny Mutation Operon Phenotype Transcription, Genetic Transduction, Genetic
Chemicals
Arabinose DNA-Directed RNA Polymerases
Authors & Affiliations
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Rowland G C
Giffard P M
Booth I R
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Article Info
Journal
Journal of bacteriology
Abbr.
J Bacteriol
ISSN
0021-9193
DOI
10.1128/jb.164.2.972-975.1985
Published
1985-11-00
Pages
972-5
Language
English
Region
United States
NLM ID
2985120R
PMCID
PMC214355
Subset
IM
External Links
PubMed source DOI: 10.1128/jb.164.2.972-975.1985 PMC Full Text View journal details
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