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. 2005 Mar;187(5):1632–1638. doi: 10.1128/JB.187.5.1632-1638.2005

TABLE 1.

Electron-microscopic analysis of rrn operons in E. coli wild-type and nus mutant strains

Genotype (na) No. of polymerase molecules observed on rrn DNAb
Doubling time (min)
16S 23S Total
Wild type (10) 20.5 ± 5 31.0 ± 10 51.5 ± 12 24
nusB::IS10 (70) 16.4 ± 3 16.2 ± 4 32.6 ± 5 54
ΔnusA::cat rhoE134D (14) 14.6 ± 3 16.9 ± 3 31.5 ± 4 38
a

n, no. of operons.

b

Results are expressed as means ± standard deviations.