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. 1973 Aug;115(2):711–713. doi: 10.1128/jb.115.2.711-713.1973

Novel Mutation to Dominant Fucose Resistance in the l-Arabinose Operon of Escherichia coli1

Neil M Nathanson a, Robert Schleif a
PMCID: PMC246305  PMID: 4579880

Abstract

We isolated an unusual mutant in which the arabinose operon carried an araC lesion that led to a dominant fucose resistance while retaining recessive constitutivity. All previously characterized Cc mutations have been recessive for both fucose resistance and constitutivity.

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