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. 1974 Jan;117(1):63–72. doi: 10.1128/jb.117.1.63-72.1974

Genetic Analysis of the Leucine Region in Escherichia coli B/r: Gene-Enzyme Assignments

Huey-Lang Yang a,1, Donald P Kessler a
PMCID: PMC246525  PMID: 4587614

Abstract

Genetic mapping by transduction and conjugation using F− and F′ strains carrying either point mutations in the l-arabinose or leucine regions or ara-leu fusion-deletion mutations has resulted in a detailed genetic map of the arabinose-leucine region of Escherichia coli B/r. These studies have identified four genes in the leucine region having the same order as found in Salmonella typhimurium: ara... leuDCBA.

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