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. 2016 Dec 28;7(2):741–753. doi: 10.1534/g3.116.037192

Table 1. Phages, strains, and plasmids used in this study.

Genotypes and Relevant Features Sources
Bacteriophages
 λ900 λΔ(stf tfa)::cat cI857 bor::kan; carries  CamR and KanR Laboratory stock
 λ900RzQ100am Rz1+ Rz gene carries amber codon at position 100  with silent change in embedded Rz1 Laboratory stock
 λ900Rz+Rz1W38am Rz1 gene carries amber codon at position  38 with silent change in overlapping Rz Laboratory stock
 λ900RzQ100am Rz1W38am Laboratory stock
Strains
 MC4100tonA::Tn10 Escherichia coli K-12 F araD139 Δ(argF-lac)U169  rpsL15 relA1 flbB3501 deo pstF25 rbsR tonA Laboratory stock
 MC4100 λ900 MC4100 tonA::Tn10 lysogenized with λ900 Laboratory stock
 MC4100 λ900RzQ100am Rz1+ MC4100 tonA::Tn10 lysogenized with λ900  RzQ100am Rz1+ Laboratory stock
 MC4100 λ900Rz+Rz1W38am MC4100 tonA::Tn10 lysogenized with  λ900 Rz+Rz1W38am Laboratory stock
 MC4100 λ900RzQ100am Rz1W38am MC4100 tonA::Tn10 lysogenized with  λ900 RzQ100am Rz1W38am Laboratory stock
 RY17341 MDS12ΔtonA; MG1655 with 12 deletions,  totaling 376,180 nt, including cryptic  prophages Laboratory stock
 RY17341 λ RY17341 lysogenized with temperature  sensitive λcI857 This study
 RY17299 lacIq1 Derived from MG1655 ΔtonA Park et al. (2006)
Plasmids
 pRE Plasmid with the λ later promoter pR’ that  is transcriptionally activated by λQ Laboratory stock
 pRz pRE carrying Rz alone with Rz1 inactivated  by a nonsense mutation Laboratory stock
 pRz1 pRE carrying Rz1 Laboratory stock
 pRz mutX pRE carrying denoted mutation of Rz This study
 pRz1 mutX pRE carrying denoted mutation of Rz1 This study
 pSynRz pRE carrying Rz alone. The former region  of Rz1 overlap within Rz was codon-optimized  to be genetically disparate from WT  Rz1 to avoid recombination This study
 pSynRz1 pRE carrying Rz1 alone. SynRz1 was  codon-optimized to be genetically disparate  from WT Rz to avoid recombination This study
 pSynRz mutX pRE carrying denoted mutation within SynRz This study
 pSynRz1 mutX pRE carrying denoted mutation within SynRz1 This study
 pSynRz Linker 101–115 Residues 101–115 of Rz replaced with  Gly-Ser repeats
 pLinkerRz Q100S Residues 100–115 of Rz replaced with  eight Ser-Gly repeats This study
 pRz1 25–30 GS-Linker Residues 25–30 of Rz1 replaced with  3 Gly-Ser repeats This study
 pRz1his Rz1 with His-tag at the C- terminal end Berry et al. (2008)
 pQ pSC101 origin with low-copy mutation;  Q cloned under Plac/ara-1 promoter Gründling et al. (2001)