PMID:14153532

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Citation

WITKIN, EM and SICURELLA, NA (1964) PURE CLONES OF LACTOSE-NEGATIVE MUTANTS OBTAINED IN ESCHERICHIA COLI AFTER TREATMENT WITH 5-BROMOURACIL. J. Mol. Biol. 8:610-3

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Main Points of the Paper

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  • Describes the introduction of mutations (by incorporation of 5BU into DNA) that results in cells unable to ferment lactose
  • Sectoring phenotypes appear, indicative of the timing the mutation gets incorporated within a cell of a colony

Materials and Methods Used

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  • Parent strain: Z-15 (radiation-resistant, serine-requiring variant of the thymineless strain B3)
  • 5-Bromouracil Mutagenesis (on plates)
    • strain plated on 5BU completed 1 round of replication, whereby most of the thymine was replaced by 5BU
    • strain plated on thymine (control) completed a normal round of DNA replication
  • Bacto-eosin-methylene blue (EMB) indicator agar (for more information, click here)
    • dark red colonies (lactose +)
    • colorless colonies (lactose -)
    • mixed
      • large sectors (lac- component originated at the center and constituted one-eighth or more the area of the colony)
      • peripheral sectors

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Phenotype of Taxon Information Genotype Information (if known) Condition Information OMP ID OMP Term Name ECO ID ECO Term Name Notes Status

a mutation or genetic difference within a strain

  • Taxon: Escherichia coli
  • Strain: K-12
  • Substrain:
  • NCBI Taxon ID: 83333
  • Genotype of Reference Strain:
  • Reference Condition:


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