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Site leu

• Name: leu
• Type: Operon
• Mnemonic: Leucine
• Left End Point: 1.70
• Right End Point: 1.80
  SubSites:

  leuA

  leuB

  leuC

  leuD

  
  
• Direction: <
• Priority: 0
  8 Alleles of This Gene

  leu-163::IS10

  leu-260::Tn10

  leu-40

  leu-59::Tn10

  leu-60::Tn9

  leu-63::Tn10

  leu-82::Tn10

  leu-83::Tn5

  
  
• External Database Links:

  Host Site	Page Links
  NCBI/GenBank	M12891
  NCBI/GenBank	M21150

  
  
• Comment:
• References:
  • Haughn, G.W., S.R. Wessler, R.M. Gemmill, J.M. Calvo 1986. High A+T content conserved in DNA sequences upstream of leuABCD in Escherichia coli and Salmonella typhimurium. (NOTES). J.Bacteriol. 166:1113-1117
  
  
  • Bartkus, J.M., B. Tyler, J.M. Calvo 1991. Transcription attenuation-mediated control of leu operon expression: influence of the number of Leu control codons. J.Bacteriol. 173:1634-1641