CGSC Strain#: 4461
Strain Designation: W3092     
Source of Strain: M.L. Morse
Sex: F-
Chromosomal Markers: galK2(Oc)
Strain Comments: - This is the standard gal2 of Morse.
- galK2(Oc)-- is a GAA(glu) to TAA(ochre) mutation, residue 134. Oller et al.1993. Apparently non-suppressible, since all revertants found were at the ochre site.
- galK2(Oc) was formerly called gal2
- Oc = ochre(UAA) mutation
References: - Morse, ML, EM Lederberg, J Lederberg 1956. Transduction in Escherichia Coli K-12. Genetics 41(1):142-56.