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Strain - VIP205Strain VIP205Strain VIP205
- CGSC#: 7497
- Strain Designation
- Sex(Hfr,F+,F-,or F'): F-
- 14 Mutations:
- Comments:
- Because of the insertion cassette between ftsA and ftsZ, this strain requires IPTG for growth. See reference below, p. 3961
- In Lyophil Box #3
- References:
- Garrido, T., M. Sanchez, P. Palacios, M. Aldea, M. Vicente 1993. Transcription of ftsZ oscillates during the cell cycle of Escherichia coli. EMBO J. 12:3957-3965
- Palacios, P., M. Vicente, M. Sanchez 1996. Dependency of Escherichia coli cell-division size, and independency of nucleoid segregation on the mode and level of ftsZ expression. Mol.Microbiol. 20:1093-1098
- Flardh, K., T. Garrido, M. Vicente 1997. Contribution of individual promoters in the ddlB-ftsZ region to the transcription of the essential cell-division gene ftsZ in Escherichia coli. Mol.Microbiol. 24:927-936