CGSC Strain#: 6729
Strain Designation: SY634      Source of Strain: M. Syvanen
Sex: F- Chromosomal Markers: araBAD-0, Δ(gpt-lac)5, gyrA-0(NalR), polA34(ts), argE-(Am), rpoB0(rifR), thi-0
Strain Comments:

• Δ(gpt-lac)5-- is the deletion Δ( pro-lac)_X111 of Jacob and originated in the strain Hfr 3000 X111.
• polA34(ts)-- We have not yet learned the derivation of the parent strain SY203 of this polA mutant.
• argE-(Am)-- is suppressible by all of the characterized amber and ochre suppressors in Miller et a. 1977
• Am = amber(UAG) mutation
• NalR = Nalidix.acidResist.
• rifR = rifamycin resistance
• ts = Temperature Sensitive

References:

• Syvanen, M, JD Hopkins, M Clements 1982. A new class of mutants in DNA polymerase I that affects gene transposition. J. Mol. Biol. 158(2):203-12.