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Mutations affecting the glycogen biosynthesis in E. coli can be mapped at three different loci, glg A, glg B and glg C lying between asd and mal A. Transduction tests suggest the following order for the genes in this region: mal A-glg A-glg C-gla B-asd.
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Communicated by F. Gros
The study reported here will form part of thesis to be submitted by M. Latil to the Université d'Aix-Marseille II in 1977 for Doctorat ès Sciences (C.N.R.S. no A.D. 13210.)
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Latil-Damotte, M., Lares, C. Relative order of glg mutations affecting glycogen biosynthesis in Escherichia coli K12. Molec. Gen. Genet. 150, 325–329 (1977). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00268132
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