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Tn10 transposons were intergrated near ser C at 20 units on the chromosomal map of E. coli; pep N was mapped close to ser C between this gene and pyr D, one minute away from its previously assumed position.
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Feutrier, J., Lepelletier, M., Pascal, MC. et al. Tn10 insertions directed in the pyr D-ser C region and improved mapping of pep N in Escherichia coli K12. Mol Gen Genet 185, 518–519 (1982). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334153
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334153