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Analysis of bacteriophage λ DNA and of subcloned plasmid DNA has allowed the localisation of the following genes, located at 16 min on the Escherichia coli chromosome, within a restriction map of the region: glnS, nagE, nagB, nagA, asnB, metT, leuW, glnU, glnU, metT, glnV, glnV.
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Plumbridge, J. Organisation of the Escherichia coli chromosome between genes glnS and glnU, V . Mol Gen Genet 209, 618–620 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331173
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00331173