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Genetic mapping of the E. coli chromosomal region carrying the structural gene (phoA) and the regulatory gene (phoR) for alkaline phosphatase synthesis was carried out by conjugation. Recombinant colonies were selected and the segregation frequency of outside markers was determined. The genetic order lac phoA proC phoR tsx lon is proposed.
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Yagil, E., Bracha, M. & Silberstein, N. Further genetic mapping of the phoA-phoR region for alkaline phosphatase synthesis in Escherichia coli K12. Molec. Gen. Genetics 109, 18–26 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00334043
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