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Threonine analogue resistant mutants of Escherichia coli K-12

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Mutants of Escherichia coli K-12 resistant to a threonine analogue (α-amino-β-hydroxy valeric acid) were predominantly resistant to ethionine and overproduced both threonine and methionine (2 mg/ml each). Novelty of the mutants is discussed.

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  1. M. K. Chattopadhyay

    Present address: Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology, 500 007, Hyderabad, India

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  1. Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, 4, Raja S C Mullick Road, 700 032, Calcutta, India

    M. K. Chattopadhyay, A. K. Ghosh, Saswati Sengupta, D. Sengupta & S. Sengupta

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Chattopadhyay, M.K., Ghosh, A.K., Sengupta, S. et al. Threonine analogue resistant mutants of Escherichia coli K-12. Biotechnol Lett 17, 567–570 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00129378

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