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Fructose operon mutants of Spiroplasma citri.
Microbiology (Reading, England) - 1 Sept 2000
Gaurivaud Patrice, Laigret Frédéric, Verdin Eric, Garnier Monique, Bové Joseph M
Abstract excerpt
Fructose-negative mutants of Spiroplasma citri wild-type strain GII-3 were selected by two methods. The first method is based on the selection of spontaneous xylitol-resistant mutants, xylitol being a toxic fructose analogue. Five such mutants were obtained, but only one, xyl3, was unable to use fructose and had no phosphoenolpuryvate:fructose phosphotransferase system (fructose-PTS) activity. Amplification and...
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