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Spontaneous erythromycin resistance mutation in a 23S rRNA gene, rrlA, of the extreme thermophile Thermus thermophilus IB-21.
Journal of bacteriology - 1 Jul 2001
Gregory S T, Cate J H, Dahlberg A E
Abstract excerpt
Spontaneous, erythromycin-resistant mutants of Thermus thermophilus IB-21 were isolated and found to carry the mutation A2058G in one of two 23S rRNA operons. The heterozygosity of these mutants indicates that A2058G confers a dominant or codominant phenotype in this organism. This mutation provides a valuable tool for the genetic manipulation of the 23S rRNA genes of Thermus.
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