Last data update: 24 January 2024 16:39 CET
Host name: Escherichia coli K12 MC1061(λ) (LMBP 1061)
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| Species: | Escherichia coli |
| Group: | K12 |
| Strain designation: | MC1061(λ) |
| Accession number: | LMBP 1061 |
| Depositor: | Prof. Dr E. Remaut1 2 1 Department for Molecular Biomedical Research, VIB, Ghent, Belgium 2 Department of Biomedical Molecular Biology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium |
| Containment level: | This strain has been assigned the containment level Class 1 following the European Directive 2009/41/EC on the contained use of genetically modified organisms, and its updates (see also the Belgian risk group classification). |
| Medium: | LB-Lennox |
| Selection marker: | / |
| Temperature: | 28°C (Note: 37°C is also possible but phage lambda remains more stably integrated when grown at 28°C) |
| Genotype: | F- Δ(araA-leu)7697 [araD139]B/r Δ(codB-lacI)3 galK16 galE15(GalS) e14- mcrA0 relA1 rpsL150 spoT1 mcrB1 hsdR2 λ+ |
| Phenotype: | StrR rK- mK+ |
| Properties: | Useful host for primary transformation. Transforms very well by the CaCl2 method (10exp7/μg). There is no Type I restriction; incoming DNA receives the E. coli K modification. Lysogenized with λ wild type. Recommended as maintenance host for plasmids containing the PL or PR promoter from phage λ. It is recommended to grow MC1061(λ), containing pPL plasmids, at 28°C. |
| Further information: | As this strain is deleted for the lacI repressor gene, it is not a suitable host for plasmids carrying the lac promoter or derivatives thereof, such as tac, trc, N25/O2 ... promoters. In the absence of repression, continuous transcription from the lac promoter is likely to result in plasmid instability. Constructed by lysogenizing λ in MC1061 (Casadaban et al., 1980). Contains no T7RNAP and the λ wt repressor efficiently represses the λ PL promoter. |
| Original reference: | Mertens et al., Gene 164 (1995), 9-15 [PMID: 7590329] |
| Related reference: | Casadaban et al., J. Mol. Biol. 138 (1980), 179-207 [PMID: 6997493] |
| Restricted use: | - BCCM MTA |
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Refer in your Materials and Methods: |
Escherichia coli K12 MC1061(λ) (LMBP 1061) is available at BCCM/GeneCorner. It was deposited by Prof. Dr E. Remaut and was published in Mertens et al., 1995. |
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