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They were modeled on the governmental complex in New Bern, capital of the North Carolina colony two centuries ago.
We also do not have an explanation for the fact that the Δ7 mutation led to colony sizes in the medium (group B) range but plasmid retention rates in the higher (group A) range (Fig.
Her refusal to apologize publicly for a 1919 massacre was badly received; Roy's win has been spun as a compensatory gesture from the colonialists to the former colony.
A portion of the combined mixture was plated onto TSA plates to determine the number of colony forming units (CFUs) of each strain in the initial inoculum (the -2 hour time point in figures).
1.93 × 10 6hygromycin B-resistant colony forming units (CFUs) /ml and 3.75 × 10 4kanamycin-resistant CFU/ml were recovered; therefore, approximately 1.9% of transformants contained an active promoter fragment.