Complete Genome Sequence of Escherichia coli Strain BL21

Genome Announc. 2015 Mar 19;3(2):e00134-15. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00134-15.

Abstract

Escherichia coli strain BL21 is one of the widely used bacterial hosts for high-level recombinant protein production and for other applications. Here, we present the complete genome sequence of a commercial version of the Escherichia coli BL21 strain.