Temporal Control

In our project there are 3 forms of temporal control that have been implemented.

• Chemical induction: Triggers the production of the polypeptide of interest using IPTG. Effectively 'kicks off' the system once the cell density is high enough.
• Autoinduction: Represses encapsulation when glucose levels are high, and kick starts it once glucose is used up. This allows a sufficient amount of protein production to have taken place before the cell focuses its resources on encapsulation.
• Thermoinduction: Triggers genome deletion when the temperature is increased. Thermoinduction was necessary, as chemical induction may be blocked by the presence of the capsule (that inhibits diffusion).
  
  
  

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