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==The Bacterial Traffic Light: <br> A ''flexible'', ''modular'', and ''transparent'' system for multi-level assessment of variable inputs.'==
The goal of our project is to construct an ''Eschericia coli'' bacterial "traffic light", that responds to increasing concentration levels of a given input (in our case, arabinose) with green, yellow, and red fluorescent outputs. Our project is unique because it is an analog biosensor, capable of responding to a continuous variable signal, rather than a binary biosensor that only signals on/off.  
The goal of our project is to construct an ''Eschericia coli'' bacterial "traffic light", that responds to increasing concentration levels of a given input (in our case, arabinose) with green, yellow, and red fluorescent outputs. Our project is unique because it is an analog biosensor, capable of responding to a continuous variable signal, rather than a binary biosensor that only signals on/off.  
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Click [[Team:British_Columbia/Project|here]] to learn more about our project, or click the colours of the traffic light to learn about its different subparts!
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Click the colours of the traffic light to learn about its different subparts!
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Revision as of 02:09, 22 October 2009

The Bacterial Traffic Light:
A flexible, modular, and transparent system for multi-level assessment of variable inputs.'

The goal of our project is to construct an Eschericia coli bacterial "traffic light", that responds to increasing concentration levels of a given input (in our case, arabinose) with green, yellow, and red fluorescent outputs. Our project is unique because it is an analog biosensor, capable of responding to a continuous variable signal, rather than a binary biosensor that only signals on/off.


Click the colours of the traffic light to learn about its different subparts! Sensors: This links to the pBAD promoters that sense the arabinose. Lock and Key: this controls when the colors are produced The Jammer: this mRNA sequence blocks the key from opening the lock.


The Traffic Light is composed of three distinct subparts: