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==The Bacterial Traffic Light==
==The Bacterial Traffic Light==
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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[[Image:BritishColumbia-Trafficlight.png|center|400px]]
The Traffic Light is composed of three distinct subparts:
The Traffic Light is composed of three distinct subparts:
* The [[Team:British_Columbia/pBAD|pBAD promoter family]]
* The [[Team:British_Columbia/pBAD|pBAD promoter family]]
* The [[Team:British_Columbia/LockandKey|lock and key riboregulation system]]
* The [[Team:British_Columbia/LockandKey|lock and key riboregulation system]]
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* The [[Team:British_Columbia/Jammer|Jammer]]
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* The [[Team:British_Columbia/Jammer|Jammer]].
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For a summary of our actual results, see [[Team:British_Columbia/Total_Results|here]].
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Revision as of 03:21, 18 October 2009


The Bacterial Traffic Light

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.

BritishColumbia-Trafficlight.png

The Traffic Light is composed of three distinct subparts: