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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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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]] | ||
- | * The [[Team:British_Columbia/Jammer|Jammer | + | * The [[Team:British_Columbia/Jammer|Jammer]]. |
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Home Team Traffic Light Sensor Lock&Key Jammer [http://partsregistry.org/cgi/partsdb/pgroup.cgi?pgroup=iGEM2009&group=British_Columbia Parts] Safety Sponsors Notebook Bibliography
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 Traffic Light is composed of three distinct subparts:
- The pBAD promoter family
- The lock and key riboregulation system
- The Jammer.