Team:Cambridge/Project/Melanin

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Revision as of 10:12, 29 July 2009


Melanin Pigment

Introduction

Melanin is

Previous Work

The plasmid we used was from Duncan's stocks. We isolated it using miniprep to make stocks of our own before transforming it into a biobrick.

Action plan of our team

Our action plan is as follows:

1. Test for melanin production
2. Isolate MelA gene in biobrick form
3. Integrate Mel biobrick into system (e.g amplification of logic gate system)

Testing Activity of Melanin

Grew the plasmid in TOP10 E. coli SDC10545.JPG

Pigment was clearly produced.

Constructing MelA biobrick

Primer design:

Primers were designed to isolate the melanin with the prefix and suffix. We are currently looking at adding a ribosome binding site to the the primers in order to produce a complete biobrick.

PCR reactions

Practical details to follow as soon as primers arrive.

Characterisation of Biobricks and colour output

Test compatibility with other biobricks

Hopefully we will be able to integrate this into the amplification processing system.