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| − | <Figp><b>Figure 1. Comparison of the expression levels of a BFP generator with and without a terminator.</b> (a) Circuit diagram illustrates experimental setup of the experiment harboring BBa_B0032. (b) Experimental results of the experiment harboring BBa_B0032.(c) Circuit diagram illustrates experimental setup of the experiment harboring BBa_B0034. (d) Experimental results of the experiment harboring BBa_B0034. Error bars represent SEM of 3 independent experiments on 3 different days.</Figp> | + | <Figp><b>Figure 1. Comparison of the expression levels of a BFP generator with and without a terminator.</b> (a) Circuit diagram illustrates experimental setup of the experiment harboring BBa_B0032. (b) Experimental results of the experiment harboring BBa_B0032.(c) Circuit diagram illustrates experimental setup of the experiment harboring BBa_B0034. (d) Experimental results of the experiment harboring BBa_B0034. Error bars represent SEM of 3 independent experiments on 3 different days.</Figp><br><br><br> |
| + | <p>We hypothesized that the expression level of mTagBFP is affected by the presence or absence of a terminator. To check if that was true, we compared fluorescence outputs from BFP generators with terminator, versus one without a terminator. <br><br>An experimental construct was built where the mTagBFP generator (BBa_K592100) was driven by a constitutive promoter (BBa_J23101) and a medium (BBa_B0032). It was compared against its counterpart which harbored a terminator, BBa_B1006 3’to the CDS. Constructs without promoters served as controls for auto-fluorescence. We then performed the same experiment but used BBa_B0034 as the RBS instead. Both of the results showed that the observed blue fluorescence outputs were lowered when the transcription was not properly terminated. </p> | ||
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Improvements on BBa_K592023 and BBa_K592024
(Blue Fluorescent Protein mTagBFP generators)
The 2011 Uppsala Sweden iGEM team had previously submitted characterization data for parts BBa_K592023 and BBa_K592024. However, we discovered that they did not put a terminator after the mTagBFP CDS. We wondered if the observed fluorescence outputs will be different with versus without a terminator. Therefore, we decided to perform an experiment for comparison. The experimental results showed that the observed fluorescence levels were lowered without a terminator.
Given our results, we would like to caution future users in referencing the relative promoter strengths reported by Uppsala Sweden 2011, as their measured expression levels, generated by parts without a terminator, may not fully represent the true strength of the tested promoters.
We hypothesized that the expression level of mTagBFP is affected by the presence or absence of a terminator. To check if that was true, we compared fluorescence outputs from BFP generators with terminator, versus one without a terminator.
An experimental construct was built where the mTagBFP generator (BBa_K592100) was driven by a constitutive promoter (BBa_J23101) and a medium (BBa_B0032). It was compared against its counterpart which harbored a terminator, BBa_B1006 3’to the CDS. Constructs without promoters served as controls for auto-fluorescence. We then performed the same experiment but used BBa_B0034 as the RBS instead. Both of the results showed that the observed blue fluorescence outputs were lowered when the transcription was not properly terminated.
