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cell population and "communicate" with their neighbors. Bacteria do this by | cell population and "communicate" with their neighbors. Bacteria do this by | ||
releasing an inducer protein, such as a homo-serine lactone (HSL), which upon | releasing an inducer protein, such as a homo-serine lactone (HSL), which upon | ||
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Revision as of 00:02, 30 September 2016
Our Project
Quorom sensing (QS) allows bacteria to sense the surrounding cell population and "communicate" with their neighbors. Bacteria do this by releasing an inducer protein, such as a homo-serine lactone (HSL), which upon reaching a certain concentration, will activate genes that increase cell density. Our project aims to characterize a variety of HSL networks, increasing the number of functional QS systems with minimal crosstalk in synthetic biology.