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amilCP
amilCP is a chromoprotein added to the iGEM Registry by Uppsala Sweden, 2012. We were unable to produce amilCP in bacteria or in our cell-free system.
Back to TopCell-Free System
Linear versus Plasmid DNA
We have good data from adding plasmids to our cell-free system. However, because the Collins paper specified the use of linear DNA in their cell-free systems, we compared the signal from GFP from linear and plasmid DNA. There is no siginificant difference between the two constructs.
dilution
volume optimization
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Back to TopToehold Switch
Our experiments were performed with the D and G LacZ switches from the paper from the Collins group, "Paper-Based Synthetic Gene Networks".
RNA Trigger
In Week 5, we showed that LacZ is expressed when the plasmids for the switch and trigger constructs are combined in a cell-free system.
DNA Trigger
In Week 6, we showed that toehold switches are activated by single-stranded DNA triggers, but activation levels are lower than with RNA triggers.
Sequestered DNA Trigger
In Week 7, we showed that single-stranded DNA triggers do not activate toehold switches if they are part of a hybridized complex.
Back to TopSignal Amplification System
Back to TopDifferential Amplifier
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