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Introduction | Project Design ( 1.Sticky Hands | 2.Communication | 3.Size Control ) | Making Marimos | Our Goal || Team Members | メンバ連絡簿


Project Design

Concept

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(photo taken from 社団法人 農林水産技術情報協会http://www.afftis.or.jp/index.html)
We aimed to make a spherical gathering of bacteria such like marimo by ordering bacteria go get together and stick to each other.

What our system requires

1.Sticky Tag

Make a His-tagged Flagella. We aimed to stick bacteria by displaying histidines (which bonds with metal ions) on the flagellar fillament.
鞭毛にヒスタグをディスプレイし,金属イオンを介して,バクテリアを接着することを目指した.

Fig1. His-tagged flagella as a bactria linker. 鞭毛は便宜上1本しか描いてないが実際は1~10本/細胞.

2.Communication

違う遺伝子回路を持つ2つの細胞(sender&receiver)に分ける.あらかじめお互い結合しているSenderが,周りのreceiverにシグナルを与えてsticky handsを生やす.そして合体.

Fig2. Bacterial Communication.

3.Size Control

Make an AHL concentration gradient for quorum sensing.

Fig3. AHL concentration gradient.

How Our System Works

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  1. Senders stick to each other by way of metal ions using flagella displaying histidine tags. This becomes the core of Marimo. They also produce AHL to call receiver cells.
  2. Receivers express his/flagella and GFP in high [AHL]; only when they get close to the senders (core).
  3. Receivers stick to the core (the clustered senders) by way of metal ions.... one after another.
  4. This way, cluster and grow like a snowball. At the same time, receivers degrade AHL and thus limit the space where AHL reaches. By controlling the rate of AHL degradation, one can define the size of bacterial culster, MARIMO.