Tokyo/Preliminary assays

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AHL preparation

AHL assay

Date:

2007/09/06, 07

Purpose1:

To practive AHL assay.

Purpose2:

To check if AHL works.

Samples:


luxR + GFP in DH5a (AHL-activated promoter)
placQI + GFP in DH5a (pos. con.)
pSBΔP+ GFP (neg. con.)


ΔP = promoter deleted

Procedure:


The final concentration of AHL is 6 pM.

Result:

Conclusion:

6pM of AHL is not enough to activate the AHL-activated luxR promoter.

AHL assay

Date:

2007/09/15

Purpose:

check if lux-lac hybrid promoter works

Samples:


Lux-lac hybrid promoter (before blue light check)
Lux-lac hybrid promoter (after blue light check)
placQI (pos. con.)
modified A4 (promoter deleted) (neg. con.)

Procedure:

AHL assay Standard protocol

Result:

Conclusion:

OD correction

Date:

2007/09/21

Purpose:

Samples:


ΔP-GFP in pTrc99A (neg. con.)
placQI in pTrc99A (pos. con.)
Only LB (blank)

Procedure:

Result:

Conclusion:

Wash

Date:

20070925

Purpose:

To determine the actual fluorescence of GFP expressed under the promoters by removing other influencial facters such as culture media.

Samples:

Procedure:

AHL assay Standard protocol
Wash

Result:

Conclusion:

Detailed AHL assay

Date:

20070925

Purpose:

Samples:

Procedure:

Result:

Conclusion:

New-AHL assay

Date:

20070926

Purpose:

Samples:

Procedure:

AHL assay Standard protocol
The final concantrations of AHL applied here were 0.01, 0.1, 0.5, 1, 10, 100, and 1000 nM.

Result:

Conclusion:

Lux-lac hybrid promoter Check

Luxlachybrid.jpg

Date:

2007/09/20, 21

Purpose 1:

To check if LacI hybrid promoter is activated by AHL and repressed by LacI.

Purpose 2:

To obtain parameters of LacI hybrid promoter for computational simulation.

Samples:


1. pTrc99A + [LacI hybrid promoter – GFP] (LacI+)
2. pBR322 TetR + [LacI hybrid promoter – GFP] (lacI-)
3. pTrc99A + [placQI – GFP] (placQI is constitutive promoter)
4. pTrc322 TetR + [LacI promoter – GFP]
5. pBR322 TetR + [LacI promoter – GFP]


Repressor LacI expression:
pTrc99A expresses LacI
pBR322 TetR does NOT express LacI


Antibiotics resistance:
pTrc99A gives ampicillin-resistance
pBR322 TetR gives ampicillin-resistance
[LacI hybrid promoter – GFP] gives kanamicin-resistance
[placQI – GFP] gives kanamicin-resistance

Procedure: