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   <p><a href="https://2007.igem.org/Berkeley_UC">&lt;&lt;&lt; Return to UC Berkeley iGEM 2007 </a></p>
   <p><a href="https://2007.igem.org/Berkeley_UC">&lt;&lt;&lt; Return to UC Berkeley iGEM 2007 </a></p>
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   <p><a href="https://2007.igem.org/BerkiGEM2007Present3">&lt;&lt;Previous Section: Controller</a> | <a href="https://2007.igem.org/BerkiGEM2007Present2">Next Section: Freeze Drying&gt;&gt;</a></p>
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   <p><a href="https://2007.igem.org/Berkeley_Individual_Contributions">&lt;&lt;Previous Section: Individual Contributions</a> | <a href="https://2007.igem.org/BerkiGEM2007_Resources">Next Section: Team Resources&gt;&gt;</a></p>
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<h1 align="center">Growth Control</h1>
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<h2 align="center"><strong>Introduction</strong> </h2>
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<p align="justify"> To prevent chance of infection or unwanted proliferation after  hemoglobin production, we have engineered a genetic self-destruct  mechanism whereby when induced, the bacterial cell will express a genetic material-degrading toxin which kills the cell, but leaves it  physically intact. <br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/John_Dueber_Notebook" title="John Dueber Notebook"> John Dueber's Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Christopher_Anderson_Notebook" title="Christopher Anderson Notebook"> Christopher Anderson's Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Farnaz_Nowroozi_Notebook" title="Farnaz Nowroozi Notebook"> Farnaz Nowroozi's Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Amin_Hajimorad_Notebook" title="Amin Hajimorad Notebook"> Amin Hajimorad's Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Rickey_Bonds_Notebook" title="Rickey Bonds Notebook"> Rickey Bonds' Notebook</a><br>
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    <em>Keep your wiki notebooks,   sequencing/construction logs, and the registry updated!</em> </p>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Arthur_Yu_Notebook" title="Arthur Yu Notebook"> Arthur Yu's 1337 Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Austin_Day_Notebook" title="Austin Day Notebook"> Austin Day's Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/David_Tulga_Notebook" title="David Tulga Notebook"> David Tulga's Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Kristin_Doan_Notebook" title="Kristin Doan Notebook"> Kristin Doan's Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Samantha_Liang_Notebook" title="Samantha Liang Notebook"> Samantha's Notebook (June - July 19, 2007</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Samantha_Liang_Notebook2" title="Samantha Liang Notebook2"> Samantha's Notebook (July 20, 2007 - present)</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Vaibhavi_Umesh_Notebook" title="Vaibhavi Umesh Notebook"> Vaibhavi Umesh's Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Kristin_Fuller_Notebook" title="Kristin Fuller Notebook"> Kristin Fuller's Notebook</a><br>
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<p align="justify">Growth control in our system is established by the incorporation  of a plasmid that can be triggered to translate a toxin. The toxins are  endonucleases or RNAses that destroy the genetic material within a  bacteria and thus prevent the bacteria from replicating. Throughout the  summer, we worked on several different constructs of an inducible toxin  and screened for the ones with the best phenotype. </p>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Vincent_Parker_Notebook" title="Vincent Parker Notebook"> Vincent Parker's Notebook</a><br>
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    <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Nhu_Nguyen_Notebook" title="Nhu Nguyen Notebook"> Nhu Nguyen's Notebook</a><br>
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<p align="justify"> Using a PBAD promoter, we constructed several variations  of inducible toxins, including the colicin DNAse CeaB, endonucleases  BamHI and BglII, and RNAse barnase. Additionally, ribosome binding site  libraries were used in order to increase the likelihood of finding a  construct that would exhibit no growth after being induced with  arabinose, but normal growth when uninduced. </p>
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  <a href="https://2007.igem.org/Hannah_Cole_Notebook" title="Hannah Cole Notebook"> Hannah Cole's Notebook</a></p>
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<p align="justify">We screened libraries of potential hits with a Tecan growth assay, and  in the end, the constructs that showed the desirable phenotype are the  constructs shown below (I716408C and I716462). When uninduced, the  cells show growth comparable to regular DH10B cells, but when induced,  the growth plateaus as the cells lose their ability to replicate due to  RNA and DNA destruction.</p>
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<p align="center"><strong>I716408C:</strong><img src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2007/3/3b/Berk-Figure-Barnase.png" alt="" name="" width="298" height="156" align="middle"></p>
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<p align="justify">Additional characterization of the systems include a titer experiment,  where the cells were grown up in a cultures both with and without  arabinose. The cultures were then diluted and plated such that the  number of colonies could be counted. It was shown that the cultures  induced with arabinose had significantly fewer colonies than those not  induced with arabinose, after taking into account the various  dilutions.</p>
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<p align="justify">Importantly, although the cells triggered with arabinose have lost  their ability to reproduce, they do not lyse, because if the cells did  not remain intact, then they could not serve the purpose of  transporting hemoglobin. Equally significant is the fact that the the  proteins within the cell are not degraded and still maintain their  function.</p>
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<p align="justify">This phenotype was confirmed by transforming an RFP expression plasmid  into the cell and then taking microscopy pictures of the cells grown up  in cultures with and without arabinose. With microscopy, it is clear  that the cells are still capable of expressing the RFP protein even  when their growth has been arrested.</p>
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<p align="center"><a href="https://2007.igem.org/Berkeley_UC">&lt;&lt;&lt; Return to UC Berkeley iGEM 2007 </a></p>
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<<< Return to UC Berkeley iGEM 2007

<<Previous Section: Individual Contributions | Next Section: Team Resources>>

Team Notebooks

Team Notebooks


John Dueber's Notebook
Christopher Anderson's Notebook
Farnaz Nowroozi's Notebook
Amin Hajimorad's Notebook
Rickey Bonds' Notebook


Keep your wiki notebooks, sequencing/construction logs, and the registry updated!


Arthur Yu's 1337 Notebook
Austin Day's Notebook
David Tulga's Notebook
Kristin Doan's Notebook
Samantha's Notebook (June - July 19, 2007
Samantha's Notebook (July 20, 2007 - present)
Vaibhavi Umesh's Notebook
Kristin Fuller's Notebook


Vincent Parker's Notebook
Nhu Nguyen's Notebook
Hannah Cole's Notebook

 

 

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