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Hop Count with Conjugation Hop counting is a cell-cell communication system in which the signals transfered among the cells record the number of times of transfer. We decided to use conjugation as our one to one cell-cell communication system and plasmids as the vector for the transfered signal. With the rolling-cycle replication of conjugation, independent tandem oriT (BBa_J01002 and more) pairs can be inserted into the same plasmids, losing one tandem region at each single conjugation event. Sequential conjugation and deletion of the different oriT pairs can be achieved by fine control of the expression of the cis-acting elements of the independent conjugation systems. Besides intellectual interests, these systems are the core parts of controllable and encoded local cell-cell communication, which can be used in potential pattern formation and material weaving applications.
Push-on-push-off Switch We propose to construct a gene regulatory circuit in E. coli which functions as a push-on/push-off switch. The immediate output of such circuit is determined by the input signal and the internal state of the circuit. It is designed to response to low dose UV irradiation. Under intermittent irradiation, two reporter genes are expected to be induced alternately.

Project

Hop Count with Conjugation
Project Proposal
Project Presentation
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Push_on_push_off Switch
Project proposal
Project presentation
Road Map
Related Articles

Meetings

• iGEM promotion meeting
• iGEM PKU prep meeting
• Journal Club 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 17

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Lab

Products and Parts

Procedures
Hop-count with Conjugation
Push-on-push-off Switch

Protocols

Switch:Miller Method
Oligonucleotides
Sequencing
Transformation
Enzymatic DNA Digestion
Count:Miniprep
Count:DNA Gel Extraction
Count:PCR product purifcation
Count:Preparation of Competent Cells
Count:Conjugation test
Count:Agarose Gel Electrophoresis
Ligation

Notebooks
Hop-count with Conjugation
Push-on-push-off Switch
Turtle Diary

People

The iGEM 2007 PKU Team now consists of about 20 students and several faculty members from School of Life Science and Center of Theoretical Biology.

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Advisors

• [http://www.bio.pku.edu.cn/collegereview/scholarinfo.jsp?name=wangyp Wang Yiping]
• Li Fangting
• [http://ctb.pku.edu.cn/main/cn/graduation/graduation-daoshijianjie-ouyangqi.htm Ouyang Qi]
• [http://linux2.ipc.pku.edu.cn/ Lai Luhua]

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