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The official wiki of the McGill University iGEM 2007 team of Montreal, Quebec, Canada

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Project Overview

Quorum-sensing coupled with the Repressilator

Our project is a continuation of one of the projects we presented last year: a two-gene oscillator with an 'On' and 'Off' switch using LacI and LuxI. This simple relaxation oscillator could be used as a modular component for the synchronization of other complex oscillating systems such as the repressilator.

Quorum-sensing coupling between cells is achieved with a diffusible autoinducer AI (AHL) made from LuxI which promotes the synthesis of LacI from pLux. As Lac accumulates, it represses pLac which controls the synthesis of LuxI.

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Lab Notebook
Lab Protocols
Background Papers


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Team Members
Mailing List

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Brown University Meetup (External)
Rhode Island Meetup
McGill Research Conference

Please feel free to check out our work from last year at iGEM McGill 2006