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<p class="intro-text">All aspects of our project combine to provide a novel chassis for Synthetic Biology: Maxicells. These maxicells are easy to use and can be safely deployed into the environment through the use of our Triple Lock System.</p> | <p class="intro-text">All aspects of our project combine to provide a novel chassis for Synthetic Biology: Maxicells. These maxicells are easy to use and can be safely deployed into the environment through the use of our Triple Lock System.</p> | ||
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<ul><li style="text-align:left">We have developed a model that allows fine-tuning of the maxicell lifespan through the use of a Colicin E2 kill switch</li> | <ul><li style="text-align:left">We have developed a model that allows fine-tuning of the maxicell lifespan through the use of a Colicin E2 kill switch</li> | ||
| − | <li style="text-align:left">Semantic containment of our plasmid DNA was demonstrated as a feasible method of preventing expression of our genes by foreign organisms</li> | + | <li style="text-align:left">Semantic containment of our plasmid DNA was demonstrated as a feasible method of preventing expression of our genes by foreign organisms, whilst allowing expression in our chassis. </li> |
<li style="text-align:left">Triclosan was successfully used as a selection marker as an alternative to antibiotic resistance and a new, <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K2725005">triclosan resistant plasmid backbone</a> was produced</li> | <li style="text-align:left">Triclosan was successfully used as a selection marker as an alternative to antibiotic resistance and a new, <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Part:BBa_K2725005">triclosan resistant plasmid backbone</a> was produced</li> | ||
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Latest revision as of 01:38, 18 October 2018
Demonstrate
All aspects of our project combine to provide a novel chassis for Synthetic Biology: Maxicells. These maxicells are easy to use and can be safely deployed into the environment through the use of our Triple Lock System.
Maxicell Characterisation
- We have assessed various methods of maxicell production and have concluded that they are easy to make through UV exposure and homing endonuclease action
- Our knockdown construct BBa_K2725008 allows maxicell production by theoretically any strain of E. coli
- We have shown that maxicells can function as a biosensor
- The active lifespan of maxicells was found to be enough for real-world applications: over 18 hours
The Triple Lock System
- We have developed a model that allows fine-tuning of the maxicell lifespan through the use of a Colicin E2 kill switch
- Semantic containment of our plasmid DNA was demonstrated as a feasible method of preventing expression of our genes by foreign organisms, whilst allowing expression in our chassis.
- Triclosan was successfully used as a selection marker as an alternative to antibiotic resistance and a new, triclosan resistant plasmid backbone was produced
When put together, our final maxicell product would therefore have virtually no risk to the biosphere upon environmental release.
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