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$("#Content1").html("<p>As described in our project description, our final goal was to induce gas vesicles in bacillus subtilis. <br>The engineered system would then allow the cells to float. Gas vesicles are found, naturally occuring, in five phyla of bacteria and two species of archaea5. They provide aquatic microorganisms with a way of moving vertically, enabling suspension at ideal depth. Across different organisms, eight to fourteen genes have been identified that are involved in the production of gas vesicles, however, only two of these genes have been directly found in the gas vesicle structure6. These genes combine to form a hollow, proteinous structure.</p>"); | $("#Content1").html("<p>As described in our project description, our final goal was to induce gas vesicles in bacillus subtilis. <br>The engineered system would then allow the cells to float. Gas vesicles are found, naturally occuring, in five phyla of bacteria and two species of archaea5. They provide aquatic microorganisms with a way of moving vertically, enabling suspension at ideal depth. Across different organisms, eight to fourteen genes have been identified that are involved in the production of gas vesicles, however, only two of these genes have been directly found in the gas vesicle structure6. These genes combine to form a hollow, proteinous structure.</p>"); | ||
− | $("#Content2").html("<img src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2018/7/7d/T--Warwick--leaddesc1.png'><br><p>Forming like an organelle, the gas vesicle increases cell buoyancy by decreasing density and thus produce floating cells.</p>"); | + | $("#Content2").html("<img style='width: 80%;' src='https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2018/7/7d/T--Warwick--leaddesc1.png'><br><p>Forming like an organelle, the gas vesicle increases cell buoyancy by decreasing density and thus produce floating cells.</p>"); |
$("#Content3").html("<p>Our initial approach to the project was using E. coli as this has been achieved multiple times before, with the genes that we had researched and wanted to use to induce gas vesicles. These genes included: GvpA (Gas vesicle protein A) and GvpC (Gas vesicle protein C) and the MEGA cluster. The inspiration for our project came from two major sources; Mikhail Shapiro's work at CalTech and OUC China’s research done for iGEM as well. These two differ in that Shapiro used a wide variety of genes to create and serve as regulatory proteins which helped maintain the main skeletal and polymerising structure of the vesicles, whereas OUC China used two very basic genes and wanted to see if at this very minimum, they were able to induce the structure in cells. Ultimately, both projects achieved floating cells.</p>"); | $("#Content3").html("<p>Our initial approach to the project was using E. coli as this has been achieved multiple times before, with the genes that we had researched and wanted to use to induce gas vesicles. These genes included: GvpA (Gas vesicle protein A) and GvpC (Gas vesicle protein C) and the MEGA cluster. The inspiration for our project came from two major sources; Mikhail Shapiro's work at CalTech and OUC China’s research done for iGEM as well. These two differ in that Shapiro used a wide variety of genes to create and serve as regulatory proteins which helped maintain the main skeletal and polymerising structure of the vesicles, whereas OUC China used two very basic genes and wanted to see if at this very minimum, they were able to induce the structure in cells. Ultimately, both projects achieved floating cells.</p>"); |
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