Team:CUNY Kingsborough/Light Operon


Light Operon

Introduction

Equations

Results

The different states of Yf1 are being hit with different intensities of light, producing alternating results unique to the state. Click on any of the images to view full size.

  1. Starting concentration of 95 FixJ molecules (Gillespie)
  2. (Left) Constant light at 0.4291 micromoles per square meter; (Right) Constant light at 4.291 micromoles per square meter
    yDD (Dark-Dark state); yDL/LD (Dark-Light state); yLL (Light-Light state)

  3. Starting concentration of 948 Yf1 molecules (Gillespie)
  4. (Left) Constant light at 0.4291 micromoles per square meter; (Right) Constant light at 4.291 micromoles per square meter
    yDD (Dark-Dark state); yDL/LD (Dark-Light state); yLL (Light-Light state)


  5. Starting concentration of 95 and 948 Yf1 molecules (deterministic)
  6. (Left) Starting concentration of 95 Yf1 molecules; (Right) Starting concentration of 948 FixJ molecules
    yDD (Dark-Dark state); yDL/LD (Dark-Light state); yLL (Light-Light state)