Team:Imperial College London/Software Tool

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   det[4] = "Detecting this coagulation factor could be a way of determining if patients should be given warfarin or a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) if they are displaying atrial fibrilation following a stroke. Factor X is the first member of the thrombin pathway which essentially leads to blood clotting.";
   det[4] = "Detecting this coagulation factor could be a way of determining if patients should be given warfarin or a low molecular weight heparin (LMWH) if they are displaying atrial fibrilation following a stroke. Factor X is the first member of the thrombin pathway which essentially leads to blood clotting.";
   det[5] = "The complement system is part of the innate immune response to an acute infection. Detecting C3 convertase could give medical professionals a rapid method of seeing if a patient is fighting an acute infection.";
   det[5] = "The complement system is part of the innate immune response to an acute infection. Detecting C3 convertase could give medical professionals a rapid method of seeing if a patient is fighting an acute infection.";
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  det[6] = "This protease is produced by the ''leishmania'' parasites which cause leishmaniasis, an NTD. Diagnosis currently takes at least 20 minutes and requires microscopy. Our kit would allow rapid detection with very simple apparatus. ";
   var prefix = "GAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAG";
   var prefix = "GAATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAG";
   var promoter = "AATTTTGTCAAAATAATTTTATTGACAACGTCTTATTAACGTTGATATAATTTAAATTTTATTTGACAAAAATGGGCTCGTGTTGTACAATAAATGT";
   var promoter = "AATTTTGTCAAAATAATTTTATTGACAACGTCTTATTAACGTTGATATAATTTAAATTTTATTTGACAAAAATGGGCTCGTGTTGTACAATAAATGT";
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   cleavage[4] = "ATCGACGGACGT";
   cleavage[4] = "ATCGACGGACGT";
   cleavage[5] = "TTATTATCTCGTTCTGAAGAAGAC";
   cleavage[5] = "TTATTATCTCGTTCTGAAGAAGAC";
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  cleavage[6] = "CTGATTGCGTATCTGAAAAAAGCGACC";
   var aip = "GAAATGCGCCTTAGCAAATTCTTCAGGGACTTCATTCTTCAAAGGAAAAAA";
   var aip = "GAAATGCGCCTTAGCAAATTCTTCAGGGACTTCATTCTTCAAAGGAAAAAA";
   var terminator = "TAATAA";
   var terminator = "TAATAA";
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   <option value="4">Factor Xa</option>
   <option value="4">Factor Xa</option>
   <option value="5">C3 Convertase</option>
   <option value="5">C3 Convertase</option>
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  <option value="6">Leishmanolysin</option>
</select>
</select>
</html>
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Revision as of 14:46, 20 October 2010

Software Tool
We realised early on that our detection module could be designed with a sensitivity to different proteases. By changing the cleavage site the system can accept a wide variety of inputs. This tool is designed to facilitate a quick custom sequence generation of the entire surface protein construct.
Select Protease Description

This was our primary target. Read our wiki to find out more!

Awaiting sequence generation...

Yellow - Biobrick Prefix/Suffix

Orange - Promoter

Red - Ribosome Binding Site

Violet - Scar

Purple - Cell Wall Binding Domain

Dark Blue - Adjustable Linker

Light Blue - Protease Cleavage Site

Dark Green - Autoinducing Peptide

Light Green - Terminator