Team:Cambridge/Human Practices

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Human practises encompasses the social ethical and legal considerations of our work. We imagined how our particular project might impact on peoples lives as well as thinking about the wider issues of the way we practise our science and share our findings.  
Human practises encompasses the social ethical and legal considerations of our work. We imagined how our particular project might impact on peoples lives as well as thinking about the wider issues of the way we practise our science and share our findings.  
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==Under construction==
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==Futures==
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Bacterial lux operons emit light using five enzymes:
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We spent a day early in the project imagining how engineered artificial bioluminescence might be used in the future.
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*<i>luxA</i> and <i>luxB</i> form the luciferase part of the system, they emit light using the substrate <b>tetradecanal</b>
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*<i>luxC</i>, <i>luxD</i> and <i>luxE</i> are involved in the biosynthesis of tetradecanal from readily available substrates
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==Bioluminescent species==
==Bioluminescent species==
The Cambridge team is looking into these bacterial luciferases:
The Cambridge team is looking into these bacterial luciferases:

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