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Team:Cambridge/Bioluminescence
From 2010.igem.org
Bioluminescence: Introduction
The Cambridge team for this year's iGEM is aiming to improve the production of light by engineered micro-organisms. We are pursuing a number of lines of enquiry to achieve this:
- Bacterial luciferases from Vibrio fischeri, and Photorhabdus luminescens
- Firefly luciferases from Photinus pyralis, and Luciola cruciata, including mutants with increased light output and different colours
- Implementation of the firefly luciferin regenerating enzymes (LRE) from the above species into E. coli, this enzyme is believed to
