Team:Cambridge

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We are the  Cambridge Team for iGEM 2010. Over the course of the summer we have built a number of BioBricks to allow <strong>bioluminescence</strong>. We used genes originally found in fireflies (<em>Photinus pyralis</em> and <em>Luciola cruciata</em>) and those from the marine bacterium <em>Vibrio fischeri</em>.
We are the  Cambridge Team for iGEM 2010. Over the course of the summer we have built a number of BioBricks to allow <strong>bioluminescence</strong>. We used genes originally found in fireflies (<em>Photinus pyralis</em> and <em>Luciola cruciata</em>) and those from the marine bacterium <em>Vibrio fischeri</em>.
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* Mutagenesis to create a number of [https://2010.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Bioluminescence/Colour '''different colours''']
* Mutagenesis to create a number of [https://2010.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Bioluminescence/Colour '''different colours''']
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We complemented these firefly systems, which require the addition of the substrate luciferin, with light producing systems from '''Vibrio fischeri'''.
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We complemented these firefly systems, which require the addition of the substrate luciferin, with light producing systems from '''Vibrio fischeri'''. We believe we have created the '''first''' biobrick to emit light in normal E. coli strains without the addition of any luciferin substrate.
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We codon optimised the bacterial lux operon in an attempt to lift [https://2010.igem.org/Team:Cambridge/Bioluminescence/Bacterial_Codon_optimisation '''hns repression''']
These systems will form the basis of simple quantitative assays and in the future might also be used as a light source.
These systems will form the basis of simple quantitative assays and in the future might also be used as a light source.

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