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| - | We chose repressible promoters because they are useful in designing complex circuits and are relatively easy to screen for changes in activity level. You can view detailed information on our <a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/LacI">LacI</a>, <a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/TetR">TetR</a> and <a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/cilambda">λ cI</a> mutants on their respective pages. | + | We chose repressible promoters because they are useful in designing complex circuits and are relatively easy to screen for changes in activity level. You can view detailed information on our <a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/LacI">LacI</a>, <a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/TetR">TetR</a> and <a href="https://2011.igem.org/Team:UC_Davis/cilambda">λ cI</a> mutants on their respective pages.<br> |
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Overview
We set out to develop a rugged process for the rapid production of mutant libraries of any BioBrick part using standard primers and a simple mutagenic PCR protocol. We chose to prototype this process by creating mutant libraries of the LacI, TetR and λ cI repressible promoters and to mutate GFP to visually assess our ability to create functional protein mutants.
As of October 2011, we have a functioning mutant library generation and screening process, and a selection of well-characterized promoter mutants, including seven LacI promoter mutants and seven λ cI promoter mutants. We also have nine TetR promoter mutants and eight GFP mutants (two of which have been lovingly named "Orange-Mutated Green Fluorescent Protein," or "OMGfp" 1 and 2) which await further characterization.
As of October 2011, we have a functioning mutant library generation and screening process, and a selection of well-characterized promoter mutants, including seven LacI promoter mutants and seven λ cI promoter mutants. We also have nine TetR promoter mutants and eight GFP mutants (two of which have been lovingly named "Orange-Mutated Green Fluorescent Protein," or "OMGfp" 1 and 2) which await further characterization.
