Endy:Screening plasmid

From OpenWetWare

(Difference between revisions)
Jump to: navigation, search
(→Screening Plasmid 1.0)
Line 35: Line 35:
We are in the process of designing a new version of the screening plasmid to account for some of the shortcomings of the previous version. Details can be found here:  
We are in the process of designing a new version of the screening plasmid to account for some of the shortcomings of the previous version. Details can be found here:  
*[[Endy:Screening plasmid 2.0|Screening Plasmid 2.0]]
*[[Endy:Screening plasmid 2.0|Screening Plasmid 2.0]]
 +
 +
==Documents==
 +
*[[/Registry technical report/]]
==References==
==References==

Revision as of 11:53, 20 March 2007

This page is a work in progress.

Introduction

Schematic of the screening plasmid design.
Schematic of the screening plasmid design.


The screening plasmid is designed to enable fast characterization of PoPS-based parts and devices. It consists of 4 components: (1) Tunable input (2) Input measurement (3) Part/Device insertion site (4) Output measurement.

Screening Plasmid 1.0

Design of Screening Plasmid 1.0: We are using the Pbad arabinose-inducible induction system [1] as a tunable input. GFP is a measure of input and RFP is a measure of output. A Biobricks cloning site enables easy insertion of any Biobricks part. RNase E sites create independence between the mRNA stability of the device being screened and the mRNA stability of the fluorescent proteins. In particular, we suspect mRFP1 contains internal RNaseE cut sites and have added a hairpin 5’ of the coding region to slow degradation by RNase E. [2]
Design of Screening Plasmid 1.0: We are using the Pbad arabinose-inducible induction system [1] as a tunable input. GFP is a measure of input and RFP is a measure of output. A Biobricks cloning site enables easy insertion of any Biobricks part. RNase E sites create independence between the mRNA stability of the device being screened and the mRNA stability of the fluorescent proteins. In particular, we suspect mRFP1 contains internal RNaseE cut sites and have added a hairpin 5’ of the coding region to slow degradation by RNase E. [2]


Terminator Characterization via Screening Plasmid 1.0

Characterization of 6 terminators from the Registry of Standard Biological Parts inserted into the Screening Plasmid. The black line is the best fit to the empty screening plasmid, and serves as a standard for 0% termination efficiency. Functional terminators should lie below the line, note that B0025 (red) is sometimes acting as a promoter.
Characterization of 6 terminators from the Registry of Standard Biological Parts inserted into the Screening Plasmid. The black line is the best fit to the empty screening plasmid, and serves as a standard for 0% termination efficiency. Functional terminators should lie below the line, note that B0025 (red) is sometimes acting as a promoter.
Histogram of calculated termination efficiencies for each terminator. Note that B0025 is mostly off scale.
Histogram of calculated termination efficiencies for each terminator. Note that B0025 is mostly off scale.


Inverter Characterization via Screening Plasmid 1.0

Characterization of Q04740: Dot plot of one replicate is shown in upper right. Mean RFP expression for 3 replicates is plotted against GFP showing characteristic inverter transfer curve.
Characterization of Q04740: Dot plot of one replicate is shown in upper right. Mean RFP expression for 3 replicates is plotted against GFP showing characteristic inverter transfer curve.


Screening Plasmid 2.0

We are in the process of designing a new version of the screening plasmid to account for some of the shortcomings of the previous version. Details can be found here:

Documents

References

  1. Khlebnikov A, Skaug T, and Keasling JD. . pmid:12080425. PubMed HubMed [Khlebnikov]
  2. Smolke CD and Keasling JD. . pmid:12402322. PubMed HubMed [Smolke]
All Medline abstracts: PubMed HubMed


Retrieved from "http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/Endy:Screening_plasmid"
Personal tools