IGEM:IMPERIAL/2007/Projects/Interesting Parts From Registry

List of parts we find potentially useful for a project.

Input type

inducible promoters

• hybB (cold shock promoter):<bbpart>BBa_J45503</bbpart>

• htpG (heat shock promoter):<bbpart>BBa_J45504</bbpart>

inducers/repressors

• LacI ts (temperature sensitive)
  • Description: Temperature sensitive LacI, activated at 37°C?
  • Potential use: Thermo bacteria
  • Link: BBa_J06501
  • Literature:
    1. Chao YP, Chern JT, Wen CS, and Fu H. Construction and characterization of thermo-inducible vectors derived from heat-sensitive lacI genes in combination with the T7 A1 promoter. Biotechnol Bioeng. 2002 Jul 5;79(1):1-8. DOI:10.1002/bit.10304 |

sensing parts

• Aspartate Chemotaxis
  • Description: Chemotaxis
  • Potential Use:
  • Link: BBa_C0082

Processes

Logic gates

• Invertor
  • Description:A transcription factor [LuxR] (BBa_C0062) that is active in the presence of cell-cell signaling molecule 3OC6HSL is controlled by a tetR regulatable operator (BBa_R0040). Device input is 3OC6HSL. Device output is PoPS from a LuxR-regulated operator. If used in a cell containing TetR then a second input signal such as aTc can be used to produce a logical AND function.
  • Potential Use: Logic circuits
  • Link: BBa_F2620
• Tet Invertor
  • Description: A standar invertor where TetR represses ptet
  • Potential Use: Found in thermostat
  • Link BBa_Q04400
• AND gate
  • Description: X verter RBS regulation prototype. Output given only if both the genes are expressed.
  • Potential Use: Logic circuits
  • Link: BBa_J32008

Swtich

• Biphasic
• Toggle

Signalling

• Quorum Sensing
• Cell-Cell Communication

Output type

Light related reporters

• GFP
  • description:
  • potential use:
  • link:<bbpart>BBa_E0040</bbpart>

Smell

• Banna, Vanilla , Wintergreen [MIT 2006]

Sound

• The dark side of the cell is an audio-visual event treating one of the most interesting recent discoveries in nano-biotechnology: cellular sounds.

Link: http://www.darksideofcell.info/