IGEM:Paris Bettencourt 2012/Notebooks/suicide group

The aim of this subproject is to design an effective killing mechanism for the bacteria.

Colicins

Image taken from: Cascales E, et al. (2007) Colicin biology. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev71:158–229.

In BioBricks Parts Registry

• BBa_K131000 Colicin E2 operon, designed by Kevin McLeod, group: iGEM08_Calgary_Wetware (2008-07-22)
• BBa_K117001 Colicin E7 with immunity, designed by Nguyen Xuan Hung, group: iGEM08_NTU-Singapore (2008-10-07)
• BBa_K117000 Lysis gene (promotes lysis in colicin-producing bacteria strain), designed by Nguyen Xuan Hung, group: iGEM08_NTU-Singapore (2008-10-07)

Promoters

• BBa_R0040 TetR repressible promoter, designed by Designed by June Rhee, Connie Tao, Ty Thomson, Louis Waldman, group: Registry (2003-01-31)-

References

• Cascales E, et al. (2007) Colicin biology. Microbiol Mol Biol Rev71:158–229.