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<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="background: #000000"><FONT COLOR="#00ff00"><FONT FACE="Estrangelo Nisibin Outline"><FONT SIZE=7 STYLE="font-size: 54pt"><B>The
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<P ALIGN=CENTER STYLE="background: #000000"><FONT COLOR="#00ff00"><FONT FACE="Estrangelo Nisibin Outline"><FONT SIZE=7 STYLE="font-size: 54pt"><B><FONT SIZE=5 STYLE="font-size: 20pt">(Blurring
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<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="background: #000000"><FONT COLOR="#00ff00"><FONT FACE="Estrangelo Nisibin Outline"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><B>Our
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project focuses on creating the very first synthetic biology plant
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chassis ever presented as a IGEM project. We plan on doing this by
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temperature sensitive grass. The idea would be to introduce two
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<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="background: #000000"><FONT COLOR="#00ff00"><FONT FACE="Estrangelo Nisibin Outline"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><B>The
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photo sensor would take advantage of an already existing red/far red
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pathway existing in plants. Pathway is normally used to detect
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shading by other plants as well as the end of the day. When red light
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is present the PR protein turns into PFR which activates another
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protein which then binds to LRE (Light Responsive Element) section of
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day) the PFR protien converts back to PR and the pathway shuts off.
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Our project will take advantage of this pathway and create an LRE
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biobrick which can then be used as a photosensor. In our project LRE
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temperature sensor will be cold sensitive that will cause the
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pathways (lux2). The repressed lux2 pathway carries another repressor
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<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="background: #000000"><FONT COLOR="#00ff00"><FONT FACE="Estrangelo Nisibin Outline"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><B>Our
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<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="background: #000000"><FONT COLOR="#00ff00"><FONT FACE="Estrangelo Nisibin Outline"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><B>Our
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<P ALIGN=LEFT STYLE="background: #000000"><FONT COLOR="#00ff00"><FONT FACE="Estrangelo Nisibin Outline"><FONT SIZE=4 STYLE="font-size: 15pt"><B>Special
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