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== Description ==
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The oscillator is a two-component [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaxation_Oscillator relaxation oscillator] consisting of the P<sub>RE</sub> promoter and the gene CII which activates it, both coming from from &lambda; phage, the second component, the HtlB gene from ''E. coli'', which produces proteins that degrade CII proteins.
The oscillator is a two-component [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relaxation_Oscillator relaxation oscillator] consisting of the P<sub>RE</sub> promoter and the gene CII which activates it, both coming from from &lambda; phage, the second component, the HtlB gene from ''E. coli'', which produces proteins that degrade CII proteins.
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# McMillen, D. ''et al'' (2002) "[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=117365 Synchronizing genetic relaxation oscillators by intercell signalling]", Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 679-684.  
# McMillen, D. ''et al'' (2002) "[http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=117365 Synchronizing genetic relaxation oscillators by intercell signalling]", Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 679-684.  
# Hadler, S. ''et al'' (2007) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17890311 Probing the Anitprotease Activity of &lambda;CIII, an Inhibitor of the Escherichia coli Metalloprotease HflB (FtsH)]", Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 189, No. 22, pp. 8130-8138.
# Hadler, S. ''et al'' (2007) [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17890311 Probing the Anitprotease Activity of &lambda;CIII, an Inhibitor of the Escherichia coli Metalloprotease HflB (FtsH)]", Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 189, No. 22, pp. 8130-8138.
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Our Reloxilator (Relaxation Oscillator): A four-part system consisting of an oscillator, a synchronizer, a tuner, and a reporter.

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Description

The oscillator is a two-component relaxation oscillator consisting of the PRE promoter and the gene CII which activates it, both coming from from λ phage, the second component, the HtlB gene from E. coli, which produces proteins that degrade CII proteins.

The synchronizer allows synchronizing between different cells after about two time periods of oscillation1. The main parts of the synchronizer is made up of the PLux promoter, and the LuxI and LuxR genes from the Vibrio Fischeri organism. PRE and the CII gene are the same components as used in the oscillator, to tie the oscillator and synchronizer together.

The Tuner is a way to control the time period of the system by inhibiting the rate of degradation HtlB has on CII in the oscillator. The protein used is the CIIICd, a DNA synthesised version of the CIIIC protein from the study done by Halder et al2.

The Reporter is the promoter PRE (the same one used in the oscillator) attached to a green flurorescent protein gene. It is used in various tests to check many of the components in the system.

References

  1. McMillen, D. et al (2002) "Synchronizing genetic relaxation oscillators by intercell signalling", Proc Natl Acad Sci USA, Vol. 22, No. 3, pp. 679-684.
  2. Hadler, S. et al (2007) Probing the Anitprotease Activity of λCIII, an Inhibitor of the Escherichia coli Metalloprotease HflB (FtsH)", Journal of Bacteriology, Vol. 189, No. 22, pp. 8130-8138.