From 2006.igem.org

Concept

Light Trapped Bacteria -- the E.coli freeze when they are caught by red light.

red light on -> stop
red light off -> move
Control the E.coli's movement with light!

(We are still searching for a better name)

Members

Chiba 2006 team あ

• Youhei Tashiro
• Tomoki Morijiri
• Toru Karasawa
• Maiko Furubayashi

Referenses

Locked Tsr Mutants

• A.Bren and M.Eisenbach (2000) -- How Signals Are Heard during Bacterial Chemotaxis: Protein-Protein Interactions in Sensory Signal Propagation (J.Bacteriol.)
• P.Ames and J.S.Parkinson (1988) -- Transmembrane Signaling by Bacterial Chemoreceptors: E.coli Transducers with Locked Signal Output (Cell)
• P.Ames and J.S.Parkinson (1994) -- Constitutively Signaling Fragments of Tsr, the Escherichia coli Serine Chemoreceptor (J.Bacteriol.)

Experiments

• M.K.Slocum and J.S.Parkinson (1985) -- Genetics of Methyl-Accepting Chemotaxis Proteins in Escherichia coli: Null Phenotypes of the tar and tap Genes (J.Bacteriol.)
• J.S.Parkinson (1976) --- cheA, cheB, and cheC of Escherichia coli and Their Role in Chemotaxis (J.Bacteriol.)

Last Update

• 8/23 refrences
• 8/7 concept&members --maiko