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         <p>Laboratories are often recognized with hazards of processing infectious agents. Safety measures were
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         <p>Our project aims to neuter multidrug resistant bacterial infections with the help of bacteriocins in
  
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carried out by the team by providing guidelines, engineering controls, management policies and work
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a minicell chassis.</p>
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        <p>Firstly, the idea was to use two different plasmids – one for minicell division and the other for
  
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practices. We followed a high standard of safe and responsible biological engineering. It is one of the primary
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bacteriocin production. Then, we realized that plasmids are carried to the minicells. This requires
  
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concerns of the team and we ensured that all the works carried are highly safe. In general, iGEM teams are trying
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the use of two different plasmids with two different promoters. Instead of going for two different
  
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            to pursue ambitious projects and reduce risks by using safer substitutes for more dangerous organisms/parts.</p>
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plasmids, we modulated our design to a plasmid with two different expression cassettes.</p>
 
      
 
      
 
          
 
          

Revision as of 19:31, 18 September 2015

Project: Minicins

Project Description

Our project aims to neuter multidrug resistant bacterial infections with the help of bacteriocins in a minicell chassis.

Firstly, the idea was to use two different plasmids – one for minicell division and the other for bacteriocin production. Then, we realized that plasmids are carried to the minicells. This requires the use of two different plasmids with two different promoters. Instead of going for two different plasmids, we modulated our design to a plasmid with two different expression cassettes.

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Sri Venkateswara College of Engineering, Chennai