GFP generator I13504 was expressed under promoters J23101, J23106, and J23117 to form devices 1, 2, and 3, respectively. GFP device I20270 was used as a positive control and promoter R0040 was used as a negative control. DH5-alpha E.coli was used as a chassis organism. All DNA samples were obtained from the Spring 2015 DNA Distribution Kit. All final constructs were contained in backbone pSB1C3.
After amplification, the promoter-containing plasmids were digested with SpeI and PstI, while the GFP-containing plasmid was digested with XbaI and PstI. The GFP generator was gel purified and ligated into each of the promoter-containing plasmids with NEB Quick T4 DNA ligase. The completed devices were verified by sequencing.
For each sample, 5mL of bacterial culture in selective LB media was cultured in plastic, 14mL test tubes overnight. Antibiotic was added from a 1000x stock kept at -4C. The tubes were kept at 37C and shaken at 300 RPM. The shaker used was a New Brunswick Scientific Excella E24, with a shaking diameter of 19mm. Cultures were prepared in triplicate.
After measurement of sample OD600, the cells were resuspended in water to a final volume of 500uL and a final OD600 of .5 for plate reader measurement. Fluorescence measurements were also taken in the cells’ growth phase. To do this, sample OD600 was measured, then cells were resuspended in LB media for a final volume of 3mL and final OD600 of .1. These cells were allowed to grow for five hours before resuspension in water to a final volume of 500uL and a final OD600 of .5 for plate reader measurement.
Three 150uL technical replicates from each 500uL sample were loaded into a 96 well plate. Fluorescence measurements were performed on a Tecan Infinite M200 Pro plate reader. An excitation wavelength of 485nm was used, with 9nm bandwidth and 20us integration time. Before excitation, samples were shaken for 10s with a shaking amplitude of 1mm.
Measurement Parameters
Parameter | Value |
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Mode | Fluorescence Top Reading |
Shaking Duration | 10s |
Shaking Amplitude | 1mm |
Excitation Wavelength | 485nm |
Emission Wavelength | 535nm |
Excitation Bandwidth | 9nm |
Emission Bandwidth | 20nm |
Gain | 109 |
Number of Flashes | 25 |
Integration Time | 20us |
Lag Time | 0us |
Settle Time | 0ms |
Z-Position (Manual) | 15000um |
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Normalized Stationary Phase Fluorescence
Replicate (Bio) | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||
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Replicate (Tech) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
J23101+I13504 | 212661 | 218069 | 224560 | 87324 | 83817 | 85638 | 99780 | 104666 | 96564 |
J23106+I13504 | 91142 | 90870 | 91374 | 138854 | 135266 | 138449 | 78490 | 76435 | 76820 |
J23117+I13504 | 36714 | 35889 | 35927 | 86677 | 87505 | 88218 | 100962 | 98886 | 101123 |
I20270 | 59086 | 58353 | 58899 | 66048 | 66005 | 65974 | 23207 | 23189 | 22479 |
R0040 | 7841 | 8595 | 8823 | 9514 | 9610 | 9661 | 8611 | 8411 | 11601 |
Normalized Growth Phase Fluorescence
Replicate (Bio) | One | Two | Three | ||||||
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Replicate (Tech) | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
J23101+I13504 | 228630 | 220402 | 215458 | 250390 | 260929 | 251502 | 223796 | 244465 | 239753 |
J23106+I13504 | 137338 | 136645 | 138662 | 152553 | 152022 | 151875 | 155750 | 154273 | 156722 |
J23117+I13504 | 164102 | 166495 | 164769 | 155177 | 154736 | 157905 | 119813 | 120808 | 119416 |
I20270 | 132783 | 133059 | 135514 | 111394 | 113750 | 117485 | 138890 | 126284 | 128169 |
R0040 | 18327 | 17437 | 18190 | 18767 | 17509 | 17658 | 16599 | 16547 | 15929 |
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