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| − | <li><a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:NAIT_Edmonton">home</a>
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| − | <li><a href="https://2015.igem.org/Team:NAIT_Edmonton/Attributions">attributions</a></li>
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| − | <center><div class="top_slogan">The Project</div></center>
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| − | <a name="background"><h1>Background</h1></a>
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| − | <p>The structural and functional study of the proteins expressed by a genome is
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| − | called proteomics. This relatively novel science uses different methodologies in order to
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| − | separate and identify specific proteins of interest. Among these techniques, SDS-PAGE
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| − | plays an essential role due to its high sensitivity, low sample volume requirement, and
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| − | high popularity. Negatively charged proteins migrate towards the positive electrode
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| − | according to their size and charge. Smaller proteins migrate further in a given amount of
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| − | time. As proteins are separated in this manner, users load molecular weight standards
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| − | to estimate the size (in kDa) of the proteins present in their sample. Once the proteins of
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| − | a single sample have been isolated and are embedded in the polyacrylamide (PA) gel
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| − | <p>Organic dyes, such as Coomassie blue, can be used for this purpose;
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| − | nevertheless, their low sensitivity and a detection range that goes from 1 to 50 ng can
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| − | be a challenge for detecting low abundance proteins (Jin, Huang, Yoo, & Choi, 2006). A
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| − | ng.); however, UV instruments are necessary in order to read the data (Jin et al., 2006).
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| − | The most sensitive method up to date is radiolabeling, but the requirement of hazardous
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| − | colored golden-brown in the staining process. Markers offer evenly distributed proteins
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| − | that show bands of equal intensity and known size. Researchers can compare these
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| − | of each band. Post-silver staining, the users lose the ability to use the color code as a
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| − | <p>Our goal is to develop a marker that, when interacting with the reagents used in
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| − | identification of the protein(s) of interest post-staining. In order to do so, investigation of
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| − | how specific amino acids react with silver staining reagents is underway by our team.
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| − | This will have as an outcome the creation of novel proteins that contain an excess of a
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| − | particular amino acid and/or chemical modifications that will generate a specific colour
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| − | after treating it with silver staining reagents. To obtain such proteins, the introduction of
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