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TFA (tail fibre assembly) gene circuit

The tfa (tail fibre assembly) protein of bacteriophage Lambda assists in the assembly of the stf (short tail fibre) protein into a functional tail fibre. This part provides the gene sequence for tfa, together with a TetR repressible promoter (TetO, available separately as BioBrick part BBa_R0040), ribosome binding site (available separately as part BBa_B0034) and an rrNB T1 terminator (available separately as BioBrick part BBa_B0010). Presence of the gene in shipping backbone pSB1C3 was confirmed by restriction with enzymes EcoRV and PstI (Fig. 1).

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Fig 1. a. Predicted band size of correct (lane 1) and incorrect (lane 2) restriction. b. Observed band sizes of both samples (both the tfa circuit) match correct band sizes of 1133 and 1737 bp.