Team:Warwick/Parts/Aptazyme
From 2014.igem.org
(Difference between revisions)
Line 43: | Line 43: | ||
<!--CONTENT START--> | <!--CONTENT START--> | ||
+ | |||
+ | <a href="https://2014.igem.org/Main_Page"> <img class = "headerImage" style = "width: 12%;" | ||
+ | src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/2/22/Logo2014v2.png"> </a> | ||
<a href="/Team:Warwick"> <img class = "headerImage" style = "width: 30%;" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/f/ff/RepliconLogoON.png"> </a> | <a href="/Team:Warwick"> <img class = "headerImage" style = "width: 30%;" src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/f/ff/RepliconLogoON.png"> </a> | ||
- | + | <a href="/Team:Warwick"> <img class = "headerImage" style = "width: 12%;" | |
- | + | src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014/f/f6/Warwick_logo.png"> </a> | |
<div id = "mainMenuBar"> | <div id = "mainMenuBar"> | ||
<li> <a href = "/Team:Warwick"> HOME </a> </li> | <li> <a href = "/Team:Warwick"> HOME </a> </li> |
Revision as of 00:41, 18 October 2014
APTAZYME
This is an RNA enzyme which self- cleaves in the presence of theophylline. Theophylline is not endogenous to mammalian cells hence acts as a selective “off-switch” in an instance such as, Hepatitis C infection or tumour formation which is exacerbated by lack of DPP-IV.