Team:Uppsala/Project Adhesion
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Background
When creating a biological machine that efficiently can kill off specific pathogens without disturbing other cells in its environment, an adhesion system could play a vital role.
System design
When creating a biological machine that efficiently can kill off specific pathogens without disturbing other cells in its environment, an adhesion system could play a vital role.
Result
When creating a biological machine that efficiently can kill off specific pathogens without disturbing other cells in its environment, an adhesion system could play a vital role. Getting our probiotic to attach to its target, like Yersinia enterocolitica in our case, could give important advantages in target specificity and delivering medicine in a way that ensures it reaches Y. enterocolitica in a concentration as high as possible.
Parts
- BBa_K1381004
- BBa_K1381004
- BBa_K1381004
- BBa_K1381004
Background
hen creating a biological machine that efficiently can kill off specific pathogens without disturbing other cells in its environment, an adhesion system could play a vital role. Getting our probiotic to attach to its target, like Yersinia enterocolitica in our case, could give important advantages in target specificity and delivering medicine in a way that ensures it reaches Y. enterocolitica in a concentration as high as possible. The idea is to manipulate Lactobacillus expression of membrane proteins to create a somewhat stable bonding to any of Yersina’s surface structures, preventing the pathogen from even entering the gut wall. This could be done with a DNA construct coding for a membrane protein that either resembles the bonding that Yersinia makes to our cells or one that itself binds to Yersinia.
We studied the ways of infection of Yersinia Enterocolitica and
System design
hen creating a biological machine that efficiently can kill off specific pathogens without disturbing other cells in its environment, an adhesion system could play a vital role. Getting our probiotic to attach to its target, like Yersinia enterocolitica in our case, could give important advantages in target specificity and delivering medicine in a way that ensures it reaches Y. enterocolitica in a concentration as high as possible. The idea is to manipulate Lactobacillus expression of membrane proteins to create a somewhat stable bonding to any of Yersina’s surface structures, preventing the pathogen from even entering the gut wall. This could be done with a DNA construct coding for a membrane protein that either resembles the bonding that Yersinia makes to our cells or one that itself binds to Yersinia.
We studied the ways of infection of Yersinia Enterocolitica and
Result
hen creating a biological machine that efficiently can kill off specific pathogens without disturbing other cells in its environment, an adhesion system could play a vital role. Getting our probiotic to attach to its target, like Yersinia enterocolitica in our case, could give important advantages in target specificity and delivering medicine in a way that ensures it reaches Y. enterocolitica in a concentration as high as possible. The idea is to manipulate Lactobacillus expression of membrane proteins to create a somewhat stable bonding to any of Yersina’s surface structures, preventing the pathogen from even entering the gut wall. This could be done with a DNA construct coding for a membrane protein that either resembles the bonding that Yersinia makes to our cells or one that itself binds to Yersinia.
We studied the ways of infection of Yersinia Enterocolitica and
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