CHE.496/2009/Schedule/Oral presentations of system designs/Group2

Group 2 Project
Patrick Gildea, Thaddeus Webb, Maria Fini

Project: Construction of material to build structures

Acetobacter xylinum] xylinum ATCC23769 and ATCC53582: Comparison of Cellulose Synthetic Ability Between Strains] - -
 * Method: Cellulose secretion
 * Description
 * Produce cellulose fiber
 * How it works
 * express the genes for cellulose production.
 * Would need to increase production rate and balance production with growth rate, since both are dependent on glucose. Maybe reduce other metabolic stresses.
 * Source & References
 * [http://www.pnas.org/content/87/20/8130.full.pdf+html Genetic organization of the cellulose synthase operon in
 * [http://dnaresearch.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/reprint/9/5/149 Cloning of Cellulose Synthesis Related Genes from Acetobacter
 * Cellulose in Cyanobacteria. Origin of Vascular Plant Cellulose Synthase?
 * etc
 * etc
 * Method: Calcium Carbonate secretion
 * Description
 * to be added
 * How it works
 * to be added
 * Source & References
 * Method: fibrodysplasia ossificans progressiva (FOP) gene???
 * Description
 * to be added
 * How it works
 * to be added
 * Source & References
 * http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article708530.ece

Project: Dual-Cell functionality for cell specialization
 * Description
 * to be added
 * How it works
 * to be added
 * Source & References

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