IGEM:Harvard/2009/Background Reading

1) A light-switchable gene promoter system. Shimizu-Sato S, Huq E, Tepperman JM, Quail PH. Nat Biotechnol. 2002 Oct;20(10):1041-4. Epub 2002 Sep 3. PMID: 12219076

2) An enlightened genetic switch. Mendelsohn AR. Nat Biotechnol. 2002 Oct;20(10):985-7. No abstract available. PMID: 12355112

3) Red- and green-emitting firefly luciferase mutants for bioluminescent reporter applications. Branchini BR, Southworth TL, Khattak NF, Michelini E, Roda A. Anal Biochem. 2005 Oct 1;345(1):140-8. PMID: 16125663

4) Synthetic biology: engineering Escherichia coli to see light. Levskaya A, Chevalier AA, Tabor JJ, Simpson ZB, Lavery LA, Levy M, Davidson EA, Scouras A, Ellington AD, Marcotte EM, Voigt CA. Nature. 2005 Nov 24;438(7067):441-2. PMID: 16306980

5) Genetic parts to program bacteria. Voigt CA. Curr Opin Biotechnol. 2006 Oct;17(5):548-57. Epub 2006 Sep 15. Review. PMID: 16978856

6) Receptor density balances signal stimulation and attenuation in membrane-assembled complexes of bacterial chemotaxis signaling proteins. Besschetnova TY, Montefusco DJ, Asinas AE, Shrout AL, Antommattei FM, Weis RM. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2008 Aug 26;105(34):12289-94. Epub 2008 Aug 18. PMID: 18711126

7) Activation of protein splicing with light in yeast. Tyszkiewicz AB, Muir TW. Nat Methods. 2008 Apr;5(4):303-5. Epub 2008 Feb 13. PMID: 18272963

8) Photoactivation and imaging of photoactivatable fluorescent proteins. Patterson GH. Curr Protoc Cell Biol. 2008 Mar;Chapter 21:Unit 21.6. Review. PMID: 18360816

9) Genetic engineering of phytochrome biosynthesis in bacteria. Gambetta GA, Lagarias JC. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2001 Sep 11;98(19):10566-71. PMID: 11553807

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11) US Patent 6858429 - Universal light-switchable gene promoter system