Simple Genetic Circuit for Making Stripes (VIDEO)

University of California - San Diego

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This time-lapse video shows stripes developing in a bacterial colony that has been modified with the addition of a simple "synthetic" genetic circuit, assembled in part from genes taken from another species of bacteria.

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Image courtesy of Jian-Dong Huang, Terence Hwa et al.

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For illustration of reports of the experiments reported in this paper only. For other uses, please contact scinews@ucsd.edu

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