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            <p>**<b>20/07/12</b>**</p><p>We hope you enjoyed your stay Emma and Chloe!</p></td>
 
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            <p>**<b>19/07/12</b>**</p><p>Our genes have been delivered!</p></td>
 
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        <p>We are using several approaches to demonstrate how this is possible. Firstly we want to synthesise useful existing polysaccharides (such as hyaluronan) in the unfamiliar setting of <em>E. coli</em>. Secondly, to achieve the synthetic  polysaccharide, we will implement the addition of glycosyltransferases  from different <em>E. Coli</em> to our own sample strain, both individually for characterisation and in an operon, allowing polysaccharide production via the Wzy-dependent system. As well as implementing a full operon for each polysaccharide, we plan to construct an engineered plasmid. This will allow controlled expression of different enzymes, induced through different promoters to enable choice without repeated genetic transformations.</p>
 
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