Team:Stanford-Brown/HellCell/Cold

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Cold
At a glance
Extremophile: Psychromonas ingrahamii
Genes of interest: betA and betB
Consensus: Inconclusive

Rhagium inquisitor
Yale's iGEM team isolated an antifreeze protein out of it last year and showed that it confers survivability to cells at really cold temperatures (down to -20ºC). We are seeing whether cells can thrive and grow with the help of this protein at cold temperatures.

Escherichia coli
We are attempting to upregulate a pathway that produces betaine, a nutrient that prevents the aggregation of proteins and should help contribute to cold resistance.

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