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Device1;

Sensing formaldehyde and then producing GFP



 
 

In frmRAB operon, which origin is chromosome of Escherichia coli, frmAB is normally repressed by frmR. But, when formaldehyde exists, frmR loses its inhibitory(2). This device is composed of frmR gene, its promoter and GFP gene.




2. Christopher D. Herring and Frederick R. Blattner. 2004. Global Transcriptional Effects of a Suppressor tRNA and the Inactivation of the Regulator frmR[PubMed]