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Heme Expression From Caulobacter Crescentus In E. Coli, Gloriana Tokgozoglu
Heme Expression From Caulobacter Crescentus In E. Coli, Gloriana Tokgozoglu
Kansas State University Undergraduate Research Conference
The focus of my research is to create a clone of a Heme transporter from Caulobacter crescentus and transformed into E. coli OKN359 and fluorescently label it so that it can detect Heme in the environment. This sensor will be combined with others in a fluorescence assay to analyze pathogenic bacteria and identify drugs that are the most effective in inhibiting their iron transport. To do so, I used Gibson cloning and made a hybrid gene, pITS27, that contains a small initial portion of an E.coli gene fepA followed by the full Caulobacter crescentus gene hutA. The initial portion of …