Reporter
Part:BBa_K222000:Design
Designed by: Cristina Vilanova Group: iGEM09_Valencia (2009-10-20)
Aequorin
Assembly Compatibility:
- 10COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[10]
- 12COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[12]
- 21INCOMPATIBLE WITH RFC[21]Illegal BamHI site found at 549
- 23COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[23]
- 25COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[25]
- 1000COMPATIBLE WITH RFC[1000]
Design Notes
Referred to the work of Viladevall L., et al (see References)
Safety Notes
None.
Source
It comes from the genomic sequence of the luminiscent jellyfish Aequorea victoria.
Authorship
Osamu Shimomura discovered Aequorin and isolated it for the first time.
References
"Characterization of the Calcium-mediated Responde to Alkaline Stress in Saccharomyces cerevisiae". Viladevall L, et al. J Biol Chem. (2004) 279 43614–43624
"Methods in Neuronal Modeling: From Synapses to Networks". Koch, Christof; Segev, Idan (ISBN: 0262111330 / 0-262-11133-0)
Acknowledgments
We want to thank Joaquin Arino and his research group from UAB (Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona) for their help and support.