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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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principle of our project is the development of a novel reporter system. We
 
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developed a biological system which is a reporter system more agile and
 
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recognizable in comparison to the present reporter systems using E.coli.
 
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Although the currently present reporter systems bear many incapabilities and
 
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disadvantages, the lack of alternative reporter systems forces the science
 
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community to use these systems. Our project can perhaps obscure this situation.</span></p>
 
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"Calibri","sans-serif"; '> White rot fungus degrade several
 
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large molecules such as cellulose, hemicellulose </span><img width=352
 
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'>and lignin to use as a source of nutrition and continue their
 
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"Calibri","sans-serif"'> <span style=' '>The breakdown of
 
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lignin, an amorphous substance and a polimer, through lignin peroxidase, an
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; '>In the
 
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examination of the simbiotic relationship of white rot fungus and ligneous
 
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trees, scientist uncovered the mycoremediational breakdown that takes place in
 
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fungi through laccase enzymes. After recognizing the possibilities that arose
 
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due to this discovery, scientists utilized the mentioned function of fungi on
 
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the remediation of dyes. If enzymes could be used to breakdown dyes, than it
 
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would be possible to form a biological reporter system that would be built
 
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around the breakdown of dyes instead of synthesizing it, which would in turn
 
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speed up the process, make it easier to observe changes and give the ability to
 
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mediate the integration of the method to bioremediation systems. With this
 
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design, we will have formed a reporter system from scratch based on the
 
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breakdown of dyes instead of their synthesis.</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='text-align:justify'><span style='font-size:16.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>PRESENT REPORTER SYSTEMS</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal><img width=349 height=254 src="https://static.igem.org/mediawiki/2014hs/8/86/%C4%B0image002.png"
 
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align=left hspace=12><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
 
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"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '>Commonly used reporter
 
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genes that induce visually identifiable characteristics usually involve
 
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fluorescent and luminescent proteins. Examples include the gene that encodes
 
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jellyfish </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
 
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_fluorescent_protein"><span
 
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style='color:#0B0080; '>green fluorescent protein</span></a></span><span
 
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color:#252525; '> (GFP), which causes </span><span
 
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'>cells</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '> that express it to glow green under blue light, the enzyme </span><span
 
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luciferase"><span style='color:#0B0080;
 
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'>luciferase</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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'>luciferin</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '> to produce light, and the red fluorescent protein from the gene dsRed.
 
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The </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
 
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GUS_reporter_system"><span style='color:
 
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#0B0080; '>GUS</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '> gene has been commonly used in plants but luciferase and </span><span
 
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style='color:#0B0080; '>GFP</span></a></span><span
 
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color:#252525; '> are becoming more common</span><span
 
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color:#252525; '>A common reporter in bacteria is the </span><span
 
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line-height:152%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '> gene, which encodes the protein </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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'>X-gal</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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color:#252525; '> (CAT) gene, which confers resistance to the
 
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system that is the green fluorescent protein, a protein that does not carry a </span><img
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '>,</span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
 
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yeast"><span style='color:#0B0080;
 
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'>Yeast</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '> and other </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;
 
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fungi"><span
 
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style='color:#0B0080; '>Fungi</span></a></span><span
 
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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color:#252525; '>, fish (such as </span><span style='font-size:
 
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12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
 
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zebrafish"><span style='color:#0B0080;
 
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'>zebrafish</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '>), plant, fly, and mammalian cells, including human. </span><span
 
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
 
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Chalfie"><span style='color:#0B0080;
 
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'>Martin Chalfie</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '>, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:
 
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"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Shimomura"><span
 
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style='color:#0B0080; '>Osamu Shimomura</span></a></span><span
 
-
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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color:#252525; '>, and </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
 
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Y._Tsien"><span style='color:#0B0080;
 
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'>Roger Y. Tsien</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '> were awarded the 2008 </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:
 
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115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
 
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobel_Prize_in_Chemistry"><span
 
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style='color:#0B0080; '>Nobel Prize in Chemistry</span></a></span><span
 
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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color:#252525; '> on 10 October 2008 for their discovery and
 
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development of the green fluorescent protein.</span><span style='font-size:
 
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12.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525'> </span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:152%'><span style='font-size:
 
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12.0pt;line-height:152%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525;
 
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'>The GFP reporter systems which started a new era in
 
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biological reporter systems with the works of </span><span style='font-size:
 
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12.0pt;line-height:152%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'><a
 
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href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Chalfie"><span style='color:#0B0080;
 
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'>Martin Chalfie</span></a></span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:152%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#252525; '>, </span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:152%;font-family:
 
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"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0B0080; '>Osamu Shimomura</span></u><span
 
-
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:152%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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color:#252525; '>, and </span><u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:152%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#0B0080; '>Roger Y. Tsien</span></u><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:152%;
 
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; '> are still widely used
 
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today. GFP reporter systems which can be used in many processes ranging from
 
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the confirmation of the synthesis of a sequence to the validation of the
 
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binding of a protein to the cell membrane of a cell, still command great
 
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importance as a reporter system, however these reporter systems also carry
 
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several disadvantages. The most crucial of these disadvantages is the problem
 
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of time restriction. To overcome this hurdle in front of scientific research
 
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exponentially increases the development in scince. Reducing the time allocated
 
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for experiments and increasing their efficiency are the most important matters
 
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in science research. Currently, the issue of time has become more prominent.
 
-
The incubation process following cloning protocols can take up to 16 hours,
 
-
significantly increasing the time required to carry out projects hence
 
-
restricting the conduction of many of these projects. If an example was to be
 
-
given to the current problem, the time restriction prevents the use of
 
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synthetic biology for the development of toxic gas sensors as the sensors would
 
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need to give immidiate response. It is not possible to state that this problem
 
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has been solved as alternative methods either require highly expensive
 
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chemicals to operate or have too complex systems preventing implementation</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:152%'><span style='font-size:
 
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12.0pt;line-height:152%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"'>&nbsp;</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;line-height:152%'><span style='font-size:
 
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16.0pt;line-height:152%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; '>OUR
 
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MODULE</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:200%'><span
 
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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'>Reporter systems carry great significance in the world of
 
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biology. As previously mentioned, the problems that currently exist in the
 
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development of reporter systems slow down the development of Biology,
 
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specifically synthetic biology and genetics.</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:200%'><span
 
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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color:#222222; '>We aimed to overcome the issue of time with our
 
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system. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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'>We had to abandon certain project ideas due to the
 
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insufficiency of the available time that inspired us to find a possible way of
 
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overcoming this issue which would open doors to many scientists interested in this
 
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area.</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:200%'><span
 
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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'>Our focus was on the GFP reporter system as it had been used
 
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numerous times by scientists worldwide and therefore carried great attention in
 
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reporter systems. If the issue of time was to be tackled, it had to address the
 
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issue in the GFP reporter system. The report system had to respond in a shorter
 
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period of time if progress was to be accelerated. It was not crucial to see a
 
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100% complete result, </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;
 
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font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#222222; '>even the
 
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glimpse of a change would have been enough for our system.</span><span
 
-
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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'>. After observing the currently present GFP reporter systems,
 
-
it came to our notice that the bacteria try to produce an inexisting substance
 
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from scratch, step by step and the presence of the substance can only be
 
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recognized after the substance has reached a certain concentration. If the process
 
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was to be reversed, however, it would take a significantly reduced amount of
 
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time. After reaching this state of recognition, we decided that the breakdown
 
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of the color instead of its production would be a lot more agile. Allthe enzyme
 
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produced would be capable of breaking down color in a short time interval. The
 
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exponentially increasing levels of enzyme presence would increase the enzyme
 
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activity, hence reducing the time of the process even more.</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:200%'><span
 
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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color:#222222; '>There is another advantage to this new system,
 
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while the necessity of the colored substance reaching a certain density was a
 
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disadvantage in the previous system, in the new system even the change in the
 
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hue of the color would prove that our system was functioning and the density
 
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issue would then become an advantage. </span><span style='font-size:12.0pt;
 
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line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"; '>The only
 
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external addition to the system required is the addition of a specific dye. The
 
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system therefore bears the potential to eliminate 16-hour long waiting times
 
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and makes life easier for scientists.</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:200%'><span
 
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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color:#222222; '>If our goal within this project was
 
-
accomplished it would be a revolution for biological reactions. Who wouldn't
 
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want to decrease the required time by 75%?</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:200%'><span
 
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style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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color:#222222; '>Our project has the potential to be adapted for
 
-
other areas of science because of its relation with color. When we think of the
 
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importance of bioremediation processes, to decrease the harm of chemical waste
 
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to the ecology of the Earth, these alternative systems are important. It won't
 
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be hard to integrate this system.</span></p>
 
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-top:6.0pt;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:6.0pt;
 
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margin-left:0cm;text-align:justify;text-indent:36.0pt;line-height:200%'><span
 
-
style='font-size:12.0pt;line-height:200%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
 
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color:#222222; '>If we are able to optimize and develop the
 
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steps of our project professionally, we will be able to open a new door within
 
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the science of biology.</span></p>
 
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