Cascaded amplifying circuits enable ultrasensitive cellular sensors for toxic metals.
    
      Wan X, Volpetti F, Petrova E, French C, Maerkl SJ, Wang B
    
    
      Nat Chem Biol. 2019 May;15(5):540-548. doi: 10.1038/s41589-019-0244-3. Epub 2019 Mar 25.
    
    
      
        
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Plasmids from Article
| ID | Plasmid | Purpose | 
|---|---|---|
| 123142 | As3 (pBW411J117-arsR) | An arsenic sensor with optimized intracellular receptor density. Also used in the sensor cell array. pSB3K3 carrying J117-30arsR-t-ParsR-30gfp-t | 
| 123143 | pXWJ109As-gfp | An arsenic sensor with optimized intracellular receptor density. pSB3K3 carrying J109-30arsR-t-ParsR-30gfp-t | 
| 123144 | pXWJ109AsAmp30E | Arsenic sensor with an optimized HrpRS-based amplifier. pSB3K3 carrying J109-30arsR-t-ParsR-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30gfp-t | 
| 123145 | pXW117As(RS-E11) | Arsenic sensor with two-layered amplifier cascade. pSB4A3 carrying J117-30arsR-t-ParsR-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-31ECF11(ASV)-t-Pecf11-30gfp-t | 
| 123146 | pXW117As(RS-E11-RinA)2 | Arsenic sensor with three-layered amplifier cascade. Need to work with plasmid pXWPrinA-gfp2. pSB4A3 carrying J117-30arsR-t-ParsR-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-31ECF11(ASV)-t-Pecf11-33rinA-t | 
| 123147 | pXWPrinA-gfp2 | pSB1K3 carrying PrinA-30gfp-t | 
| 123148 | pXWJ109Hg-gfp | A mercury sensor with optimized intracellular receptor density. pSB3K3 carrying J109-32merR-t-PmerT-30gfp-t | 
| 123149 | pXWJ109HgAmp30E | Mercury sensor with an optimized HrpRS-based amplifier. pSB3K3 carrying J109-32merR-t-PmerT-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30gfp-t | 
| 123150 | pXW109Hg(RS-RinA) | Mercury sensor with two-layered amplifier cascade. pSB4A3 carrying J109-32merR-t-PmerT-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30RinA-t-PrinA-30gfp-t | 
| 123151 | pXW109Hg(RS-RinA-E11)2 | Mercury sensor with three-layered amplifier cascade. Need to work with plasmid pXWP11-gfp2. pSB4A3 carrying J109-32merR-t-PmerT-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30RinA(ASV)-t-PrinA-33ECF11-t | 
| 123152 | pXWP11-gfp2 | pSB1K3 carrying Pecf11-30gfp-t | 
| 123153 | pXW109ABS62(RS) | Amplified arsenic sensor with double ArsR binding sites. pSB3K3 carrying J109-30arsR-t-ParsR-ABS62-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30gfp-t | 
| 123154 | pXW109ABS67(RS) | Amplified arsenic sensor with double ArsR binding sites. pSB3K3 carrying J109-30arsR-t-ParsR-ABS67-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30gfp-t | 
| 123155 | pXW109ABS84(RS) | Amplified arsenic sensor with double ArsR binding sites. pSB3K3 carrying J109-30arsR-t-ParsR-ABS84-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30gfp-t | 
| 123156 | pXWJ109As(RS-te-AAV) | For TEV-based leakiness regulation. pSB3K3 carrying J109-30arsR-t-ParsR-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30gfp-te-AAV-t | 
| 123157 | PXWABS62(E11-TEV) | For TEV-based leakiness regulation. pSB4A3 carrying ParsR-ABS62-32ECF11-t-Pecf11-32malE-te-TEV-t | 
| 123158 | As0 | Arsenic sensor used in the sensor cell array. pSB4A3 carrying J109-30arsR-t-ParsR-ABS67-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30RinA-t-PrinA-30gfp-t | 
| 123159 | As1 | Arsenic sensor used in the sensor cell array. pSB4A3 carrying J117-30arsR-t-ParsR-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30gfp-t | 
| 123160 | As2 | Arsenic sensor used in the sensor cell array. pSB4A3 carrying J109-30arsR-t-ParsR-ABS84-30hrpR-30hrpS-t-PhrpLE-30gfp-t | 
| 123161 | As4 | Arsenic sensor used in the sensor cell array. pSB4A3 carrying J115-30arsR-t-ParsR-30gfp-t | 
| 123162 | As5 (pBW414J105-arsR) | Arsenic sensor used in the sensor cell array. pSB3K3 carrying J105-30arsR-t-ParsR-30gfp-t |