Team:Penn/MethylaseCharacterization
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- | + | The software package calculated for us that the largest band we were seeing on the TALE gel was the result of simultaneous target site and off target site methylation while the second largest band was only off target site methylation. We used this information to formulate the Targeting Score to reflect increased site-specificity. We varied induction conditions, expecting one might be more optimal than our previous inductions. As desired, the negative control produced a baseline Targeting Score of almost exactly 1 (1.06). However, no induction condition increased Targeting Score, rather there was a steady decline (Figure 4). This indicated the TALE could be giving negative feedback to the site-specific methylation. | |
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Methylase Characterization
The software package calculated for us that the largest band we were seeing on the TALE gel was the result of simultaneous target site and off target site methylation while the second largest band was only off target site methylation. We used this information to formulate the Targeting Score to reflect increased site-specificity. We varied induction conditions, expecting one might be more optimal than our previous inductions. As desired, the negative control produced a baseline Targeting Score of almost exactly 1 (1.06). However, no induction condition increased Targeting Score, rather there was a steady decline (Figure 4). This indicated the TALE could be giving negative feedback to the site-specific methylation.