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  <h1> Protocols </h1>
 
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Competent cells
 
          </a>
 
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            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:19px;">
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Plate Top10 cells and incubate at 37ºC overnight</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Pick one colony, inoculate in LB media and incubate overnight while shaking at 37ºC</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Dilute the culture in fresh medium, and continue the incubation until the OD<sub>600</sub>= 0.4-0.6</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Centrifugation 5 min. at 4000 rpm.</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Pellet cells and resuspend in 100mM of CaCl<sub>2</sub> solution</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Incubate on ice for 20 min</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Centrifugation 5 min at 3000 rpm</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Pellet cells and suspend again in 100mM CaCl<sub>2</sub> solution</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Incubate on ice for 60 min</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Centrifugation 5 min at 3000 rpm</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add a solution of 100mM CaCl<sub>2</sub> + 40% glycerol</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Store immediately at -80ºC</p>
 
              </li>
 
            </ol>
 
          </div>
 
        </div>
 
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          Transpormation
 
          </a>
 
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            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:10px;">
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Take the competent cells from the storage at -80ºC and leave them on ice for 10-15 min</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 1-2 µL of plasmid solution to the 50 µL cell tube</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Incubate on ice for 30 min</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Heat-shock the cells at 42ºC for 45s</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Incubate on ice for 2 min</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 500 µL of LB media and incubate 60 min at 37ºC</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Plate the cultures on agar plate</p>
 
              </li>
 
            </ol>
 
          </div>
 
        </div>
 
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            Cell Cultures
 
          </a>
 
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            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:19px;">
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Pick a single colony from a plate or cryostock</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Put the colony in a 50 mL sterile tube and add 5-10 mL of LB fresh medium</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Put the tube to incubate for at least 16 h, at 37ºC and 200 rpm</p>
 
              </li>
 
            </ol>
 
          </div>
 
        </div>
 
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            DNA Electrophoresis
 
          </a>
 
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            <h3>Gel making</h3>
 
            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:10px;">
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Prepare 200 mL of TAE buffer</p>
 
              </li>
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Mix the TAE solution with 2g of agarose (for 1%)</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Heat the solution to boiling, and then cool it to 50ºC aprox.</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 5 µL of Ethidium bromide to the solution</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Pour the solution in the electrophoresis vessel. Apply the combs.</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Let it polymerize, and then cover it with TAE</p>
 
              </li>
 
            </ol>
 
            <h3>Gel running</h3>
 
            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:10px;">
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 1/6 of total volume of Loading buffer to every DNA sample.
 
                  <li>
 
                    <p class="lead">Remove the combs from the gel, and pipette DNA samples and DNA ladder
 
                      <li>
 
                        <p class="lead">Run at 100-130V for 30-60 min (depends on the fragments)</p>
 
                      </li>
 
            </ol>
 
          </div>
 
        </div>
 
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Ligation
 
          </a>
 
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            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:10px;">
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 20-100 ng of vector DNA (can be calculated from the DNA concentration in the sample)</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add X ng of insert DNA. X is calculated using the length of both vector and insert and the molar ratio desired.</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 2µL of ligation buffer</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add MQ water to set the final volume to 15-20</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead"> Add 1 µL of T4 ligase (always at the end to keep the enzyme in optimal conditions)</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Incubate for at least 3 hours at 16ºC</p>
 
              </li>
 
            </ol>
 
          </div>
 
        </div>
 
      </div>
 
 
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        <div class="panel-heading panel-title" role="tab" id="heading6">
 
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          Cell Cryostock
 
          </a>
 
        </div>
 
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            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:10px;">
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Take 1.5 mL from a freshly grown culture and put it in a 1.5 mL tube</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Spin the tube for 10 min at 2000 rpm</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead"> Decant the supernatant without disturbing the pellet</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 0.5 mL of LB media and 0.5 mL of glycerol 80% solution</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Mix by vortexing</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Save in the -80ºC freezer</p>
 
              </li>
 
            </ol>
 
          </div>
 
        </div>
 
      </div>
 
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            Restriction (NEB enzymes)
 
          </a>
 
        </div>
 
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            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:10px;">
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 1 µg of DNA (can be calculated from concentration in the sample)</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 5 µL of NEB buffer</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 1 µL of restriction enzyme 1</p>
 
              </li>
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 1 µL of restriction enzyme 2</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add MQ water to set the final volume at 50 µL </p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Mix the solution by flicking the tube</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Spin-down in a microcentrifuge for 15 s</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Incubate at 37ºC for 1-2 hours</p>
 
              </li>
 
            </ol>
 
          </div>
 
        </div>
 
      </div>
 
 
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            Plasmid isolation (from Promega PureYield ® Kit)
 
          </a>
 
        </div>
 
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            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:10px;">
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 1.5 mL of bacterial culture in LB medium to a 1.5 mL micro-centrifuge tube. Centrifuge that tube at max speed for 3 min</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Remove the supernatant, and add 600 µL of MQ water to the pellet</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 100 µL of Cell Lysis Buffer, and mix by inverting 6 times. The color change to blue indicates complete lysis</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 350 µL of cold (4-8ºC) Neutralization Buffer, and mix by inverting the tube. The color change to yellow indicates total neutralization</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Centrifugate at maximum speed for 3 minutes, and transfer the supernatant to a PureYield Minicolumn
 
 
                </p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Place the minicolumn into a PureYield Collection Tube and centrifuge at maximum speed for 15 seconds
 
 
                </p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Discard the flowthrough and place the minicolumn again into the same PureYield Collection tube</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add 200 µL of Endotoxin Removal Wash to the minicolumn. Centrifuge at maximum speed for 15 seconds. Do not empty the Collection Tube now</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead"> Add 400 µL of Column Wash Solution to the minicolumn, and centrifuge at maximum speed for 30 seconds
 
 
                </p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Transfer the minicolumn to a clean 1.5 mL tube, and 30 µL of hot (50ºC, pre-warmed) MQ water directly to the minicolumn matrix. Let stand for 5 minutes at room temperature</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Centrifuge at maximum speed in a microcentrifuge for 15 seconds to elute plasmidic DNA. Cap the tube, and store the DNA solution at -20 ºC (or use it directly for cloning experiments)</p>
 
              </li>
 
            </ol>
 
          </div>
 
        </div>
 
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          Gel isolation (from Promega Wizard ® Kit)
 
          </a>
 
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            <ol style="list-style: decimal inside; font-size:10px;">
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Weigh a 1.5 mL microcentrifuge tube for each DNA fragment to be isolated, and record the weight</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Visualize the DNA in the agarose gel using a long-wavelength UV lamp and an intercalating dye (Ethidium bromide). Irradiate the gel the minimum possible time to reduce nicking</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Excise the DNA fragment of interest in a minimal volume of agarose using a clean scalpel or razor blade. Transfer the gel slice to a weighted 1.5 mL tube and record the weight, again. Subtract the previously measured tube weight to obtain
 
                  the weight of the gel slice containing the DNA fragment</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Add Membrane Binding Solution at a ratio of 10 µL of solution per 10 mg of agarose gel slice</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Vortex the mixture and incubate at 50-65ºC for 10 minutes, or until the gel slice is completely dissolve in the liquid. You can vortex the tube every few minutes to increase the rate of agarose melting
 
 
                </p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Centrifuge the tube briefly at room temperature to ensure the contents are at the bottom of the tube. Once the agarose gel is melted, the gel will not re-solidify at room temperature</p>
 
              </li>
 
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Place one SV Minicolumn in a Collection Tube for each dissolved gel slice</p>
 
              </li>
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Transfer the dissolved gel mixture to the SV minicolumn assembly and incubate for 1 minute at room temperature</p>
 
              </li>
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Centrifuge the SV Minicolumn assembly in a microcentrifuge at max speed for 1 minute. Remove the SV Minicolumn from the Spin Column assembly and discard the liquid in the Collection Tube. Return the SV Minicolumn to the Collection Tube
 
                  afterwards</p>
 
              </li>
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Wash the column by adding 700 µL of Membrane Wash Solution, previously diluted with 95% ethanol to the SV Minicolumn. Centrifuge the SV Minicolumn assembly for 1 minute at maximum speed
 
 
                </p>
 
              </li>
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Empty the Collection Tube as before, and place the SV Minicolumn back in the Collection Tube. Repeat the wash with 500 µL of Membrane Wash Solution, and centrifuge the SV Minicolumn assembly for 5 minutes at maximum speed</p>
 
              </li>
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead"> Remove the SV Minicolumn assembly from the centrifuge (not wetting the bottom of the column with the supernatant). Empty the Collection Tube and centrifuge the assembly for 1 minute with the microcentrifuge lid open (or off) to allow ethanol
 
                  evaporation</p>
 
              </li>
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Carefully transfer the SV Minicolumn to a clean 1.5 mL tube. Apply 50 µL of Nuclease-Free Water (at 50ºC) directly to the center of the column, without touching the membrane with the pipette. Incubate at room temperature for 5 minutes</p>
 
              </li>
 
              <li>
 
                <p class="lead">Centrifuge for 1 minute at 14000 rpm. Discard the SV Minicolumn, and store the tube containing the eluted DNA at 4ºC or -20ºC</p>
 
              </li>
 
            </ol>
 
          </div>
 
        </div>
 
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            Restriction product purification (from Promega Wizard ® Kit)
 
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                <p class="lead">Add an equal volume of Membrane Binding Solution to the restriction product tube</p>
 
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                <p class="lead">Place one SV Minicolumn in a Collection Tube for each restriction product solution</p>
 
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                <p class="lead">Transfer the mixture to the SV Minicolumn assembly and incubate for 1 minute at room temperature
 
 
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                <p class="lead">Centrifuge the SV Minicolumn assembly in a microcentrifuge at max speed for 1 minute. Remove the SV Minicolumn from the Spin Column assembly and discard the liquid in the Collection Tube. Return the SV Minicolumn to the Collection Tube
 
                  afterwards</p>
 
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                <p class="lead"> Wash the column by adding 700 µL of Membrane Wash Solution, previously diluted with 95% ethanol to the SV Minicolumn. Centrifuge the SV Minicolumn assembly for 1 minute at maximum speed
 
 
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                <p class="lead">Empty the Collection Tube as before, and place the SV Minicolumn back in the Collection Tube. Repeat the wash with 500 µL of Membrane Wash Solution, and centrifuge the SV Minicolumn assembly for 5 minutes at maximum speed</p>
 
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                <p class="lead">Remove the SV Minicolumn assembly from the centrifuge (not wetting the bottom of the column with the supernatant). Empty the Collection Tube and centrifuge the assembly for 1 minute with the microcentrifuge lid open (or off) to allow ethanol
 
                  evaporation</p>
 
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                <p class="lead">Carefully transfer the SV Minicolumn to a clean 1.5 mL tube. Apply 50 µL of Nuclease-Free Water (at 50ºC) directly to the center of the column, without touching the membrane with the pipette. Incubate at room temperature for 5 minutes</p>
 
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                <p class="lead">Centrifuge for 1 minute at 14000 rpm. Discard the SV Minicolumn, and store the tube containing the eluted DNA at 4ºC or -20ºC</p>
 
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