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<h5 style="display:inline-block"><span class="noselect">Transformation</span></h5> | <h5 style="display:inline-block"><span class="noselect">Transformation</span></h5> | ||
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Estimated time: 3 hours (plus 14-18 hour incubation) | Estimated time: 3 hours (plus 14-18 hour incubation) | ||
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<li>Incubate the plates at 37ºC for 12-18 hours, making sure the agar side of the plate is up. If incubated for too long the antibiotics start to break down and un-transformed cells will begin to grow. This is especially true for ampicillin - because the resistance enzyme is excreted by the bacteria, and inactivates the antibiotic outside of the bacteria.</li> | <li>Incubate the plates at 37ºC for 12-18 hours, making sure the agar side of the plate is up. If incubated for too long the antibiotics start to break down and un-transformed cells will begin to grow. This is especially true for ampicillin - because the resistance enzyme is excreted by the bacteria, and inactivates the antibiotic outside of the bacteria.</li> | ||
<li>You can pick a single colony, make a glycerol stock, grow up a cell culture and miniprep.</li> | <li>You can pick a single colony, make a glycerol stock, grow up a cell culture and miniprep.</li> | ||
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