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− | <div>9</div>
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− | <h1>PCR & Transformation</h1>
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− | <h2>Thermo Scientific CloneJET PCR Cloning Kit (#K1232)</h2>
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− | <p>G-blocks to be ligated into pJET 1.2/blunt cloning vector</p>
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− | <li>RNAi 2015 iGEM TT ribozyme test construct (positive control)</li>
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− | <li>RNAi 2015 iGEM TT ribozyme test construct (GFP sense)</li>
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− | <li>RNAi 2015 iGEM TT ribozyme test construct (GFP anti-sense)</li>
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− | <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>2x Reaction Buffer</td> <td>10</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>DNA fragment</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>dH2O</td> <td>6</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>DNA blunting enzyme</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 18μL
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− | <li>Vortex briefly and centrifuge for 3-5 seconds</li>
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− | <li>Incubate the mixture at 70°C for 5 minutes and chill on ice</li>
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− | Set up the ligation reaction on ice. Add the following to the blunting reaction mixture
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− | <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>pJET 1.2/blunt cloning vector (50ng/μL)</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>T4 DNA ligase</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 2μL
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− | <li>Vortex briefly and centrifuge for 3-5 seconds</li>
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− | <li>Incubate the ligation mixture at room temperature (22°C) for 5 minutes. For PCR products >3kb, ligation can be prolonged to 30 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Use the ligation mixture directly for transformation. Keep the ligation mixture at -20°C if transformation is postponed. Thaw on ice and mix carefully before transformation</li>
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− | <p>Note: Use only 1μL from this reaction mixture into 20μL of high efficiency cells</p>
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− | <h2>Transformation using High Efficiency Cells</h2>
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− | <li>Thaw component DH5α cells</li>
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− | <li>Add 1μL of DNA to 25μL of competent DH5α cells</li>
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− | <li>Incubate on ice for 30 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Incubate at 42°C for 45 seconds</li>
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− | <li>Incubate on ice for 5 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Add 400μL of LB media</li>
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− | <li>Incubate while shaking (RNA common room 37°C shakers) for 1 hour</li>
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− | <li>Plate 300μL of cells on one plate</li>
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− | <li>Plate 100μL of cells on another plate</li>
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− | <p>Note:</p>
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− | <li>J23101 - pSBIC3</li>
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− | <li>I13504 - pSBIA2</li>
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− | <li>J23106 - pSBIC3</li>
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− | <li>J23117 - pSBIC3</li>
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− | <h1>Transformation</h1>
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− | <h2>Transformation of BBA_I13504 using High Efficiency Cells</h2>
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− | <li>Thaw component DH5α cells</li>
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− | <li>Add 1μL of DNA to 25μL of competent DH5α cells</li>
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− | <li>Incubate on ice for 30 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Incubate at 42°C for 45 seconds</li>
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− | <li>Incubate on ice for 5 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Add 400μL of LB media</li>
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− | <li>Incubate while shaking (RNA common room 37°C shakers) for 1 hour</li>
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− | <p>3 devices to be built:</p>
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− | <li>J23101 + I13504</li>
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− | <li>J23106 + I13504</li>
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− | <li>J23117 + I13504</li>
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− | <div>14</div>
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− | <h1>Miniprep & Glycerol Stock Protocol</h1>
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− | <h2>Miniprepping Plasmid DNA (Bio Basic Inc)</h2>
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− | <li>Add 2 mL overnight culture into a micro-centrifuge tube, centrifuge for 2 minutes at 12,000 rpm and pour off supernatant.</li>
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− | <li>Add 100μL of Solution I to the pellet, mix well and incubate at room temperature for 1 minute</li>
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− | <li>Add 200μL of Solution II to the pellet, mix by inverting and incubate at room temperature for 1 minute (do not vortex)</li>
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− | <li>Add 350μL of Solution III, mix by inverting and incubate at room temperature for 1 minute</li>
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− | <li>Centrifuge at 12,000 rpm for 5 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Transfer the supernatant to the EZ-10 column and centrifuge at 10,000 rpm for 2 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Discard the flow through, add 700μL of Wash Solution and centrifuge at 10,000 rpm for 2 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Repeat step 7</li>
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− | <li>Discard the flow through in the collection tube and spin at 10,000 rpm for 2 minutes (to remove residual EtOH)</li>
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− | <li>Transfer the column to a clean microcentrifuge tube. Add 50μL of elution buffer into the center of the column and incubate at room temperature for 2 minutes.</li>
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− | <li>Spin down sample for 2 minutes at 10,000 rpm and save flow through</li>
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− | <li>Store purified DNA at -20°C</li>
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− | <h2>Glycerol Stock Protocol</h2>
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− | <li>Add 500μL of overnight culture to cryo-tube containing 500μL glycerol</li>
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− | <h2>Single Digest of Miniprep DNA</h2>
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− | <li> Set up digest reactions
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− | <tr> <td>dH2O</td> <td>4.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>10x Cut smart buffer (NEB)</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Miniprep DNA</td> <td>4</td> </tr>
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− | <li>Incubate at 37°C for 1 hour</li>
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− | <li>Run a 1% agarose gel on the single digest reactions
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− | <tr> <td>1</td> <td>1 kb DNA ladder</td> <td>2μL</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>2</td> <td>J23106 DNA(1) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>3</td> <td>J23117 DNA(1) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>4</td> <td>J23117 DNA(2) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>5</td> <td>I13504 DNA(1) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>6</td> <td>I13504 DNA(2) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>7</td> <td>J23103 DNA(1) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>8</td> <td>TTr positive control DNA(1) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>9</td> <td>TTr positive control DNA(2) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>10</td> <td>TTr anti-sense DNA(1) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>11</td> <td>TTr anti-sense DNA(2) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>12</td> <td>TTr sense DNA(1) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>13</td> <td>TTr sense DNA(2) + EcoRI</td> <td>10μL of reaction + 2μL of dye</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>14</td> <td>1 kb DNA ladder</td> <td>2μL</td> </tr>
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− | Gel ran for 30 minutes at 135V
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− | <h2>PCR of 3 TTr Pieces out of pJET</h2>
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− | <li> Set up digest reactions
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− | <tr> <td>pJET forward primer (10μM)</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>pJET reverse primer (10μM)</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Phusion DNA polymerase (10μM)</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>DNA samples</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>dNTPs</td> <td>0.4</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Phusion HF buffer 5x</td> <td>4</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>MilliQ H2O</td> <td>13.4</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 20μL
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− | <li>Incubate at 37°C for 1 hour</li>
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− | <li>Run the reactions under the following conditions
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− | <li>Initial denaturation: 95°C for 5 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Repeat 35 times:
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− | <li>95°C for 20 seconds</li>
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− | <li>72°C for 20 seconds</li>
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− | <li>Final elongation: 72°C for 5 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Hold at 4°C </li>
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− | <li>Run an agarose gel using the PCR products</li>
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− | <h1>Restriction Digest & Ligation</h1>
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− | <h2>Restriction Digest of the Backbone DNA</h2>
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− | <li>Set up double digests for the miniprep DNA
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− | <li>Reaction for the J23106, J23101 and J23117 samples in the pSBIC 3 vector
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− | <tr> <td>10x CutSmart buffer</td> <td>5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Miniprep pDNA (47 - 561 ng/μL)</td> <td>15</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>MilliQ H2O</td> <td>28</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>SpeI (10U/μL)</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>PstI (20U/μL)</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 50μL
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− | <li>Reaction for the I13504 in the pSBIA2 vector
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− | <tr> <td>10x CutSmart buffer</td> <td>5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Miniprep pDNA (47 - 561 ng/μL)</td> <td>5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>MilliQ H2O</td> <td>38</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>XbaI (20U/μL)</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>PstI (20U/μL)</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | Total volume: 50μL
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− | <li>Incubate at 37°C for 1 hour</li>
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− | <li>1.00μL SAP to J23106, J23101 and J23117</li>
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− | <li>Column purify digests as well as gel extracted small GFP part</li>
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− | <h2>Ligation of I13504 Fragment into Different Backbones</h2>
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− | <p>Set up ligation reactions </p>
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− | <ol>
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− | <li>Reaction 1 (prepare 2, one to be incubated at 16°C and another at room temperature)
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− | <tr><th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>Fresh T4 DNA ligase buffer 10x</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>T4 DNA ligase</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>I13504 DNA part (gel extracted)</td> <td>2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>J23101 backbone</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>dH2O</td> <td>5.5</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 10μL
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− | <li>Reaction 2
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− | <tr><th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>Fresh T4 DNA ligase buffer 10x</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>T4 DNA ligase</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>I13504 DNA part (gel extracted)</td> <td>1.1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>J23117 backbone</td> <td>0.2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>dH2O</td> <td>7.5</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 10μL
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− | <table>
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− | <tr><td>Fresh T4 DNA ligase buffer 10x</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>T4 DNA ligase</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>I13504 DNA part (gel extracted)</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>J23106 backbone</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>dH2O</td> <td>5.5</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 10μL
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− | <li>Reaction 4
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− | <table>
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− | <tr><th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>Fresh T4 DNA ligase buffer 10x</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>T4 DNA ligase</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>I13504 DNA part (gel extracted)</td> <td>3</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>J23101 backbone</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>dH2O</td> <td>5</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 10μL
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− | <li>Reaction 5
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− | <table>
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− | <tr><th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>Fresh T4 DNA ligase buffer 10x</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>T4 DNA ligase</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>I13504 DNA part (gel extracted)</td> <td>3</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>J23117 backbone</td> <td>0.2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>dH2O</td> <td>5.3</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 10μL
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− | <li>Reaction 6
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− | <tr><td>Fresh T4 DNA ligase buffer 10x</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>T4 DNA ligase</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>I13504 DNA part (gel extracted)</td> <td>3</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>J23106 backbone</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr><td>dH2O</td> <td>5</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 10μL
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− | <h2>PCR of the TT Ribozyme Test Constructs</h2>
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− | <ol>
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− | <li>Set up PCR reactions
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− | <ol>
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− | <li>Reaction using the TT ribozyme positive control DNA as template
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− | <table>
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− | <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>pJET forward primer (10μM)</td> <td>2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>pJET reverse primer (10μM)</td> <td>2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Pfu DNA polymerase (2.5U/μL)</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>DNA template</td> <td>0.75</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>DNTPs (10mM)</td> <td>4</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>10x PCR reaction bufferx</td> <td>10</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>MilliQ H2O</td> <td>80.25</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 100μL
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− | <li>Reactions using the TT ribozyme sense DNA and the TT ribozyme anti-sense DNA
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− | <table>
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− | <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>pJET forward primer (10μM)</td> <td>2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>pJET reverse primer (10μM)</td> <td>2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Pfu DNA polymerase (2.5U/μL)</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>DNA template</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>DNTPs (10mM)</td> <td>4</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>10x PCR reaction buffer</td> <td>10</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>MilliQ H2O</td> <td>80.50</td> </tr>
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− | Total volume: 100μL
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− | <li>Run the reactions using the following cycle
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− | <ol>
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− | <li>Initial denaturation: 95°C for 5 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Repeat 35 times:
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− | <li>95°C for 20 seconds</li>
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− | <li>72°C for 20 seconds</li>
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− | <li>72°C for 45 seconds</li>
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− | <li>Final elongation: 72°C for 5 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Hold at 4°C </li>
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− | <li>Run an agarose gel using the PCR products</li>
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− | <h1>Miniprep, Agarose Gel & In Vitro Transcription</h1>
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− | <h2>Miniprep Overnight Cultures</h2>
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− | <ul>
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− | <li>RNA affinity purification colonies 1-5 were picked, this part is in pJET1.2</li>
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− | <li>Transformation #2 colonies 1-3</li>
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− | <li>Transformation #3 colonies 1-3</li>
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− | <h2>Miniprepping Plasmid DNA (Bio Basic Inc)</h2>
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− | <ol>
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− | <li>Add 2mL overnight culture into a micro-centrifuge tube, centrifuge for 2 minutes at 12,000 rpm and pour off supernatant.</li>
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− | <li>Add 100μL of Solution I to the pellet, mix well and incubate at room temperature for 1 minute</li>
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− | <li>Add 200μL of Solution II to the pellet, mix by inverting and incubate at room temperature for 1 minute (do not vortex)</li>
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− | <li>Add 350μL of Solution III, mix by inverting and incubate at room temperature for 1 minute</li>
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− | <li>Centrifuge at 12,000 rpm for 5 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Transfer the supernatant to the EZ-10 column and centrifuge at 10,000 rpm for 2 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Discard the flow through, add 700μL of Wash Solution and centrifuge at 10,000 rpm for 2 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Repeat step 7</li>
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− | <li>Discard the flow through in the collection tube and spin at 10,000 rpm for 2 minutes (to remove residual EtOH)</li>
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− | <li>Transfer the column to a clean microcentrifuge tube. Add 50 μL of elution buffer into the center of the column and incubate at room temperature for 2 minutes.</li>
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− | <li>Spin down sample for 2 minutes at 10,000 rpm and save flow through</li>
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− | <li>Store purified DNA at -20°C</li>
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− | <h2>Prepping DNA for Analysis on an Agarose Gel (11 Samples)</h2>
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− | <ol>
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− | <li>Take 5μL of your miniprep and put it into a small PCR tube</li>
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− | <li>Add 3μL of dH2O</li>
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− | <li>Add 1μL of 10x cutsmart buffer (NEB)</li>
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− | <li>Add 1μL of EcoRI</li>
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− | <li>Digest for 1 hour at 37°C</li>
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− | <h2>Run a 2% Agarose Gel at 135V for 25 Minutes</h2>
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− | <table>
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− | <tr> <th>Lane</th> <th>Contents</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>1</td> <td>1kb ladder</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Antisense PCR reaction</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Sense PCR reaction</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>4</td> <td>Positive control PCR reaction</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>5</td> <td>RAP1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>6</td> <td>RAP2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>7</td> <td>RAP3</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>8</td> <td>RAP4 glycerol stock</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>9</td> <td>RAP5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>10</td> <td>Transformation 2A</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>11</td> <td>Transformation 2B</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>12</td> <td>Transformation 2C</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>13</td> <td>Transformation 3A</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>14</td> <td>Transformation 3B</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>15</td> <td>Transformation 3C</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>16</td> <td>1kb ladder</td> </tr>
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− | <p>Lanes 2, 3 and 4: loaded with 2μL of PCR reaction + 8μL of dH2O + 2μL of 6x DNA loading dye. Miniprep samples: loaded with 10μL od digest + 6x DNA loading dye.</p>
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− | <h2>In Vitro Transcription</h2>
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− | <p>Performed depending on the quality of PCR samples</p>
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− | <ol>
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− | <li>Set up reactions
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− | <table>
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− | <tr> <th>Components</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>MilliQ H20</td> <td>92.1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>5x transcription buffer (TraB)</td> <td>60</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>100 Mm DTT</td> <td>30</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>25 mM NTPs</td> <td>36</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>100 mM GMP</td> <td>15</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>0.5 U/μL iPPase</td> <td>6</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>T7-RNA-Polymerase</td> <td>30</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>40 U/μL RNase inhibitor</td> <td>0.9</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>PCR product</td> <td>30</td> </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | Total volume: 300μL
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− | <li>Incubate at 37°C ON and the digest with DNase I for 1 hour at 37°C</li>
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− | <h1>Transformation</h1>
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− | <h2>Retry Transformation of Ligation Reaction 1</h2>
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− | <ol>
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− | <li>2.88g urea</li>
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− | <li>1.8 ml polyacrylamide</li>
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− | <li>1.2 ml 5Xtbe</li>
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− | <li>Fill to 6ml dH2O</li>
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− | <li>Dissolve the urea</li>
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− | <li>Add 8μL TEMED</li>
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− | <li>50μL APS</li>
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− | <h2>Transforming Ligations 1 and 4 - Gel Extraction vs Column purified ligations into DH5α cells.</h2>
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− | <p>Making 10 mL of 10x TT concentration = 50 mM. Add 0.09008 g of theophylline to 10 mL of dH2O</p>
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− | <p>Reactions tested:</p>
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− | <li>10μL of final volume</li>
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− | <li>2x</li>
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− | <li>1μL RNA</li>
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− | <li>2μL 5x binding buffer</li>
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− | <li>1μL 50 mM TT</li>
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− | <li>2X</li>
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− | <li>1μL RNA</li>
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− | <li>1μL TAKM7 10x</li>
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− | <li>1μL 50 mM TT</li>
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− | <h1>Mass Spectroscopy</h1>
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− | <p>RAP OE I 1 hour of LB media under an IPTG inducible promoter. Added 5mL of ON culture to 500ml of culture at 11:20am</p>
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− | <p>At 11:20 added 5ml of ON RAP culture and added 500μL of AMP</p>
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− | <p>At OD = 0.6 add 500μL of IPTG and 500μL of AMP. Also take 1ml sample every hour.<p>
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− | <tr> <td>11:20</td> <td>0.00</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>12:12</td> <td>0.01</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>13:13</td> <td>0.05</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>14:30</td> <td>0.20</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>15:00</td> <td>0.42</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>15:30</td> <td>0.71</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>15:38</td> <td>0.75</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>16:21</td> <td>1.14</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>17:25</td> <td>1.40</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>18:56</td> <td>1.64</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>19:54</td> <td>1.73</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>21:04</td> <td>1.77</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <th>L1</th> <th>PL</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>2</td> <td>Time point 0</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>3</td> <td>Time point 1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>5</td> <td>Time point 3</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>6</td> <td>Time point 4</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>7</td> <td>Time point 5</td> </tr>
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− | <h1>PCR, Digests & Ligation</h1>
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− | <h1>Digest pSBIC3 and Insert our MS2 Coding Sequence</h1>
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− | <table>
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− | <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>pSCBIC3-RFP</td> <td>10</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Cutsmart buffer 10x</td> <td>2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>EcoRI</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>PstI</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>dH2O</td> <td>7</td> </tr>
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− | <p>Total volume: 20μL</p>
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− | <ul>
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− | <li>1 hour incubation</li>
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− | <li>1.0μL Rsap</li>
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− | <h2>PCR</h2>
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− | <table>
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− | <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>10x PCR reaction buffer</td> <td>10</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>DNA template RNAP3</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>10mM dNTPs</td> <td>4</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Forward primer → BB prefix</td> <td>2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Reverse primer → BB suffix</td> <td>2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>MilliQ dH2O</td> <td>80.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Pfu DNA polymerase</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <p>Total volume: 100μL</p>
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− | <p>PCR programme is pJET</p>
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− | <h2>Construct Digest</h2>
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− | <table>
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− | <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Construct</td> <td>10</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Cutsmart buffer 10x</td> <td>2</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>EcoRI</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>PsfI</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>dH2O</td> <td>7</td> </tr>
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− | </table>
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− | <p>Total volume: 20μL</p>
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− | <p>1 hour incubation</p>
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− | <h2>Ligation Reaction</h2>
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− | <table>
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− | <tr> <th>Component</th> <th>Volume (μL)</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>T4 DNA ligase buffer</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>T4 DNA ligase</td> <td>0.5</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>pSBIC3 backbone</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>Construct</td> <td>1</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>dH2O</td> <td>6.5</td> </tr>
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− | <p>Total volume: 10μL</p>
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− | <p>Construct = 173.5μg/ml</p>
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− | <p>Vector = 7.520μg/ml</p>
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− | <p>Incubation overnight at room temperature</p>
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− | <tr> <th>Sample</th> <th>Transformation Number</th> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>01</td> <td>2A</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>02</td> <td>2B</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>03</td> <td>3A</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>04</td> <td>3B</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>05</td> <td>2A</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>06</td> <td>2B</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>07</td> <td>3A</td> </tr>
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− | <tr> <td>08</td> <td>3B</td> </tr>
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− | <h2>Transformation of ligation reactions 1 (at 16°C), 4 and construct + vector (L1)</h2>
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− | <p>Protocol:</p>
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− | <li>Add 1μL of DNA to 25μL of competent cells</li>
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− | <li>Incubate for 30 minutes on ice</li>
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− | <li>Heat shock at 47°C for 45 seconds</li>
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− | <li>Incubate on ice for 5 minutes</li>
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− | <li>Add 400μL of LB</li>
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− | <li>Incubate in RNA common room at 37°C for an hour</li>
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− | <li>Plate 400μL</li>
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