Difference between revisions of "Team:Glasgow/Project/Overview/Protocols"
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</br>• extra copy of TetR and LacI | </br>• extra copy of TetR and LacI | ||
</br>• Used for measurements when extra Lac repressor was required | </br>• Used for measurements when extra Lac repressor was required | ||
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| + | ER2925: | ||
| + | </br>• ara-14 leuB6 fhuA31 lacY1 tsx78 glnV44 galK2 galT22 mcrA dcm-6 hisG4 rfbD1 R(zgb210::Tn10)TetS endA1 rpsL136 dam13::Tn9 xylA-5 mtl-1 thi-1 mcrB1 hsdR2 | ||
| + | </br>• Used when dam methylation was not required | ||
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| + | <h2>Preparation of CaCl<sub>2</sub> Competent Cells</h2> | ||
| + | <p class="mainText">1. Dilute 400μl of overnight liquid culture into 20ml of broth with any necessary antibiotics to select for any plasmids already transformed into the cells | ||
| + | </br>2. Incubate at 37⁰C, shaking at 225rpm for 90 minutes | ||
| + | </br>3. Spin down for 2 minutes at 7000rpm at 4⁰C | ||
| + | </br>4. Discard supernatant, resuspend pellet in 10ml of 50 mM CaCl2, keep on ice | ||
| + | </br>5. Repeat centrifugation for 2 minutes at 7000rpm at 4⁰C | ||
| + | </br>6. Discard supernatant and the resuspend pellet in 1ml of 50 mM CaCl2, keep on ice | ||
| + | </br>7. CaCl2 competent cells can be kept on ice in the fridge overnight</p> | ||
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Revision as of 22:01, 18 September 2015
E. coli strains
TOP10: • F- mcrA Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) φ80lacZΔM15 ΔlacX74 nupG recA1 araD139 Δ(ara-leu)7697 galE15 galK16 rpsL(StrR) endA1 λ- • Used for cloning of unmethylated DNA (such as from the distribution plate, or DNA synthesised by IDT) DH5α: • F- endA1 glnV44 thi-1 recA1 relA1 gyrA96 deoR nupG Φ80dlacZΔM15 Δ(lacZYA-argF)U169, hsdR17(rK- mK+), λ– • Used for assembly of plasmids, and to methylate DNA from TOP10 in order to transform into DS941 DS941: • an MG1655 derivative • AB1157, recF, lacZM15, lacIq • Used as chassis DS941.Z1: • an MG1655 derivative • AB1157, recF, lacZM15, lacIq • extra copy of TetR and LacI • Used for measurements when extra Lac repressor was required ER2925: • ara-14 leuB6 fhuA31 lacY1 tsx78 glnV44 galK2 galT22 mcrA dcm-6 hisG4 rfbD1 R(zgb210::Tn10)TetS endA1 rpsL136 dam13::Tn9 xylA-5 mtl-1 thi-1 mcrB1 hsdR2 • Used when dam methylation was not required
Preparation of CaCl2 Competent Cells
1. Dilute 400μl of overnight liquid culture into 20ml of broth with any necessary antibiotics to select for any plasmids already transformed into the cells 2. Incubate at 37⁰C, shaking at 225rpm for 90 minutes 3. Spin down for 2 minutes at 7000rpm at 4⁰C 4. Discard supernatant, resuspend pellet in 10ml of 50 mM CaCl2, keep on ice 5. Repeat centrifugation for 2 minutes at 7000rpm at 4⁰C 6. Discard supernatant and the resuspend pellet in 1ml of 50 mM CaCl2, keep on ice 7. CaCl2 competent cells can be kept on ice in the fridge overnight