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<div id="digestion"><h2>Restriction digestion protocol</h2>
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<h3>IDT gBlocks</h3>
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<li>Prepare restriction digestion mixture:
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<ul>- 10 ul of DNA (10 ng/ul)</ul>
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<ul>- 2 ul of 10 x 2.1 buffer</ul>
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<ul>- 0.3 ul of EcoR1</ul>
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<ul>- 0.3 ul of Pst1</ul>
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<ul>- 7.4 ul of milliQ H2O</ul>
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<li>Incubate at 37C for an hour</li>
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<li> Heat inactivate by incubating at 80C for 20 minutes</li>
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<li>Run a sample of digested DNA on a gel in order to confirm digestion:
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<ul>- 2 ul of DNA</ul>
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<ul>- 1 ul of 6 x Gel Loading Dye</ul>
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<ul>- 3 ul of milliQ H2O</ul>
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<li>If digestion is confirmed, proceed to ligation</li>
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<div id="ligation"><h2>Ligation protocol</h2>
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<li>Heat shock the cells at 42 °C for 30 seconds and immediately put on back on ice.</li>
 
<li>Heat shock the cells at 42 °C for 30 seconds and immediately put on back on ice.</li>
 
<li>Keep cells on ice for next 5 minutes. Do not mix. </li>
 
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<li>Pipette 950 ul of SOC (or LB) media kept at room temperature into the mixture. <br/>
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<li>Pipette 950 ul of SOC media kept at room temperature into the mixture. If SOC is not available, use LB. <br/>
 
<li>Incubate the mixture at 37 °C for 60 minutes </li>
 
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<li>Plate 50 ul of cells to the plate with appropriate antibiotic and incubate overnight at 37 °C</li>
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<li>Prepare plates with appropriate antibiotics. Bring plates to room temperature before plating. Use 2 plates per transformation reaction. </li>
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<li>Plate 200 ul of cells on one plate.
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<li>Pellet the remaining cells and resuspend in 200ul of LB.</li>
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<li> Plate the remaining cells on second plate.</li>
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<li>Incubate plates overnight at 37 °C. </li>
 
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Revision as of 15:43, 5 August 2015

Experiments & Protocols

Restriction digestion protocol

IDT gBlocks

  1. Prepare restriction digestion mixture:
      - 10 ul of DNA (10 ng/ul)
      - 2 ul of 10 x 2.1 buffer
      - 0.3 ul of EcoR1
      - 0.3 ul of Pst1
      - 7.4 ul of milliQ H2O
  2. Incubate at 37C for an hour
  3. Heat inactivate by incubating at 80C for 20 minutes
  4. Run a sample of digested DNA on a gel in order to confirm digestion:
      - 2 ul of DNA
      - 1 ul of 6 x Gel Loading Dye
      - 3 ul of milliQ H2O
  5. If digestion is confirmed, proceed to ligation

Ligation protocol


Transformation protocol

  1. (If using part from the distribution: resuspend the DNA in 10 ul of MiliQ water, making sure that it turns red. Wait 10 minutes before adding the DNA to cells)
  2. Put a tube of NEB DH 5 alpha E. coli cells on ice and wait until they thaw completely. Divide the cells into 50 ul aliquotes.
  3. Add 1 ul of plasmid DNA to 50 ul of cells.
  4. Mix by carefully flicking the tube. Do not vortex or pipette in and out!
  5. Place the mixture on ice for 30 minutes.
  6. Heat shock the cells at 42 °C for 30 seconds and immediately put on back on ice.
  7. Keep cells on ice for next 5 minutes. Do not mix.
  8. Pipette 950 ul of SOC media kept at room temperature into the mixture. If SOC is not available, use LB.
  9. Incubate the mixture at 37 °C for 60 minutes
  10. Prepare plates with appropriate antibiotics. Bring plates to room temperature before plating. Use 2 plates per transformation reaction.
  11. Plate 200 ul of cells on one plate.
  12. Pellet the remaining cells and resuspend in 200ul of LB.
  13. Plate the remaining cells on second plate.
  14. Incubate plates overnight at 37 °C.