Add 47ul of DNA to be digested into a 1.5ml microcentrifuge tube.
Add 5.0ul of10x buffer M.
Add 1.0ul of EcoRI.
Add 1.0ul of SpeI.
There should be a total volume of 50ul. Mix well and spin down briefly.
Incubate the restriction digest at 38C for 30min. We incubate in an incubator.
Run a portion of the digest on a gel (6ul), to check that part length is accurate.
Ligation
Add digested fragment A.
Add digested fragment B.
Add ligation mixture.
Ligation 16℃ for 30 min.
Note: Make the amount of fragment A and B equimolar. And make sure that the volume of ligation mixture is equivalent to the total amount of the volume of fragment A and B. we used a constant temperature water bath.
Transformation
Deal 25ul of competent cells to each 1.5ml tubes.
Add 1ul of each solution made by ligation to each tube.
Close tubes and incubate the cells for 30 min on ice.
Heat shock the cells by immersion in a pre-heated water bath at 42C for 60 seconds.
Incubate the cells on ice for 2 minutes.
Add 225ul of SOC media to each tube.
Incubate cells at 37C for 30 minutes.
Inoculate with each solution of cells to each plate with appropriate antibiotics.
Culture the cells.
Densitometry(Nanodrop,In case of nucleic acid)
Activate the device.
Choose “Nucleic Acid” at main menu.
Wash a space of a sample with distilled water and then wipe gently the top and bottom of the arm.
Choose a sample type. There are DNA-50(double-strand), DNA-33(single-strand), RNA.
Pour distilled water to test a blank and after that wipe the top and bottom of the arm.
Pour the sample to measure the concentration.
Colony PCR
Collect a colony from a plate and then suspend it in 100 µL of LB medium (liquid).
Mix the following reagents.
sterile water
27.5 µL
10×PCR buffer
5 µL
2 mM dNTP
5 µL
5 pmol/µL Fw primer
2.5 µL
5 pmol/µL Rv primer
2.5 µL
0.5U/µL Taq polymerase
2.5 µL
total
45 µL
Add 5 µL of the suspension to the mixture of reagents.
Do PCR amplification.
Measure the length of the DNA.
Electrophoresis (preparing 200 mL of agarose solution)
Meter 4 g of agarose.
Add 200 mL of 1× buffer into it.
Wrap the neck of flask and then make a hole on the wrap.
Dissolve the agarose with a microwave oven.
Cool it to a suitable temperature.
Pour the agarose solution into a mold with a comb.
Remove bubbles.
After the gel going solid, dislodge the comb carefully.
Transfer the mold into a phoresis tank.
Immerse the mold in 1× buffer.
Mix 5 µL of DNA solution and 1 µL of 3× dye.
Pour the mixture into the well.
Electrophorese at 100V.
Stop the electrophoresis when the band of dye go up to 3/4 of the gel.
Pick out the gel and then stain it with ethidium bromide (0.5 µg/mL) for 20 minutes.
Observe DNA bands with UV transilluminator.
Miniprep
SolⅠ:50mM glucose/25mM Tris-HCl/10mM EDTA
SolⅡ:0.2N NaOH/1%SDS
SolⅢ:3M acetic acid/5M potassium
1. Move 1000μL of culture fluid to a 1.5ml tube.
2. Centrifuge(14,000rpm,room temperature,1minutes) and remove the top layer by decantation.
3. Add 50μL of SolⅠand mix it by vortex.
4. Add 100μL of SolⅡ and mix it very slowly and put it gently on ice for 1minute.
5. Add 75μL of SolⅢ and mix it slowly and put it gently on ice for 5minutes.
6. Centrifuge(14,000rpm,4℃,5minutes) and move the top layer to a new tube.
7. Add 225μL of chloroform/phenol(1:1) and mix it .
8. Centrifuge(14,000rpm,room temperature,10minutes) and move the top layer to a new tube.
9. Add 225μL of chloroform and mix it.
10. Centrifuge(14,000rpm,room temperature,5minutes) and move the top layer to a new tube.
11. Add 225μL of propan-2-ol and mix it and put it gently for 5 minutes.
12. Centrifuge(14,000rpm,room temperature,10minutes) and remove the top layer.
13. Add 500μL of 70% ethanol and turn upside-down to clean the inside of the tube.
14. Centrifuge(14,000rpm,room temperature,5minutes) and remove the top layer completely and dry it by vacuum drying.
15. Melt the precipitation by adding 20μL of 20μg/mL RNase A/TE buffer.
16. Incubate it for 30minutes in 37℃.
SDS-PAGE
Protein extraction and Sample preparation
Add 50 µL of culture fluid that was cultured overnight to a liquid culture medium, and then cultivate it for a few hours.
When the bacteria are not too many, add a proper quantity of IPTG to the liquid culture medium.
Cultivate it for a few hours and then store it at low temperature.
Pour 1 mL of the liquid culture into a 1.5ml tube. Centrifuge it(13,000 rpm 4°C 15 minutes) and then discard supernatant fluid. Do twice this step.
Add 300 µL of PBS to the deposition and then stir it.
Sonicate the cell suspension with 4 short bursts of 15 sec followed by intervals of 60 sec for cooling.
Centrifuge(13,000rpm, 4°C, 20minutes)and then collect supernatant into another tube.
Add 100 ul of PBS to the deposition. Shake it with a vortex and then collect it.
Pour 8 µL of the supernatant(=cell extract) into a tube, and 8 µL of the precipitation suspension into another tube.
Add 2 µL of 5×loading dye to the tube and then denature it at 90°C with a block incubator.
Centrifuge and adjust the sample.
Apply 10µL of the sample to SDS gel.
Making a SDS-PAGE gel and Electrophpresis
Mix and shake quickly reagents to adjust the concentration of separation gel.
Construct a plate for electrophoresis.
Pour separation gel into a gap of the plate (until about 2 cm below a comb).
Note: Wipe a plate for electrophoresis with 70% ethanol.
Hold a plate for electrophoresis not to spill the gel.
Pour a proper quantity of Milli Q water into a gap of the plate and then incubate for an hour.
Mix and shake quickly reagents for stacking gel (except APS and TEMED).
Slant the gel plate and absorb multistoried Milli Q water.
Add APS and TEMED to mixed reagents for stacking gel (step5).
Fill the gap of the plate with stacking gel and then insert the comb into the gap of the plate.
Note: Be careful not to mix bubbles in gel.
Take out the plate and gel together after stacking gel coagulates.
Put the plate and gel into a migration tank with the plate toward outside.
Pour 300 µL of electrophoresis buffer into a phoresis tank. Immerse the gel completely.
Apply 10 µL of the sample and 5 µL of a marker.
Electrophorese at 40 mA in the stacking gel and then at 60mA in the separation gel.
Electrophorese until a pigment comes at an appropriate position.
Stop electrophoresis and then carefully take the gel.
Note: Use tweezers.
Discard the buffer for electrophoresis and then dye the separation gel with CBB.
Wash the gel plate and the electrophoretic tank with neutral detergent and then rinse it steadily.
Staining with CBB
Put the gel into fixing solution.
Leave the gel to stand with shaking until a band is dyed yellow.
Collect the fixing solution and then put the gel into CBB dyeing liquid.
Wrap it and then heat it until it is just before boiling with a microwave oven.
Remove the wrap carefully and then let vapor out slowly.
Collect the CBB dyeing liquid and then pour deionized water into a container carrying the gel. Put Kim wipe into the container.
Infiltrate deionized water into the gel for several tens of minutes. Transfer waste liquid into a tank.
Take a picture under UV light and then dry the gel and store it.
RNase processing
1. Add 9ul of RNA into a 0.2ml microcentrifuge tube
2. Add 1ul of 10x buffer M
3. Add 1ul of 20 U/μl Rnase R (exo-ribonuclease)
4. Incubate at 37℃for 45min
1. Add 9ul of RNA into a 0.2ml microcentrifuge tube
2. Add 1ul of 5pmol/ul reverse primer
3. Incubate at 70℃ for 5min
4. Mix the following reagents
T4 phage Multiplication with E. coli
Materials
E. coli (K-12 W3110)
LB medium (10 g/L of tryptone, 5 g/L of yeast extract, 10 g/L NaCl)
Agarose
Enterobacteria T4 phage purchased from NBRC (Search number:20004)
Rehydration fluid
Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) or glycerol
The day before
A. Making culture solution
Thaw E. coli (K-12 W3110) stored at -80 °C.
Scrape the germ with platinum loop in a clean bench and then 5 mL of autoclaved LB medium in a test tube.
Do shaking culture overnight.
B. Making medium
Make 120 mL of LB medium and then pour 4 mL of LB medium each into 4 test tubes.
Add 0.028 g (concentration 0.7 %) of agarose each to 4 test tubes (step 1). [for top agar]
Add 1.5 g (concentration 1.5 %) of agarose to about 100 mL of LB medium (step 1). [for bottom plate]
Autoclave the media.
The day
Note: Keep on a germicidal lamp in a clean bench for 5 minutes.
Add 0.3 mL of the culture solution (Section 1.A) to 3 mL of LB medium and then shake it for 3-4 hours.
Note: The shaking time depends on a growth rate of the host.
Melt slowly the medium for bottom plate (Section 1.B step 3) with a microwave oven. Dispense 15 mL of it each to 5-6 plates and then incubate them at 45 °C.
Melt slowly the top agars (Section 1.B step 2) with a microwave oven and then incubate them at 45 °C.
Add 0.2 mL of the E. coli culture solution (Section2.B step 1) each into the top agars and then mix them lightly. Pile up the top agar on the bottom plate. Stand them for them to go solid (for about 20 minutes) [ phage culture plate ]
Add 200 µL of the special rehydration fluid to T4 phage in an ampule in a clean bench and then stand for a few minutes.
Mix mildly with a micropipette and then transfer it to a sterilized tube. Add 0.8 mL of the rehydration fluid to it. [ phage solution ]
Apply 250 µL of the phage solution each on 4 phage culture plates. Expand the solution on a surface of the plate and then culture it.
Note: Let a part of the surface of a phage culture plate alone.
Reason: Discriminate phage proliferation by a difference of E. coli growth rates between the area that T4 phage was swabbed on and the area that T4 phage was not swabbed on, for the phage kills E. coli.
Culture the phage at 37 °C overnight. [phage plate]
Note: Store the surplus bottom plate with wrapped in aluminum foil.
The next day
Note: Keep on a germicidal lamp in a clean bench for 5 minutes.
Add 1 mL of liquid culture medium to the phage plate. Collect the top agar and then transfer it to 15 mL precipitation tube for centrifugal separation. Add 1 mL of liquid culture medium into the tube and then wash and collect the surplus top agar.
Note: If there are plural plates, transfer the top agar of 2 plates to 1 tube.
Vortex it lightly and then transfer 800 µL of the solution and agar each to a 1.5 mL tube.
Centrifuge (10,000 rpm 15 min 4 °C) the tubes.
Collect the supernatant and then transfer it to a syringe.
5. Attach a filter (the pore size is 0.2 µm). Transfer 1 mL of the supernatant each to a new 1.5 mL tube. Filtrate contains the phage (size: 25~200 nm).
Melt the culture for bottom plate with a microwave oven and then incubate it at 45 °C
Add 0.2 mL of culture solution of E. coli to the culture (step 6) and then pour it into a plate.
Drop a small amount of filtrate (step 5) on a plating medium of E. coli.
Culture it overnight. If the proliferation of E. coli is not seen on the spot (step 8), determine that the sterilization treatment is positive.
DNA Extraction from T4 phage
Materials
Filtrate of T4 phage
800 µL
13% PEG solution (with 0.8M NaCl)
400 µL
20 mM Tris-HCl-buffer
100 µL
sterile water
phenol chloroform mixture
200 µL
1% SDS
20 µL
500 mM EDTA solution
4 µL
Isopropanol
250 µL
70% ethanol
300 µL
TE buffer
50 µL
Method
Note: Keep on a germicidal lamp in a clean bench for 5 minutes.
Transfer 800 µL of the filtrate of phage and 400 µL of 13% PEG solution to a 1.5 mL tube and then leave it to stand on the ice for 30 minutes.
Centrifuge (14,000 rpm, 4 °C, 10 minutes) it and then discard supernatant (autoclave).
Add 100 µL of 20mM Tris-HCl-buffer to the precipitation and then mix it.
Add 100 µL of phenol chloroform mixture to the solution (step 3) and then mix with inversion it 10 times.
Centrifuge (14,000 rpm, room temperature, 5 minutes) it and then transfer the supernatant to another 1.5 mL tube.
Note: Don’t suck white middle layer.
Add 20 µL of 1% SDS to the solution. Add 4 µL of 500 mM EDTA and then mix it sufficiently. Stand it at room temperature for 20 minutes.
Add 100 µL of phenol chloroform mixture to the solution (step 6) and then mix with inversion it 10 times.
Centrifuge (14,000 rpm, room temperature, 5 minutes) it and then transfer the supernatant to another 1.5 mL tube.
Add 250 µL of isopropanol and then stir it mildly.
Centrifuge (14,000 rpm, 4°C, 5 minutes) it and then discard the super natant (autoclave).
Add 300 µL of 70% ethanol and then mix mildly and wash the precipitation.
Centrifuge (14,000 rpm, room temper, 5 minutes) it and then discard the super natant.
Remove ethanol completely at 47 °C. Add 50 µL of TE buffer and then store at 4 °C.
Gel Extraction with FastGene™ Gel/PCR Extraction Kit
Separation of the gel
Cut down a DNA fragment from an agarose gel. Remove surplus agarose to make the gel fragment as small as ossible.
Note: Recommended concentration of agarose is under 2.5%.
Transfer the gel fragment(max 300 mg) to a centrifugal tube.
Add 500 µL of buffer for combination GP1 to a sample and then stir it with a vortex mixer.
Incubate a sample at 55 C° for 10~15 minutes (until the gel fragment completely dissolves). While incubating invert the tube every 2~3 minutes.
DNA bonding
Insert FastGene™GP column into a collection tube.
Dispense (max 800 µL of) sample solution of the previous step into FastGene™GP columns and then centrifuge them(13,000 rpm 30 seconds).
Throw filtrate away and then return the column to the collection tube.
Caution: If the volume of the sample solution is over 800 µL, repeat the step of DNA bonding.
Washing
Add 600 µL of washing buffer GP2 to a FastGene™GP column and then centrifuge it(13,000 rpm 30 seconds).
Throw filtrate away and then return the column to the collection tube.
Caution: If you use TAE gel, proceed to the next step. If you use TBE gel, repeat the step of Washing to completely remove boric acid.
Desiccation
Centrifuge a column matrix(13,000rpm 2 minutes) to desiccate it.
DNA Elution
Insert a FastGene™GP column into a new centrifugal tube.
Add 20~50 µL of elution buffer GP3 to the center of column matrix.
Until elution buffer is absorbed by the column matrix, keep the same state for 2 minutes.
Centrifuge it(13,000 rpm 2 minutes) and then elute refined DNA.
Caution: The yield of a large DNA fragment(more than 5 kbp) can be increased by the use of advance heated(70 C°) buffer.
PCR Purification with FastGene™ Gel/PCR Extraction Kit
Sample preparation
Add buffer for combination GP1 to a sample in the ratio of one to five(e.g. 200 µL of buffer for combination GP1 per 40 µL of PCR reaction liquid).
Caution: If the volume of the sample is under 40 µL, add buffer for combination GP1 or water for PCR to adjust the volume of the sample to 40 µL.
Stir it with a vortex mixer.
If the gross of volume of buffer for combination GP1 and water for PCR exceed the capacity of a PCR tube, transfer water for PCR to a centrifugal tube.
DNA bonding
Insert FastGene™GP column into a collection tube.
Dispense the sample solution of the previous step into FastGene™GP columns and then centrifuge them(13,000 rpm 30 seconds).
Throw filtrate away and then return the column to the collection tube.
Washing
Add 600 µL of washing buffer GP2 to a FastGene™GP column and then centrifuge it(13,000 rpm 30 seconds).
Throw filtrate away and then return the column to the collection tube.
Desiccation
Centrifuge a column matrix(13,000rpm 2 minutes) to desiccate it.
DNA Elution
Insert a FastGene™GP column into a new centrifugal tube.
Add 20~50 µL of elution buffer GP3 to the center of column matrix.
Until elution buffer is absorbed by the column matrix, keep the same state for 2 minutes.
Centrifuge it(13,000 rpm 2 minutes) and then elute refined DNA.
Caution: The yield of a large DNA fragment(more than 5 kbp) can be increased by the use of advance heated(70 C°) buffer.
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HisLink Spin Protein Purification
Materials to Be Supplied by the User
Nuclease-Free Water
rotor
wide-bore pipette tips
NaCl or 5M NaCl solution for use with HQ-tagged proteins
tabletop centrifuge
1.5ml microcentrifuge tubes
Centrifugation Protocol
Pipet 700μl of bacterial culture into a 1.5ml microcentrifuge tube. Add 70μl
of the FastBreak™ Reagent/DNase I solution prepared in Section 3.D,
Table 1, to the culture.
Note: For HQ-tagged proteins, please see Section 3.C.
Resuspend the resin and allow it to settle. Once the resin has settled, use a
wide-bore pipette tip to transfer 75μl of the HisLink™ Resin from the
settled resin bed to the 1.5ml microcentrifuge tube. To successfully transfer
resin, place the wide-bore pipette tip deep into the resin and pipet slowly
to assure that a consistent amount of resin is drawn into the pipette. Allow
the resin to resettle between each pipetting.
Note: We recommend optimizing the amount of HisLink™ Resin used for
low- (<1mg/ml) or high- (>1mg/sample) expressing proteins. For lowexpressing
proteins, less resin should be used; similarly, for highexpressing
proteins, more resin per sample can be used.
Incubate the sample and resin for 30 minutes, mixing frequently on a
rotating platform or shaker to optimize binding.
Place a Spin Column onto a Collection Tube (or a new
1.5ml microcentrifuge tube). Use a wide-bore pipette tip to transfer the
lysate and resin from the original 1.5ml microcentrifuge tube in Step 3 to
the spin column. If resin remains in the 1.5ml microcentrifuge tube, add
HisLink™ Binding/Wash Buffer to the tube, then transfer the buffer and
remaining resin to the spin column.
Centrifuge the spin column with the collection tube for 5 seconds or until
the liquid clears the spin column.
To save the flowthrough, remove the spin column from the collection
tube and transfer the flowthrough from the collection tube to a new
1.5ml microcentrifuge tube. Otherwise, discard the flowthrough.
Place the spin column back onto the collection tube. Add 500μl of
HisLink™ Binding/Wash Buffer to the spin column, then cap the spin
column. Centrifuge for 5 seconds or until the Binding/Wash Buffer clears
the spin column. Discard the flowthrough. Repeat for a total of two washes.
Take the spin column off the collection tube and wipe the base of the spin
column with a clean absorbent paper towel to remove any excess
HisLink™ Binding/Wash Buffer.
Place the spin column onto a new 1.5ml microcentrifuge tube. Add 200μl of
HisLink™ Elution Buffer. Cap the spin column and tap or flick it several
times to resuspend the resin. Wait 3 minutes.
Note: HQ-tagged proteins may elute with a lower concentration of
imidazole (50–100mM) compared to polyhistidine-tagged proteins.
Section 4.A has details on the use of imidazole for elution.
Centrifuge the spin column and microcentrifuge tube at 14,000rpm for
1 minute to collect the eluted protein.
RNA Extraction with Pure Yield™RNA Midiprep System (Promega)
Sample Preparation(E. coli)
Materials to Be Supplied by the User
TE buffer
lysozyme(0.4 mg Lysozyme/ mL TE buffer)
Lysis Solution(20 µL β-Mercaptoethanol/ mL RNA Lysis Buffer)
RNA Wash Solution(206 mL RNA Wash Solution + 350 mL 95% ethanol)
Inoculate 10ml of growth medium with a single colony of your bacterial
sample. Incubate overnight at the appropriate temperature with shaking.
Do not use the overnight culture directly for RNA isolation; instead use it
to inoculate a fresh culture as described in Step 2.
Dilute the overnight culture 1:50 and grow to an optical density (O.D.600) of
0.6–1.0 by spectrophotometry. This should only take a few hours. If growth
is too slow, reduce the dilution factor by adding a larger volume of
inoculum to fresh medium.
Note: The doubling time of E. coli is approximately 20 minutes in rich
medium. The growth rate depends on the growth medium, temperature,
strain and degree of oxygenation. For most purposes, the culture should be
harvested in mid-log phase. A stationary phase E. coli culture generally
contains 1–2 × 109 cells/ml, depending on the culture medium and
aeration.
Transfer a volume of culture containing a maximum of 1 × 1010 cells to a
centrifugal tube. Centrifuge at 5,500 × g for 5 minutes at 4°C. Carefully
remove the supernatant, leaving the cell pellet as dry as possible.
Resuspend the cell pellet in 1ml of freshly prepared TE buffer containing
lysozyme. Do not exceed 1ml per prep. Tap gently to mix.
Note: For Gram-positive bacteria use 3mg/ml lysozyme; for Gram-negative
bacteria, use 0.4mg/ml lysozyme.
Incubate the resuspended cells at room temperature. For Gram-positive
bacteria, incubate the cells for 5–10 minutes; for Gram-negative bacteria,
incubate the cells for 3–5 minutes.
Add 1ml of Lysis Solution containing BME. Vortex vigorously until lysis is
complete and no clumps are present. Incubate on ice for 10 minutes to
complete the lysis.
Optional: Homogenize the lysate at high speed, using a rotor-stator
homogenizer (such as a BioSpec Tissue-Tearor™), until no visible clumps
remain.
Proceed to Lysate Clearing.
Lysate Clearing
Transfer 2ml of lysate to a 15ml, capped, disposable centrifugal tube. Lysate
volumes larger than 2ml may be processed with multiple columns or the
remainder can be stored at –70°C for later use. If the volume of lysate is not a
multiple of 2ml, add an appropriate volume of Lysis Solution to achieve 2ml
per prep.
Add 4ml of RNA Dilution Buffer (blue) to 2ml of lysate. Immediately seal the
tube, and mix thoroughly by inverting the tube 3–4 times and then vortexing.
Process all samples before continuing.
Thoroughly mix the white Clearing Agent by shaking or vortexing the bottle
until all of the material is in suspension. Mix until no material adheres to the
bottom of the bottle when inverted. This may take several minutes.
Note: The Clearing Agent settles over time and should be remixed between
samples. When the Clearing Agent is mixed properly, it will not clog pipet tips.
Add 1ml of Clearing Agent to the diluted lysate. Immediately seal the tube,
and mix by inverting 2–3 times and vortex until homogeneous. Process all
samples before continuing.
Notes:
Combining the RNA Dilution Buffer and Clearing Agent prior to use is not
recommended. The Clearing Agent settles more quickly when diluted, and
the mixture thickens over time.
The Clearing Agent may form a white powder on the threads of the bottle.
You can collect the powder with a wet paper towel and discard it as
nonhazardous waste.
Place the tubes in a heating block or water bath at 70°C. Make sure that the
tubes are spaced such that they are fully in contact with the heating block or
water and the entire sample is heated. Incubate at 70°C for 5 minutes to
denature the samples. The heated mixtures may form clumps of precipitated
debris.
[!] Incomplete heating of samples may result in DNA contamination.
Remove the tubes and cool the heated samples at room temperature for at
least 5 minutes.
Wearing clean gloves, place one blue PureYield™ Clearing Column for each
sample in a 50ml collection tube. Save the collection tube caps. Label the Clearing Columns and
collection tubes to maintain sample identity
Note: If cross-contamination is a concern, flat-top tubes should be used, as
they can be sealed during centrifugation.
Mix each sample by vortexing or vigorously shaking until homogeneous.
Immediately pour the mixture into the assembled PureYield™ Clearing
Column/collection tube. If you are using a flat-top tube, you can seal the
assembled column with the cap if desired. Process each sample individually.
[!]The flowthrough from the blue PureYield™ Clearing Column must be
collected in a collection tube by centrifugation. Vacuum cannot be used.
Centrifuge the PureYield™ Clearing Column assembly in a swinging bucket
rotor at 2,000 × g at 22–25°C for 10 minutes to clear the lysate.
Note: The Clearing Agent and sample debris will form a solid cake on
the surface of the Clearing Membrane. The color may vary, depending on the
sample type. If liquid remains on the surface of the debris cake,
centrifuge for an additional 5–10 minutes at a higher g force
(e.g., 2,500–3,000 × g). A blue-green cleared lysate will collect in the 50ml
collection tube.
[!]Do not discard the cleared lysate in the collection tube. RNA is present in the
blue-green cleared lysate.
Discard the blue Clearing Column, and save the cleared lysate in the
collection tube. If a debris pellet is found in the bottom of the collection tube,
transfer the cleared lysate to a fresh 50ml tube.
Proceed to RNA Purification by Centrifugation (Spin)
RNA Purification by Centrifugation (Spin)
Wearing clean gloves, place a clear PureYield™ Binding Column in a 50ml
collection tube for each sample. Save the collection tube caps. Label the
columns and tubes to maintain sample identity.
Note: If cross-contamination is a concern, flat-top tubes should be used, as
they can be sealed during centrifugation.
Add 4ml isopropanol to the cleared lysate and mix thoroughly by swirling
or capping and shaking the tubes. Vortexing is not recommended.
Immediately pour the mixture into the PureYield™ Binding
Column/collection tube assembly (Step 1). Cap the tube if desired.
Centrifuge at 2,000 × g for 10 minutes in a swinging bucket rotor to capture
the RNA.
Carefully remove the PureYield™ Binding Column from the collection tube
and discard the flowthrough. Return the Binding Column to the tube.
Verify that ethanol has been added to the RNA Wash Solution. Add 20ml of RNA Wash Solution to the PureYield™ Binding Column. Cap the tube if desired. Centrifuge at 2,000 x g for 5 minutes.
Empty the Collection Tube as in Step 4. Repeat the wash in Step 5 with an
additional 10ml of RNA Wash Solution, increasing the centrifugation time
to 10 minutes to empty the column and dry the Binding Membrane.
Optional: To further reduce ethanol carryover, empty the collection tube
and centrifuge the PureYield™ Binding Column for an additional 5
minutes at 2,000 × g.
Carefully transfer the PureYield™ Binding Column to a fresh 50ml
collection tube. Save the cap for the elution step. Use care to make sure that
the flowthrough does not contact the column.
Note: If the PureYield™ Binding Column is contacted by the flowthrough,
empty the collection tube and centrifuge the assembly for 1 minute before
transferring the Binding Column to a fresh tube (Step 7).
Add 1ml Nuclease-Free Water to the PureYield™ Binding Column,
preferably using an ART® Aerosol Resistant Tip. Be careful
to completely cover the surface of the membrane with the water. If desired,
cap the tube with the clean cap. Incubate at room temperature for
2 minutes to release the RNA into solution. Centrifuge at 2,000 x g for
3 minutes to collect the RNA.
Note that with some types of centrifuge braking and vacuum systems,
some upward displacement of the membrane can occur during the elution
step. This does not affect the yield or performance of the system.
Remove the PureYield™ Binding Columns and discard. Store the aliquots
of the purified RNA at –70°C using sterile, low-binding (i.e., siliconized),
RNase-free microcentrifuge tubes.
Note: Ethanol contamination may occur with the centrifugation (spin)
format. If the RNA sample is not heat denatured prior to gel loading, it
may float out of the well. If this occurs, leave a portion of the sample open
to the air for 10 minutes to allow the ethanol to evaporate. The RNA
sample may also be incubated at 37°C to increase the evaporation rate.
Western blotting
Activation of PVDF membrane
Cut out PVDF membrane (6 cm × 9 cm per a gel).
Immerse the PVDF membrane in 100%EtOH for 5 minutes.
Cut out filter paper (6 cm × 9 cm × 6 sheets per a gel).
Superpose in order of three pieces of filter paper, a PVDF membrane and three pieces of filter paper.
Immerse it in transfer buffer.
Transcription
Wipe a blotter with 70%EtOH.
Superpose in order of three pieces of filter paper, a PVDF membrane, and the gel and three pieces of filter paper.
Flow current to it (area × 2 mA).
Electrification for an hour.
Wash the PVDF membrane with TBS solution and then dye with PonceauS solution.
Decolorize the PonceauS solution with distilled water.
Wrap the PVDF membrane in cellophane and then cut off a section of marker with a cutter.
Dye the section of marker with CBB solution and then decolorize it with 50%EtOH.
Blocking & Antibody
Immerse the section of the sample in 5% skim milk in TBS solution.
Shake it with a shaker for an hour.
Wash the section of the sample with TBS-T
Exchange TBS-T every 5 minute × 3 times and shake it with a shaker.
After washing with TBS, apply primary antibody with a film.
Shake it with a shaker for an hour.
Wash the sample with TBS-T.
Shake it with a shaker. (5 minutes × 3 times)
Apply secondary antibody with a film.
Shake it with a shaker for 40 minutes.
Wash it with TBS-T.
Shake it with a shaker. (5 minutes × 3 times)
Coloring
HRP method
Immerse the sample in HRP color development liquid.
Transfer it into distilled water and then stop coloring.
