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| - | <p>General advice: <br> It is advantageous to scale up the volume in order to yield more aliquots! Use additional flasks when necessary.</p> | + | <p>General advice: <br> It is advantageous to scale up the volume in order to yield more aliquots! Use additional flasks when necessary. Follow this protocol closely in order to yield best results.</p> |
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<li>On the next day, check OD600. At OD600 = 0.55, put culture on ice for 10 min.</li> | <li>On the next day, check OD600. At OD600 = 0.55, put culture on ice for 10 min.</li> | ||
<li>Centrifuge cells at 2500 g and 4 °C for 10 min. Discard supernatant <u>completely</u>.</li> | <li>Centrifuge cells at 2500 g and 4 °C for 10 min. Discard supernatant <u>completely</u>.</li> | ||
| - | <li> | + | <li><u>Completely</u> resuspend cell pellet in 30 mL <a href="https://2013.igem.org/Team:Tuebingen/Notebook/Protocols/inoue">Inoue buffer</a> at 0 °C.</li> |
<li>Centrifuge cells at 2500 g and 4 °C for 10 min. Discard supernatant <u>completely</u>.</li> | <li>Centrifuge cells at 2500 g and 4 °C for 10 min. Discard supernatant <u>completely</u>.</li> | ||
<li>Repeat the previous two steps.</li> | <li>Repeat the previous two steps.</li> | ||
| - | <li> | + | <li><u>Completely</u> resuspend cells in 8 mL Inoue buffer at 0 °C. Add 1.5 mL DMSO and incubate for 10 min.</li> |
<li>Aliquot cells à 100 µL in Eppendorf-tubes and freeze in liquid nitrogen. Store at -80 °C.</li> | <li>Aliquot cells à 100 µL in Eppendorf-tubes and freeze in liquid nitrogen. Store at -80 °C.</li> | ||
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Revision as of 23:51, 3 October 2013
Chemo-competent E. coli cells
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Procedure
General advice:
It is advantageous to scale up the volume in order to yield more aliquots! Use additional flasks when necessary. Follow this protocol closely in order to yield best results.
- Inoculate 25 mL SOB-medium with one single colony from a fresh plate.
- Incubate for 8 h at 37 °C and 250 rpm.
- Inoculate three falcon tubes containing 100 mL SOB-medium each with 1 mL, 2 mL and 4 mL of the prepared pre-culture (i.e. 100 mL SOB + 1 mL pre-culture; 100 mL SOB + 2 mL pre-culture, and 100 mL SOB + 4 mL pre-culture).
- Incubate over night at 18 to 22 °C and 200 rpm.
- On the next day, check OD600. At OD600 = 0.55, put culture on ice for 10 min.
- Centrifuge cells at 2500 g and 4 °C for 10 min. Discard supernatant completely.
- Completely resuspend cell pellet in 30 mL Inoue buffer at 0 °C.
- Centrifuge cells at 2500 g and 4 °C for 10 min. Discard supernatant completely.
- Repeat the previous two steps.
- Completely resuspend cells in 8 mL Inoue buffer at 0 °C. Add 1.5 mL DMSO and incubate for 10 min.
- Aliquot cells à 100 µL in Eppendorf-tubes and freeze in liquid nitrogen. Store at -80 °C.
