Team:DTU-Denmark/Methods/USER Cloning and Transformation

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#Label 1,5 mL Eppendorf tubes and place in freezer, remove LB-Amp plates from fridge and place at room temperature.
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#Mix the USER<sup>TM</sup> cloning reaction in PCR tube(s).
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*Mix the USER<sup>TM</sup> cloning reaction in PCR tube(s).
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NOTE! You may also make a control reaction, where you mix all USER<sup>TM</sup> cloning components and the backbone PCR product holding the resistance marker, but adding Milli-Q water instead of the rest of the PCR products!
NOTE! You may also make a control reaction, where you mix all USER<sup>TM</sup> cloning components and the backbone PCR product holding the resistance marker, but adding Milli-Q water instead of the rest of the PCR products!
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#Incubate 40 minutes at 37C degrees, then 30 minutes at 25C degrees. Use old PCR machine.
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*Incubate 40 minutes at 37C degrees, then 30 minutes at 25C degrees. Use old PCR machine.
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*While incubating prepare for ''E.coli'' transformation
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#label all LB-Amp plates
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#pick up competent cells from *80C freezer, thaw on ice
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#pick up 1.5 mL tubes from freezer, place on ice
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#aliquot cells, 50 uL cells per Eppendorf - pipette carefully
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#keep cells on ice
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*After incubation is over, add the whole USER reaction to the corresponding Eppendorf with competent ''E.coli'' cells. (You may also include a negative control, where no DNA is added to the competent ''E.coli'' cells)
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*Leave mixture on ice for 30 minutes (minimum 10 minutes)
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*Heat chock bacteria for 90 seconds at 42C degrees
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*leave mixture on ice for 2-5 minutes
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*Plate bacteria using a sterile Drigalsky (sterilize with ethanol and flame between each transformation - remember to cool down the spatchula on the plate before plating out the cells). Alternatively, use sterile glass beads to spread the cells on the plate.
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*Leave at 37C degrees overnight with bottom-up
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Revision as of 13:28, 6 September 2013

USER Cloning and Transformation

Materials

PCR product(s) 10X diluted BSA NEB buffer 4 USER enzyme 1 PCR tube/reaction 1 Eppendorf tube/reaction 100 uL competent E.coli/reaction 1 LB-AMP plate/reaction Drigalsky's spatchula or sterile glass beads Milli-Q water 96% Ethanol Gas Burner

Procedure

  • Label 1,5 mL Eppendorf tubes and place in freezer, remove LB-Amp plates from fridge and place at room temperature.
  • Mix the USERTM cloning reaction in PCR tube(s).

NOTE! You may also make a control reaction, where you mix all USERTM cloning components and the backbone PCR product holding the resistance marker, but adding Milli-Q water instead of the rest of the PCR products!

Components USER mix x1 reaction
USER enzyme 1 uL
NEB buffer 4 0.5 uL
10x BSA 0.5 uL
Backbone 1 uL
Components Negative control 1 fragment 2 fragments 3 fragments 4 fragments 5 fragments
USER mix 3 uL 3 uL 3 uL 3 uL 3 uL 3 uL
MQ H2O 7 uL - - - - -
PCR product A - 7 uL 3.5 uL 2.33 uL 1.75 uL 1.4 uL
PCR product B - - 3.5 uL 2.33 uL 1.75 uL 1.4 uL
PCR product C - - - 2.33 uL 1.75 uL 1.4 uL
PCR product D - - - - 1.75 uL 1.4 uL
PCR product E - - - - - 1.4 uL
  • Incubate 40 minutes at 37C degrees, then 30 minutes at 25C degrees. Use old PCR machine.
  • While incubating prepare for E.coli transformation
  1. label all LB-Amp plates
  2. pick up competent cells from *80C freezer, thaw on ice
  3. pick up 1.5 mL tubes from freezer, place on ice
  4. aliquot cells, 50 uL cells per Eppendorf - pipette carefully
  5. keep cells on ice
  • After incubation is over, add the whole USER reaction to the corresponding Eppendorf with competent E.coli cells. (You may also include a negative control, where no DNA is added to the competent E.coli cells)
  • Leave mixture on ice for 30 minutes (minimum 10 minutes)
  • Heat chock bacteria for 90 seconds at 42C degrees
  • leave mixture on ice for 2-5 minutes
  • Plate bacteria using a sterile Drigalsky (sterilize with ethanol and flame between each transformation - remember to cool down the spatchula on the plate before plating out the cells). Alternatively, use sterile glass beads to spread the cells on the plate.
  • Leave at 37C degrees overnight with bottom-up