The technique makes use of an Escherichia coli strain expressing the redΑßΓ operon under the control of an inducible promoter. This enables the strain to carry out homologous recombination with only 50-60 bp of homologous sequence. The procedure does not require any DNA ligation and is very rapid. It allows a single gene or region on a cosmid to be replaced by a bi-functional selectable marker (having both an E. coli and an A. fumigatus marker). - [Read A Rapid Method for Generating Gene Deletions in Aspergillus fumigatus Protocol]
ANTIBODY PURIFICATION by affinity chromatography. By Beth, Mullins Lab UCSF. To affinity purify antibodies, generate lots of E. coli lysate that contains your antigen. If the protein can stand freeze thawing, then go ahead and purify the protein from e. coli lysate and keep it frozen until you need to couple it to a CH-sepharose column. - [Read ANTIBODY PURIFICATION by affinity chromatography]
Electrotransformation of Agrobacterium with a plasmid that has been replicating in E. coli. Growth of Arabidopsis thaliana. Arabidopsis dunking. Seed Harvesting. Plant tissue culture. Very detailed protocol. Stockinger lab. PDF - [Read Arabidopsis transformation with Agrobacterium PDF]
4 strains of E. coli are used in these studies: JM101 for M13 infection and isolation, XL1BMRF'for M13 or pUC-based DNA transformation, and ED8767 for cosmid DNA transformation. To maintain their respective F' episomes necessary for M13 viral infection, JM101 is streaked onto a M9 minimal media plate and XL1BMRF' is streaked onto an LB plate containing tetracycline. ED8767 is streaked onto an LB plate. These plates are incubated at 37degC overnight. For each strain, 3 ml. of appropriate liquid.. - [Read Bacterial Cell Maintenance Protocol]
Protocol is for bidirectional, blunt-end cloning of DNA fragments. The target DNA is PCR amplified and 3'-extensions are polished with Pfu DNA polymerase. The amplicon is ligated to a blunt-ended plasmid DNA, and the products of the ligation reaction are used to transform competent Escherichia coli. A restriction enzyme is added to the ligation reaction to relinearize any self-religating vector DNA. - [Read Bidirectional Cloning of PCR Products Protocol]
Pairs of oligonucleotide primers used in PCR are often designed with restriction sites in their 5' regions. In many cases, the sites are different in the two primers. In this case, amplification generates a target fragment whose termini now carry new restriction sites that can be used for directional cloning into plasmid vectors. The purified fragment and the vector are digested with the appropriate restriction enzymes, ligated together, and transformed into E. coli. - [Read Cloning PCR Products by Addition of Restriction Sites to the Termini of Amplified DNA Protocol]
Here, the DNA-RNA hybrids synthesized in Stage 1 are converted into full-length double-stranded cDNAs. The primers for synthesis of second-strand cDNA are created by RNase H, which introduces nicks into the RNA moiety of the cDNA-mRNA hybrids. E. coli DNA polymerase I extends the newly created 3'-hydroxyl termini, using the first-strand cDNA as a template. - [Read Construction of cDNA Libraries Protocol]
Protocol is for directional blunt-end cloning of DNA fragments. The target DNA is PCR-amplified, 3'-extensions are polished with Pfu DNA polymerase, and the amplicon is ligated to a blunt-ended plasmid DNA. The products of the ligation reaction are used to transform competent Escherichia coli. A restriction enzyme is added to the ligation reaction to relinearize any self-religating vector DNA. - [Read Directional Cloning of PCR Products Protocol]
E.coli total RNA labeling protocol for high density oligonucleotide array. Includes: RNA Preparation; Digest RNA and Purification of cDNA; Purify cDNA with Qiaquick PCR purification kit; cDNA Fragmentation and end labeling; Labeling with Terminal Transferase. - [Read E.coli Total RNA Labeling Protocol for High Density Oligonucleotide Array]
Preparation of oligo solutions
PCR experiments, Digestion of insert DNA, Digestion and dephosphorylation of vector DNA, Ligation of DNA fragments with sticky ends, Ligation of DNA fragments with blunt ends,
Preparation of chemically competent E. coli - [Read EMBL Cloning protocols]
Protocol for the expression of cloned genes in E. coli using IPTG-inducible promoters. Protocol describes how (1) to clone cloned sequences encoding open reading frames in plasmids carrying IPTG-inducible promoters, (2) to optimize expression of target proteins in transformants carrying these recombinants, and (3) to scale-up production of foreign proteins. - [Read Expression of Cloned Genes in E. coli Using IPTG-inducible Promoters Protocol]
Protocol describes how (1) to clone cloned sequences encoding open reading frames in plasmids carrying bacteriophage {lambda} pL promoters, (2) to optimize expression of target proteins in transformants carrying these recombinants, and (3) to scale-up production of foreign proteins. - [Read Expression of Cloned Genes in E. coli Using the Bacteriophage lambda pL Promoter Protocol]
Protocol for expression of cloned genes in E. coli using the bacteriophage lambda pL promoter. Protocol describes how (1) to clone cloned sequences encoding open reading frames in plasmids carrying bacteriophage lambda pL promoters, (2) to optimize expression of target proteins in transformants carrying these recombinants, and (3) to scale-up production of foreign proteins. - [Read Expression of Cloned Genes in E. coli Using the Bacteriophage lambda pL Promoter Protocol]
Protocol for the expression of cloned genes in E. coli using the bacteriophage T7 promoter. Protocol describes how (1) to clone cloned sequences encoding open reading frames in plasmids carrying bacteriophage T7 promoters, (2) to optimize expression of target proteins in transformants carrying these recombinants, and (3) to scale-up production of foreign proteins. - [Read Expression of Cloned Genes in E. coli Using the Bacteriophage T7 Promoter Protocol]
The DNA Ligation protocol described here contains the steps required to join together using ligase enzyme both plasmid DNA and insert DNA fragments in order to create a new plasmid. This new ligated plasmid can be transformed after into competent bacteria to produce DNA for mini, midi or maxi-prep isolation.
This protocol describes the electroporation of the BMH 81-17 mut S strain that is recommended for tranformation of the site directed mutagenesis of dsDNA (See Protocol on Site-Directed Mutagenesis on Double Stranded DNA). BMH 81-17 mut S are a mismatch repair defective (mut S) Escherichia coli strain. The probability that the two mutations will cosegregate during the first round of DNA replication is increased in this strain.