Rapid Elution of DNA Agarose Gels Protocol. This method allows quick purification of DNA fragments from agarose gels for use in cloning and other reactions. Higher yields of purified DNA can be obtained from commercially available purification kits, however greater ligation efficiencies per given amount of DNA have been seen with the use of these described spin columns. Hahn Lab. - [Read Rapid Elution of DNA Agarose Gels Protocol]
DNA fragments separated by electrophoresis through gels cast with low-melting-temperature agarose are recovered by melting the agarose and extracting the resulting solution with phenol:chloroform. The protocol works best for DNA fragments ranging in size from 0.5 kb to 5 kb. - [Read Recovery of DNA from Low-melting-temperature Agarose Gels: Organic Extraction Protocol]
Protocol for retrieval of DNA fragments from pulsed-field gels following DNA concentration. DNA contained in a slice of low-melting-temperature agarose is first concentrated by electrophoresis into a high-percentage agarose gel, and then isolated by treatment with agarase. The resulting DNA preparation is purified by microdialysis. - [Read Retrieval of DNA Fragments from Pulsed-field Gels following DNA Concentration Protocol]
Protocol describes the first stages of Southern blotting: digestion of genomic DNA with one or more restriction enzymes, separation of the resulting fragments by electrophoresis through an agarose gel, and transfer of the denatured fragments to a membrane by downward capillary transfer. - [Read Southern Blotting: Capillary Transfer of DNA to Membranes Protocol]
Topo Cloning procedure for cloning of small amounts DNA fragments by PCR. Cloning the PCR fragment into the TOPO vector, transforming E. Coli cells, and using blue/white selection to determine transformants. Culture inoculation, Qiagen Plasmid Prep protocol for plasmid isolation of the plasmid containing the cloned copies. Preuss Lab, Univ. Chicago. - [Read Topo Cloning Procedure]
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.
The protocol gives general considerations for the design of targeting vectors for transgenic mice. The protocol shares tips in the design of knock-out and knock-in vectors and some of their strategies for producing homologously recombined embryonic stem cells.