Team:Newcastle/22 June 2010

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Tuesday

Qiagen miniprep: Plasmid extraction

The 5ml culture set up yesterday was pelleted down using the microcentrifuge, the pellet was resuspended in buffer P1. Lysis buffer P2 was used to release the DNA from the cell (this buffer contains RNAse to help reduce RNA contamination). PE buffer containing ethanol was used as a wash. We lysed the cells for 1 minute, gently inverting the tube. We neutalised the lysis with N3 buffer and centrifuged for 10minutes, only the plasmid DNA was left in suspension. The DNA was eluted at low salt concentration through a column membrane.

Digest

Cut with restriction enzyme EcoR1 and Pst1 1 μl of each. 10*buffer ... so 3 μl in 30μ1 therefore we can have 25μ1 of DNA Also no more than 10% Glycerol in the enzyme solution or the reaction would be inhibited.

Gel extraction

Agarose gel

Agarose gel is used for DNA seperation. 1% agarose is used because it is suitable for most kilobase pairs of DNA. We used 60ml for our gel. We used SafeView dye to bind the DNA so that the DNA is visible. We used TAE buffer and boiled the mixture in a microwave to melt it. We then let it cool and poured it into the tank to set.

Electrophoresis

In lane one we loaded the molecular marker 5μl. In lane three we loaded the digested RFP plasmid. In lane five we loaded the digested GFP plasmid. In lane eight we loaded 5μl RFP plasmid and 1μl sample buffer. Lanes two, four, six and seven are empty.

Pictures of equipments/gel:

Cut gel out

Dark room pictures of gel

We cut the inserts which were about 900bp and we use the backbone from the RFP plasmid.

QIAquick Gel extraction kit

Phil with scalpel in dark room.#

The DNA fragments are cut from the agarose gel with a scalpel. Three parts of QG buffer is added to one part of gel and the mixtures are dissolved at the temperature of 50°C. The tubes are vortexed every 2-3 minutes to help dissolve the gel. 1 part of isopropanol is added to the sample and mix. The microcubes were spinned in the microfuge for 1 minute.

Weighing

Set up ligation

Nanodrop