SBB10AssayTeam4-Notes

Carolyn Kwok, Jing Luo, Dorothy Tulanont

Goals

1. Determine whether the N15 protelomerase parts are functional or not on the Tos site assuming the co-transformation is stable.
2a. If the plasmids don't stably co-transform, determine whether cells containing N15 protelomerase enrich for plasmids lacking tos.
2b. Assuming the N15 protelomerase parts are functional, determine whether the linearized "doggy bone" re-circularized in the absence of N15 protelomerase.

General Procedure

Part 1
Experiment:
1. Cotransform cells with plasmid containing the tos site and N15 protelomerase expressing plasmid.
2. Heat-shock
3. Plate with resistance plate
4. Miniprep cells
5. Digest the resulting plasmid with a restriction enzyme.
6. Analytical Mapping
Controls:
1. Transform the cells with only the Tos site plasmid
2. Run the undigested cotransformed DNA.

Part 2a
Experiment:
1. Transform cells with N15 plasmids
2. Plate on antibiotic for N15
3. Pick colonies
4. Mix Tos plasmid and RFP plasmid at a 100:1 ratio
5. Transform mixture into cells
6. Plate on antibiotics for Tos, RFP, and N15 (plate 1)
7. Count ratio of white colonies to red colonies
Control:
1. Mix Tos plasmid and RFP plasmid at a 100:1 ration, transform into cells without N15 and plate (plate 2)
Calculation:
Enrichment = % of red in plate 1/% of red in plate 2

Part 2b

4/12/10 Perform quikchange procedure on tos plasmid to correct the point mutation.