Overview
Colony PCR from yeast, either to check inserts etc. or for sequencing.
Materials
- Lyticase (from Sigma)
- TE
- PCR buffers, primers, polymerase, etc.
Procedure
The basic idea is breaking the cells with lyticase and heat, then doing PCR.
- Dilute stock of lyticase to 50 U/mL in TE.
- Aliquot lyticase in 50uL quantities
- Pick colonies (I use a pipette tip) and add to lyticase aliquots, pipette up and down or agitate to break up colony
- Incubate at 37* for 30 min
- Incubate at 95* for 10 min
- Use as template for PCR - I use 5uL of the cells in a 50uL PCR reaction
Notes
- I use this protocol to PCR off the chromosome for sequencing... I clean up the rxn with a Zymoclean kit afterwards.
- The amount of yeast doesn't seem to matter much. I get success with very small colonies or with loads of cells.
Contact
Travis
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