User:Jarle Pahr/Transformation

Notes on bacterial transformation:

1 h incubation has been mentioned to be sufficient for recovery of Kan resistant transformants: http://www.protocol-online.org/biology-forums/posts/39293.html

See also http://www.protocol-online.org/biology-forums/posts/24469.html

Kanamycin works by interfering with protein translation.

http://www.genome.ou.edu/protocol_book/protocol_adxF.html

http://www.protocol-online.org/biology-forums/posts/25521.html

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12065899

http://bitesizebio.com/articles/plasmid-retention/

http://www.protocol-online.org/biology-forums/posts/24469.html

http://openwetware.org/wiki/IGEM:Paris_Bettencourt_2012/Protocols/Heat_Shock_Transformation_of_E_Coli

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC145660/

http://2010.igem.org/wiki/images/a/ae/Direct_Plating_Transformation_Protocol.pdf

High efficiency transformation of Escherichia coli with plasmids: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/037811199090336P