Yu:Competent Cells
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1. Streak fresh E. coli strain onto LB plate and incubate overnight at 37°C |
2. Inoculate a CFU into 10mL LB and incubate overnight at 37°C |
3. Subculture 2mL of overnight culture into 200mL LB flask (1:100 dilution) and incubate at 37°C until OD600 of final culture is between 0.45 and 0.5 (approximately 3h) |
4. Chill flask by immersion in ice bucket |
Note: Perform all following steps on ice, do not allow cells to warm above 4°C |
5. Spin cells down 2500g at 4°C for 10 minutes |
6. Gently resuspend (by pipetting) cell pellet in 40mL ice-cold 0.1M MgCl2 |
7. Spin cells down 2500g at 4°C for 10 minutes |
8. Gently resuspend (by pipetting) cell pellet in 40mL ice-cold 0.1M CaCl2 |
9. Incubate on ice for 30m |
10. Spin cells down 2500g at 4°C for 10 minutes |
11. Gently resuspend cell pellet in 10mL of 15% glycerol/0.1M CaCl2. Incubate on ice 2h |
12. Pre-chill eppendorf tubes to -80°C in dry ice/ethanol bath. |
13. Aliquot 220μL competent cells into each eppendorf tube while in dry ice/EtOH bath. Store at -80°C. |