MurrayRM:PURExpress system notes and experience
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Notes on using the NEB PURExpress system.
Worked example: inducible expression
To illustrate how the system works, this section describes an experiment to test out four different constructs:
- PG1 (BBa_I2035) - GFP with a LacI-repressible promoter on a plasmid (fluoresce)
- LG2 (T7-Plac:RBS:GFP) - linear DNA with GFP on a LacI-repressible promoter, PCR'd from BBa_I2035 (fluoresce)
- LG2 + LG3 (T7:RBS:lacI) - linear GFP on a LacI-repressible promoter with linear lacI on a constitutive promoter (not fluoresce)
- LG2 + LG3 + 100 uM IPTG - GFP on a LacI-repressible promoter with lacI and IPTG present (fluoresce)
In addition, an RFP-based construct was developed, just in case I couldn't get access to BBa_I2035:
- LR4 (T7-Plac:TBS:RFP) - linear DNA with GFP on a LacI-repressible promoter, PCR'd from plasmid provided by Karsten Temme at UCSF (fluoresce)
DNA construction
Only the BBa_I2035 plasmid is in the form needed for use with the PURE system. The other sequences were constructed using PCR-based editing.
PG1
This construct is part of the biobricks library and will be obtained from freezer stocks at Stanford (e-mail to Drew on 12 Feb confirming existence).