Joyce:Transformation
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Procedure (for E. coli XL2-Blue)
- Thaw cells
- Pipette 50 ul of cells into an ependorff
- With gentle stirring, pippette 5 ul of a 20 ul (about 100 ng? *****) ligation reaction into the ependorff
- Place the ependorff on ice for at least 30 minutes
- Heat shock the transformation mixture for 45 seconds at 42*C
- Put the transformation mixture on ice for 2 minutes
- Add 400 ul of sterile YT to the transformation mixture
- Mix gently by inverting several times
- Incubate at 37*C for at least 45 minutes
- Centrifuge at full speed for 2 minutes
- Discard 300 ul of the supernatant
- Resuspend the pellet in the remaining 150 ul
- Plate and incubate at 37*C overnight
Notes
- You can do a cheap-o transformation to quickly check something by incubating 100 ng of DNA with cells for 30 minutes then incubate O/N at 37°C
Solutions
YT