PCR Protocol (50µl)

Buffer Pfu 5 µl
Upper primers 2.5 µl
Lower primers 2.5 µl
MgCL2 1 µl
DNA (depends on concentration, usually 0.5µl)
Enzime Taq Polymerase 1 µl
DNTP’s 8 µl
Water 29.5 µl

Cycles :)
95ºC 4 min
95ºC 1 min
55ºC :30 secs
70ºC 1 min
goto 2:4 30 times
72ºC 5 min

Hot start PCR protocol

Preheated 105ºC
Heated Lid ON
Pause OFF
In denat 94ºC 5 min.
Hot start OFF

30 cycles
94 ºC 30 secs.
55ºC 30 secs.
70ºC 45 secs.
72ºC 5 min
hold 10ºC

Ligation

These are done in 1 mL eppendorf tubes and normally have a T.V. of 20 µl.

• Add A µl of the insert (plasmid digested with corresponding enzymes).
• Add B µl of vector (plasmid digested with corresponding enzymes and complementary so that the ligation can be done properly) and properly DEPHOSPOHATED.
• Add 2 µl T4 DNA ligase buffer.
• Add 20-A-B-3-1 µl H2O miliQ.
• Add 1 µl T4 DNA ligase enzyme.

Transformation

• Pipette the plasmid to a 1.3 mL eppendorf with competent cells and mix with the pipette.
• Incubate tubes on ice for 42 minutes.
• Heatshock at 42ºC for 2 minutes.
• Incubate for 5 minutes on ice.
• Add 1 mL LB broth to each tube.
• Mix by inversion 2-3 times.
• Incubate at 37ºC for an hour with shaking.
• During this hour prepare LB agar plates (30 mL) containing the appropriate antibiotics.
• After the hour Plate 100 µl.
• Centrifuge at 10000 rpm for 2 minutes.
• Drain 700-800 µl of supernatant, mix pellet with the rest and plate. Add to the plate.
• Let grow overnight at 37ºC.

Liquid culture

• Once the bacteria has grown, add 4 mL LB broth to a glass tube.
• Add the appropriate antibiotic.
• With a wooden toothpick take one colony per tube. Place the toothpick in the tube and vortex.
• Incubate the tube in the shaker 37ºC for at least 6 hours.

Digestion protocol (20 µl)

H2O 9.5 µl
Enzyme 0.5 µl
Buffer 10x 2 µl
DNA (it depends on the concentration but we usually put 8 µl)
37ºC at least 4 hours
For double digestions add 0.5 µl of the other enzyme and 0.5 µl less of H2O.

Gel extraction protocol

(Fermentas Gene Jet Gel extraction kit)
The extraction and purification of a DNA band from a gel electrophoresis is done when we digest and want to recover a specific fragment.
1. Cut the band of the fragment you wish to purify.
2. 400 µl of Binding Buffer, 10 min. at 65ºC with shaker so that the agarose melts.
3. 200 µl deisopropanol after 5 min in the shaker.
4. Pass through column and centrifuge. Throw out supernatant.
5. 700 µl wash buffer, centrifuge, throw it out, centrifuge.
6. Pass column to clean tube, add 40 µl de elution buffer.