Team:EPF-Lausanne/Protocol/PCR

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Protocol: PCR

1X Mastermix 20μl reaction, add in this order

Reagent Volume [μl]
Water Complete to total volume of 20μl
HF-Buffer (5x) 4
DMSO (optional) 0.6
dNTPs 0.4
Forward primer (50μM) 0.2
Reverse primer (50μM) 0.2
Template (10ng/μl) 0.5
Phusion HF polymerase 0.2

Multiply everything by the number of reactions you want to do +1. Take the HF-Buffer, DMSO and dNTPs out the of the freezer in advance so it all has time to thaw. Take the Phusion-HF polymerase out of the freezer only when adding it and put it right back again. If the reactions have different primers and/or template, add the polymerase right after the dNTPs, slit the mastermix and add the rest.

Tm: The primers must have similar Tms. Always chose the lower one. If not sure about the Tm, perform a gradient PCR to find out.