Monday, July 23
Today we sonicated three cultures of E. coli - one with our Z construct, one with Z, C and inducers, and one with Z, C, but no inducer. Then, we extracted the soluble proteins from those cultures and ran them on a gel. [PICTURE]
We also ran a PCR of a series of ligations. The color constructs were ligated with promoters into chloramphenicol-resistant plasmid Psb1C3. [EXPAND UPON THIS]
Extracted proteins from cultures and took spectrophotometric readings - show graphs
Tuesday, July 24
Today, we ordered multiple primers that we will need in the future.
We also performed a ligation of RFP construct with PSL2131, and then we plated the results to check tomorrow.
Wednesday, July 25
We checked the ligation plates of RFP and PSL2131 and see red colonies, indicating that the ligation was successful. After the colonies have a chance to grow a little more, we will start cultures and miniprep them.
We have discovered that we need a fusion protein in order to deal with insoluble protein products that form inclusion bodies, preventing the effective transcription of our gene. Thus, we obtained ________ from the lab of James Havranek.
We also ran a four-hour experiment to test the effects of our inducers. [INSERT THE TABLE AND GRAPHS]
Thursday, July 26
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