Cloning Protocols
From 2012.igem.org
Restriction
Ligation
- Combination of 50 ng of vector with a 2-fold molar excess of insert.
- Addition of an appropriate volume of T4 Buffer
- Addition of 0.5-1 µl T4 ligase
- Adjustment of volume to 20 µl with ddH2O
- Incubation over night at 16 °C
- Deactivation of ligase for 10 min at 65 °C
Chemical transformation
- Thawing of competent cells on ice
- Addition of 1 µL DNA
- Incubation on ice for 20 min
- Heat shock for 1 min at 42 °C
- Incubation on ice for 5 min
- Addition of 270 µL LB
- Incubation in thermoblock for 45 min (incubation time dependent on used vector!) at 37 °C and 300 rpm
- Smearing of cells on plates and incubation at 37°C (centrifuge it, discard supernatant, resuspend cells in rest-medium, 20 µL on plate)