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<h2>Standard Protocols We Used in the Wet Lab</h2>
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<h1>Protocols: Standard techniques that we used in the wet lab</h1>
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|[[Media:Bacterial_Culture.pdf|Bacteria Culture Protocols]]
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<h4>Sterile Technique</h4>
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<li>Flame the mouth and cap of any bottle, flask or tube upon uncapping and recapping</li>
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<li>Sterilize metal instruments between uses by dipping in 100% ethanol and flaming</li>
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<h4>Bacterial Culture Maintenance</h4>
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<li>At 36 degrees Celsius</li>
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<li>At 10% total flask/tube volume</li>
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<li>In mid-log phase(0.1 < OD600 <= 0.4) (with OD600 = 1 ->8.8x10<sup>8</sup>cell/ml)
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<li>Pick and individual colony from a plate and inoculate 2ml LB + amp media</li>
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<li>Incubate at 37 C shaking at 220 rpm until OD600 = 0.4 (~2 hrs)</li>
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<li>Inoculate 4 ml LB + amp + inducer (aTc or IPTG) with 100ul secondary culture</li>
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<li>Continue cultures as described above in "bacterial culture maintenance" for 9 hrs</li>
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<li>Heat shock cells in 42C water bath of 50 seconds</li>
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<li>Recover cells in 0.5 ml SOC media, shaking at 37C for 1 hour at 220 rpm</li>
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<h4>Plasmid Prep from cultures (using QIAprep Spin Miniprep Kit)</h4>
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<li>Add 250 ul Buffer P2 and mix thoroughly by inverting-- the solution should turn blue</li>
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<li>Centrifuge sample at 13K rpm for 10 minutes</li>
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<li>Transfer supernatant to a fresh QIAprep spin column, leaving cell debris pellet behind</li>
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<li>Centrifugre supernatant into column at 13K rpm for 1 minute</li>
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<li>Dilute DNA as appropriate in water (1<= DF <=1/100) to a total volume of 50 ul</li>
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<td>10x Thermo Pol Buffer</td><td>5</td><td>1x</td>
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<td>10mM dNTPs</td><td>1</td><td>0.2mM</td>
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<td>50mM MgCl<sub>2</sub></td><td>2</td><td>2mM</td>
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<td>10 uM F Primer</td><td>2</td><td>0.4mM</td>
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<td>H<sub>2</sub>O</td><td>Vol req for 50 ul total</td><td>-</td><td>
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<td>DNA</td><td>Vol req for 30 ng <= mass <= 500ng</td><td>-</td><td>
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<td>Taq polymerase</td><td>0.5</td><td>2 U</td><td>
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<td><b>Total</b></td><td><b>50 ul</b></td><td>-</td><td>
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<td>1. Initial Denaturation</td><td>94</td><td>3 minutes</td>
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<td>2. Denaturation</td><td>94</td><td>30 seconds</td>
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<td>3. Annealing</td><td>~55</td><td>30 seconds</td>
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<td>4. Extension</td><td>68</td><td>1 min/kb amplified</td>
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<td>5. Final Extension</td><td>68</td><td>5 minutes</td><td>
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<td>6. Final Hold</td><td>12</td><td>Forever</td><td>
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<td>10x NEB Buffer</td><td>5</td><td>1x</td>
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<td>BSA</td><td>0.5</td><td>1x</td>
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<td>Restriction Enzyme</td><td>0.5</td><td>1 U</td><td>
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<td><b>Total</b></td><td><b>50 ul</b></td><td>-</td><td>
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<li>Incubate at 37C for 2-20 hours</li>
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