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ColiGuard
Transformation of the BBa K112806 + BBa B0015 ligation
finO and finP with pGEM - confirmation
We performed a PCR for each miniprep samples we got, using a specific forward primer for our inserts (finO and finP) and a reverse primer that is specific for pGEM vector (primer M13, see pGEM manual). This will allow us to verify that we have the insert ligated into the plasmid and, further more, will allow us to check whether or not our inserts are indeed in the correct frame position.
According to the pictures, both finO and finP's PCR resulted in bands that reached the expected size in several samples.
Therefore, we concluded we sucessfully have finO and finP correctly ligated into pGEM vector. Next step is ligating them into biobrick's vector.
Marcelo
PY Promoter - Mini-prep and digestion reaction
- BBa_J23100 again. Our intention is to recover the NotI restriction site between the EcoRI and XbaI sites. So we are going to reinsert the fragment digested with XbaI and PstI into the plasmid digested with this 2 enzymes. After the insertion our fragment is going to be a biobrick! =)
- BBa_B0015. We are going to perform our tests with a conjugative strain. We then need to insert our plasmid in this strain, so we will be able to analyze the activation of PY promoter during conjugation. However, the conjugative strain available to us already has ampicilin resistance. So we need to have our construction (PY promoter + RFP reporter) in a plasmid that has another type of resistance to be possible to select the colonies that acquired our plasmid after we transform the conjugative strain with it. We selected the plasmid BBa_B0015, that has ampicilin and kanamycin resistance. We also digested this plasmid with XbaI and PstI.
Fabi and Léo
Cre-Recombinase - Confirmation: Stage II
Now that stage I was successfully succeeded, today we performed stage II on confirming our Cre's biobrick. We performed a digestion of four of the samples confirmed in stage I, using XbaI and SpeI restriction enzymes.
Digestion lasted 3 hours. We then ran an 1% agarose gel, in order to confirm that the digestion actually worked.
Finally, according to stage II...... yeah! it worked! We found two bands in all digested samples: one reaching 2200 bp (pSB1A3 vector) and other reaching 1200 bp (Cre-Recombinase).
Víctor
YeastGuard
- The plate of E. coli transformed with the pDLD+Biofusion had only two colonies. We did the colony PCR to find correct constructions of the pDLD and Lysozyme in Biofusion. We found two fragments corresponding to pDLD, but the negative control amplified the same fragment too! We decided to do miniprep of both colonies and re-confirm it by digestion.
- We found one expected band of lysozyme. We did miniprep of this colony and chose an inespecific one as well.
- JENorf+pGEM grew!! Later that day we found out that we forgot to plate X-Gal =/ We did more plates, this time with X-Gal!! Waste of time!! =(
- We digested the Lysozyme+Biofusion vector and pJEN1+Biofusion vector with XbaI and PstI to recover the part fragment with one NotI site. The Lysozyme digestion worked so we purified the correct fragment, ligated it in biofusion again in order to recover the second NotI site. Unfortunately the pJEN1 digestion didn’t work.
- We inoculated pJEN1+biofusion and pDLD+biofusion in liquid media to do miniprep tomorrow.
pADH1+YFP
- An electrophoresis was made with the product of the digestion performed yesterday. Then, we purified the bands corresponding to the size of the pADH1 in the biofusion vector and the YFP part.
- So we made the ligation of the YFP part in the biofusion vector that contains the ADH1 promoter. Then we transformed this construction in E. coli that has grown O/N in the kanamicin media plate.
Wesley and Gleidson
YEP358
- We had positive colinies with YEP358-β -galactosidase !
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