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'''General Lab Information'''
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'''A. General Lab Information'''
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/molbio/labnotebook.html How to Keep a Lab Notebook]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/molbio/labnotebook.html How to Keep a Lab Notebook]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/reagents.html Common molecular reagents]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/reagents.html Common molecular reagents]
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'''Gel Electrophoresis and Purification'''
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'''B. Gel Electrophoresis and Purification'''
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/pourgel.html Pouring an agarose gel]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/pourgel.html Pouring an agarose gel]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/molwt.html Calculate MWs]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/molwt.html Calculate MWs]
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# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/ligation.html Ligation Protocol]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/ligation.html Ligation Protocol]
  
'''Digestion, Ligation, Transformation'''
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'''C. Digestion, Ligation, Transformation'''
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/digestion.html Digest DNA with restriction enzymes]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/digestion.html Digest DNA with restriction enzymes]
 
# [[Davidson Missouri W/Double Digest Guide| Double Digest Guide]]
 
# [[Davidson Missouri W/Double Digest Guide| Double Digest Guide]]
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# [[TSS Competent Cells|TSS Competent Cell Transformation]]
 
# [[TSS Competent Cells|TSS Competent Cell Transformation]]
  
'''Minipreps'''
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'''D. Minipreps'''
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/MiniPrep_list.html Choices for Mini-Preps: Promega vs. Zyppy]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/MiniPrep_list.html Choices for Mini-Preps: Promega vs. Zyppy]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/miniprepPrmega.html Promega miniprep]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/miniprepPrmega.html Promega miniprep]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/Zippy_MiniPrep.html Zippy Miniprep]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/Zippy_MiniPrep.html Zippy Miniprep]
  
'''Making New Parts and PCR'''
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'''E. Making New Parts and PCR'''
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/anneal_oligos.html Building dsDNA with Oligos]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/anneal_oligos.html Building dsDNA with Oligos]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/pcr.html Setting up PCR mixtures]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/pcr.html Setting up PCR mixtures]
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# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/ColonyPCR_Screening.html Colony PCR to Screen for Successful Ligations]
 
# [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/ColonyPCR_Screening.html Colony PCR to Screen for Successful Ligations]
  
'''Expression of Phenotypes'''
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'''F. Expression of Phenotypes'''
 
# [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC106306/pdf/am002240.pdf Using degradation tags on proteins such as GFP]
 
# [http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC106306/pdf/am002240.pdf Using degradation tags on proteins such as GFP]
 
# [[Genomic Insertion Protocol|Genomic Insertion Protocol]]
 
# [[Genomic Insertion Protocol|Genomic Insertion Protocol]]
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# When inducing with Arabinose, use "2 µL of stock" (10% w/v L-Arabinose) "to every 1 mL" of LB or other liquid.
 
# When inducing with Arabinose, use "2 µL of stock" (10% w/v L-Arabinose) "to every 1 mL" of LB or other liquid.
  
'''Computer Tools We Use'''
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'''G. Computer Tools We Use'''
 
# [http://gcat.davidson.edu/iGEM08/tools.html All Sites In One Place]
 
# [http://gcat.davidson.edu/iGEM08/tools.html All Sites In One Place]
 
# [http://gcat.davidson.edu/iGEM08/gelwebsite/gelwebsite.html Optimize your Gel]
 
# [http://gcat.davidson.edu/iGEM08/gelwebsite/gelwebsite.html Optimize your Gel]

Revision as of 21:22, 13 March 2010

A. General Lab Information

  1. How to Keep a Lab Notebook
  2. Common molecular reagents
  3. Standard Assembly
  4. BioBrick Ends
  5. Compatibility of Plasmids
  6. Ethanol Precipitate DNA (short protocol)
  7. glycerolstocks How to Make Glycerol Stocks of Bacteria


B. Gel Electrophoresis and Purification

  1. Pouring an agarose gel
  2. Calculate MWs
  3. 1kb MW markers
  4. Qiagen QIAquick Gel Purification
  5. Qiagen QIAquick Column Regeneration Protocol
  6. ElectroElute Gel Purification
  7. Ligation Protocol

C. Digestion, Ligation, Transformation

  1. Digest DNA with restriction enzymes
  2. Double Digest Guide
  3. Shrimp Alkaline Phosphatase
  4. Choices for Transformation: Heat Shock vs. Zyppy
  5. Heat Shock Transformation OR Short version of Heat Shock
  6. Zippy Transformation
  7. TSS Competent Cell Transformation

D. Minipreps

  1. Choices for Mini-Preps: Promega vs. Zyppy
  2. Promega miniprep
  3. Zippy Miniprep

E. Making New Parts and PCR

  1. Building dsDNA with Oligos
  2. Setting up PCR mixtures
  3. PCR and Mg2+ concentration
  4. Making dsDNA Using Primer Dimers
  5. Clean and Concentrate DNA (after PCR, before digestion)
  6. Colony PCR to Screen for Successful Ligations

F. Expression of Phenotypes

  1. Using degradation tags on proteins such as GFP
  2. Genomic Insertion Protocol
  3. When inducing with IPTG, use 3 µL of stock (0.2 g/mL = 20% w/v) to every 1 mL of LB or other liquid.
  4. When inducing with Arabinose, use "2 µL of stock" (10% w/v L-Arabinose) "to every 1 mL" of LB or other liquid.

G. Computer Tools We Use

  1. All Sites In One Place
  2. Optimize your Gel
  3. Gene Splitting Web Site
  4. PCR Primers w/ BioBricks
  5. Promega Tm Calculator
  6. List of auto-inducers and their catalog numbers
  7. Sequencing at Agencourt Bioscience
  8. Sequencing at CUGI
  9. Analyzing Sequences with aPe
  10. Lance-olator Oligos for dsDNA assembly
  11. Access the GCAT-alog of Davidson and MWSU DNA Freezer Stocks
  12. Using Apes (A Plasmid Editor)