May 28, 2014

I tried to dissolve 5 mM Amm in 4 mL DMSO using a 55 C water bath without success. DMSO might dissolve in warmer temperatures.

I conducted a serial dilution of NaOH in water to see which NaOH concentration 100 mM Amm could dissolve in. After heating and vortexing, 100 mM Amm was able to dissolve in 0.125 N NaOH. However, 125 mM Amm was unable to dissolve in 0.125 N NaOH. I am using 0.125 N HCl to neutralize the NaOH in order to make the solution less toxic for E. Coli cells.

After mini-prepping TriA in pMK and RFP in pSB1A2-BR, the DNA was digested with X and S to isolate pSB1A2-BR and TriA.