Please cite as: CSH Protocols; 2006; doi:10.1101/pdb.prot3933
| Protocol |
This protocol was adapted from Molecular Cloning, 3rd edition, by Joseph Sambrook and David W. Russell. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA, 2001
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INTRODUCTION
Electrocompetent bacteria are prepared by growing cultures to mid-log phase, washing the bacteria extensively at low temperature, and then resuspending them in a solution of low ionic strength containing glycerol. DNA is introduced during exposure of the bacteria to a short high-voltage electrical discharge.
MATERIALS
GYT medium, ice cold
Glycerol (10% v/v) (molecular biology grade), ice cold
LB medium, prewarmed to 37°C
Plasmid DNA (recombinant plasmid)
Construct using one of the methods described in Directional Cloning into Plasmid Vectors, Attaching Adaptors to Protruding Termini, Blunt-ended Cloning into Plasmid Vectors, Dephosphorylation of Plasmid DNA, Addition of Synthetic Linkers
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