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<p class=MsoNormal>072506</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’ve decided to keep just one notebook from here on.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It gets too confusing to figure out what
experiments/constructions are in which file.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>It would be easier just to have it all in one place and be
searchable.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I think what I’ll do is keep
separate word files with all the embedded bits and pieces and then put just
text on the <span class=SpellE>wiki</span> page.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m repeating the last few days here for
convenience sake.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="2006" Day="8" Month="7">Saturday, July 08,
2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I <span class=SpellE>mini’d</span> and worked up for
sequencing Bca9004, Bca9009, Bca9018, and Bca9021.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>At one point I had a <span class=SpellE>mixup</span>
of 9009 calling it 9003.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>For some reason
I had labeled the plate 9003.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I think I
fixed it all—the -80 <span class=GramE>stock</span> and mini are labeled
9009.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=SpellE>Anywho</span>,
we’ll send that out Monday.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I did a bunch of <span class=SpellE>subcloning</span>
today.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The <span class=SpellE>oligos</span>
to do <span class=SpellE>TriR</span> and <span class=SpellE>CmR</span>
cassettes came, so the 4 parts involving those were in the mix.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Total I did 11 <span class=SpellE>subclones</span>:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>There was some gel purification and analytical <span
class=SpellE>PCRs</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>They were
assigned letter codes according to:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The gel goes: 1015 <span class=SpellE>pcr</span>; 1016 <span
class=SpellE>pcr</span>; b0015 <span class=SpellE>pcr</span>; mw; b0015 <span
class=SpellE>pcr</span>; A; f; F; e; ; d; d; d; d:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Sizes all look reasonable, but I didn’t check all that
carefully.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The band pattern of the “d”
digest of Bca9008 (<span class=SpellE>BglII/MfeI</span>) confirms the presence
of the restriction sites.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I don’t plan
to sequence 9008 <span class=GramE>directly,</span> I’ll get a de factor read
from parts put in.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I put in <span
class=SpellE>wbbL</span>, <span class=SpellE>invasin</span>, and 2 <span
class=SpellE>rfbC</span> hits today.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So,
these cassettes are RBS-ORF composites, no terminators.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Regardless of the sequence of J01008, I’m
going with this clone.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>If there are
points, I’ll change the model sequence.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The last 2 parts are part-building parts.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>9028 is like 1008, but it includes a <span
class=SpellE>dblTerm</span> downstream of the <span class=SpellE>BglII/MfeI</span>
insertion sites.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So, the product of
conversion is an RBS-ORF-TT composite.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Part 9027 is for conversion of <span class=SpellE>biobricks</span> into
pBAC874t via a <span class=SpellE>NotI/EcoRI</span> <span class=SpellE>subclone</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It destroys the <span class=SpellE>NotI</span>
site between <span class=SpellE>EcoRI</span> and <span class=SpellE>XbaI</span>
so that the one between <span class=SpellE>SpeI</span> and <span class=SpellE>PstI</span>
is unique.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It also puts in <span
class=SpellE>dblTerm</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>To put
parts into pBca9027, I would <span class=SpellE>subclone</span> into <span
class=SpellE>SpeI/AlwNI</span>, <span class=GramE>then</span> transfer <span
class=SpellE>NotI/EcoRI</span> into the BAC.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I’ll be using that guy for the O-antigen AND gate.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="2006" Day="12" Month="7">Wednesday, July 12,
2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span class=GramE>More <span class=SpellE>subcloning</span>
fun.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The 4 <span class=SpellE>subclones</span>
into pBca1008 didn’t go so well:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>They all map funky, so I’m redoing all that stuff with
proper cut and paste with gel purification.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I got good clones of all the constructs from the other day except
Bca1015.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m just redoing that guy.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>All the <span class=SpellE>CmR</span>-related
<span class=SpellE>subclones</span> look fabulous.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’m not going to sequence the <span class=SpellE>CmR</span>
and <span class=SpellE>TriR</span> basic parts at <span class=GramE>all,</span>
I’m going for de facto sequencing at a later point.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I want to proceed all the way to the [FRT<span
class=GramE>][</span>*R][FRT] parts <span class=SpellE>asap</span> to test FRT
function. I also got in the <span class=SpellE>PspOMI</span> enzyme, so I could
do the Bca1007 and Bca1009 digests.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Both
digested fine, so they are ok.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So, I
proceeded with the following <span class=SpellE>subclones</span>:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>….and set up the digests as:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The gel below goes <span class=SpellE>AaBbCcDG</span>, all
are good.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>This gel confirms the general
size of the <span class=SpellE>CmR</span>-FRT, <span class=SpellE>CmR</span>,
and <span class=SpellE>TriR</span>-FRT parts.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The gels on <span class=SpellE>d<span class=GramE>,g,h,i,j</span></span>
etc. initially didn’t go so well.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I was
able to get only <span class=SpellE>d<span class=GramE>,i</span></span>, and j
out of that gel, the rest looked like shit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I didn’t even save the gel.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Originally, I was doing a different set of <span class=SpellE>subclones</span>,
so that’s not here, it included <span class=SpellE>mgrB</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>For the remaining ones on the list above, I
went with inserts either from PCR (<span class=SpellE>flu<span class=GramE>,fdhf</span></span>,
wbb992) or existing digests (<span class=SpellE>AraInv</span>).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So the first list above is the “correct”
list.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’ll need to make new maps of some
of this—I don’t have a map for flu or <span class=SpellE>fdhF</span>, and
wbb992 will replace the <span class=SpellE>TetWbb</span>-derived <span
class=SpellE>subclone</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I just
relegated the 1015 basic <span class=SpellE>TriR</span> part, and plated on
both Amp and Tri/Amp to make sure I got <span class=SpellE>cfus</span> in case
there is something weird (like <span class=SpellE>TetR</span> colony reduction)
with <span class=SpellE>Trimethoprim</span> resistance.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’ve sent a bunch of clones from the last batch for
sequencing.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="2006" Day="12" Month="7">Wednesday, July 12,
2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I got sequencing back from the stuff I sent, most look good:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>There was an error in the model for Bca9028.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I had part b0015 in pSB1A2, and in reality it
is in pSB1AK3 (and the registry says so).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>When I remade the model file with the correct starting sequence, the
sequencing matched the new model for what I’m going to call
pSB1A0-Bca9028.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>All
good, no biggie.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It is not a
pSB1AK3 as the <span class=SpellE>KanR</span> marker would not be transferred
by the sub method (I don’t think…maybe check it if <span class=GramE>it<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>becomes</span> an issue).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Part pSB1A2-Bca9009 matches the model, but
the read didn’t make it past the part junction.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I’ll need to do confirmation by PCR rather than sequencing.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>pBca9027</span> is not
correct, I need to examine more clones.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Unfortunately, this list doesn’t get me to more <span class=SpellE>subclones</span>,
so tomorrow will just be characterization of all sorts of stuff.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Mainly, I need to confirm the FRT-*-FRT
constructs and make sure that pCP20 excises the fragment properly.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="2006" Day="13" Month="7">Thursday, July 13,
2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I threw out the sequenced clone of Bca9027 and grew up 4
more.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I did characterization of various
things:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The gels (<span class=SpellE>PCRs</span>
1,2,3,Mw,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h) are:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>The Bca9009 is confirmed (combination of sequencing and PCR
“1”).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The first half of 9010 is
confirmed, I think I’ll do some mapping for the <span class=SpellE>Tnp</span>
half.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The PCR failed, but it is probably
right—just too long for a 2K <span class=SpellE>pcr</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>At least I hope so….we’ll find out
tomorrow.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The results of mapping go:</p>
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  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Bca9007<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=132 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:98.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[FRT][<span
  class=SpellE>CmR</span>][FRT]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=224 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:167.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>consistent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:1;height:12.75pt'>
  <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:47.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Bca9015<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=132 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:98.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[<span
  class=SpellE>Psal</span>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=224 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:167.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>consistent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:2;height:12.75pt'>
  <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:47.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Bca9026<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=132 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:98.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[Flu]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=224 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:167.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>consistent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:3;height:12.75pt'>
  <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:47.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Bca9014<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=132 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:98.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[wbbL1]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=224 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:167.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>consistent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:4;height:12.75pt'>
  <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:47.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Bca9013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=132 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:98.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[inv1]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=224 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:167.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>off<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:5;height:12.75pt'>
  <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:47.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Bca9031<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=132 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:98.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[P_sal-rfbC1]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=224 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:167.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>consistent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:6;height:12.75pt'>
  <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:47.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Bca9032<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=132 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:98.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[P_sal-rfbC2]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=224 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:167.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>consistent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
</tr>
<tr style='mso-yfti-irow:7;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes;height:12.75pt'>
  <td width=64 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:47.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Bca9033<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=132 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:98.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>[<span
  class=SpellE>fdhF</span>]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
  <td width=224 nowrap valign=bottom style='width:167.8pt;padding:0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt;
  height:12.75pt'>
  <p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>consistent<o:p></o:p></span></p>
  </td>
</tr>
</table>
<p class=MsoNormal>So, all but <span class=SpellE>invasin</span> are ok.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="2006" Day="15" Month="7">Saturday, July 15,
2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I got some sequencing results back:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75"
style='width:6in;height:57pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image023.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=576 height=76
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image024.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1036"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>All are fine, didn’t get the full <span class=SpellE>rbs</span>
for the <span class=SpellE>wbbL</span> <span class=SpellE>rbs</span>, but got
some of it looking at the trace, and <span class=GramE>it’s</span> fine.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Going with it.</span> </p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’ve done some <span class=SpellE>EcoRI/PstI</span> mapping
of more clones of the ones that were problematic:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1037" type="#_x0000_t75"
style='width:171pt;height:160.5pt' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image025.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=228 height=214
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image026.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1037"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Bca9005-still wrong</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Bca1015-still wrong</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Bca9027-1<span class=GramE>,3,4</span>-good</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Bca9027-2, wrong</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Bca9013-1<span class=GramE>,2</span>-good</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I’ll stock and sequence 9027-1 and 9013-1.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Holding onto the minis of the other 9027’s
till get sequence confirmation.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="2006" Day="19" Month="7">Wednesday, July 19,
2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1038" type="#_x0000_t75"
style='width:6in;height:16.5pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image027.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=576 height=22
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image028.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1038"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The <span class=GramE>new#1 clones</span> of pBca9027 and
pSB1A2-Bca9013 are fine.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The region
downstream of <span class=SpellE>PstI</span> in 9027 still isn’t matching
template, but it won’t affect the usability of the plasmid, so no worries.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I did some mapping of recent <span class=SpellE>subclones</span>:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1039" type="#_x0000_t75"
style='width:431.25pt;height:24pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image029.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=575 height=32
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image030.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1039"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>They go:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>pSB2K3-Bca9007-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>pSB2K3-Bca9007-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>pSB2K3-Bca9007-3</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>pJ23006-Bca9034</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>pSB1A2-Bca9005-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>pSB1A2-Bca9005-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>pSB1A2-Bca9010-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.75in;text-indent:-.5in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list .75in'><![if !supportLists]><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8<span
style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</span></span><![endif]>pSB1A2-Bca9010-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>The mapping below is all <span
class=SpellE>EcoRI/PstI</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Clones 1
and 3 of pSB2K3-Bca9007 were bigger, healthier clones.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>They appear to be the <span class=SpellE>cotransformed</span>
guys, though.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Clone 2 was sickly but
maps right.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The rest of these guys all
map correct.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I did 1015 (<span
class=SpellE>TriR</span> alone) in this batch.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>It again didn’t give any <span class=SpellE>triR</span> colonies.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Whatever.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m done with that for now I think.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Samantha made a <span class=SpellE>SpecR</span>
basic part which is probably more user friendly.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Bca9010 went very smoothly this time, many <span
class=SpellE>CmR/AmpR</span> colonies, and they mapped right.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Will need to PCR map those,
though to confirm the <span class=SpellE>Tnp</span> presence.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1040"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:207pt;height:141.75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image031.png" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=276 height=189
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image032.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1040"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="2006" Day="21" Month="7">Friday, July 21,
2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I got sequencing results for pSB1A2-Bca9005 (F-Tri-F).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It was perfect.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I have still been unable to make a <span
class=SpellE>TriR</span> basic part.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span
class=GramE>Very weird there, since the composite works great.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>BTW, this is also <span class=SpellE>defacto</span>
sequencing of Bca9002 since the read got the entire cassette.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>All good<span class=GramE>,<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>both</span> <span class=SpellE>FRT’s</span>
present.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I also got sequence on
pJ23006-Bca9034, and it too is perfect.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
lang=PT-BR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:
PT-BR'>jca293 <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>  </span>072006 <span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pSB1A2-Bca9005 <span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>    </span>1 <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>ca998 <span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>perfect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
lang=PT-BR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:
PT-BR'>jca294 <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>  </span>072006 <span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pJ23006-Bca9034 <span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>  </span>1 <span style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>ca998 <span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>perfect</span><span lang=PT-BR
style='font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:PT-BR'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='mso-ansi-language:PT-BR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span lang=PT-BR style='mso-ansi-language:PT-BR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>To confirm pSB1A2-Bca9010 (<span class=SpellE>CmR.Tnp</span>),
I did PCR w/ 998 and 9014R, expected size 2721 <span class=SpellE>bp</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The third lane on the gel below is that.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Looks solid.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1041" type="#_x0000_t75"
style='width:92.25pt;height:120pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image033.png" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=123 height=160
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image034.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1041"><![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I wanted to confirm the activity of FRT (if I could) at this
stage, so I moved the Bca9007 cassette into pSB2K3 and then transformed pCP20
comp with that guy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>If
the thing <span class=SpellE>flps</span>, the <span class=SpellE>EcoRI/PstI</span>
region changes size.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The expected
fragments would be:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>No <span class=SpellE>flp</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pSB2K3-Bca9007<span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>                </span>3446+1957<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.5in;tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>FRT deletion<span
style='mso-tab-count:2'>                            </span>3446+1013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The bands in the middle are <span class=GramE>a <span
class=SpellE>miniprep</span></span> of a clone grown ON in just <st1:State><st1:place><span
  class=SpellE>kan</span></st1:place></st1:State> (to clear pCP20, maintain the
pSB2K3).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The result is a little
fishy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The digest btw is <span
class=SpellE>XhoI/PstI</span> in neb2.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>It looks like the 3446 band is there, and the plasmid is a partial digest.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The fragment band that would correspond to
the F-Cm-F fragment is too big.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It’s
either a map error, or some non-expected recombination occurring.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m not convinced this is a valid
experiment—this might not fly to do it this way.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The small band around 600 <span class=SpellE>bp</span>
isn’t an expected fragment either.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Not
sure how that comes to be.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The first band on the gel comes from transforming
pKD908b/pir116 with Bca9010.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Those cells
did not look so healthy on the plate, <span class=SpellE>kindov</span>
small.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I grew one up in just Amp, and it
looks like the cells just kicked out the R6K plasmid.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>BTW, that’s a <span class=SpellE>SpeI</span>
digest which would <span class=SpellE>linearize</span> all <span class=SpellE>relavent</span>
plasmids.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So, that’s no confirmation of <span
class=SpellE>Tnp</span> function.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I
would really like to see some evidence of FRT and <span class=SpellE>Tnp</span>
function before proceeding, but I’m not sure how else to assay it.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m only 2 steps away from being able to test
the <span class=SpellE>Tnp</span> final construct.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So, I’ll just test at the end and hope for
the best.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I think I’ll also just have to
wing the FRT stuff until there is a genome-integrated cassette.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'>I <span
class=SpellE>miniprepped</span> and -80’d clones of the following constructs:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1042" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:431.25pt;height:18.75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image035.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=575 height=25
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image036.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1042"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'>I’ll do
de facto characterization of those since they each manifest a phenotype.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'>I did a
series of <span class=SpellE>subclones</span> today…</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1043" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:6in;height:75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image037.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=576 height=100
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image038.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1043"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
class=SpellE>Hh</span> and Ff insert S03155 looked like crap, so I grew up more
to <span class=SpellE>miniprep</span> and <span class=SpellE>redigest</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The large fragments for each were fine.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><st1:date
Year="2006" Day="24" Month="7">Monday, July 24, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:1.25in 153.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1044" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:270pt;height:183.75pt'
o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image039.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=360 height=245
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image040.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1044"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
lang=PT-BR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red;
mso-ansi-language:PT-BR'>pBca1020-bca9015<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>          </span>perfect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
lang=PT-BR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red;
mso-ansi-language:PT-BR'>pBca1020-Bca9022-1<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>        </span>perfect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
class=GramE><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>pBca1020-Bca9022-2</span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>        </span>wrong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
class=GramE><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>pBca1020-Bca9022-3</span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>        </span>wrong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
class=GramE><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>pSB1A2-Bca9006</span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>            </span>wrong<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
class=GramE><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'>pSB1A2-Bca9008</span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>perfect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
lang=PT-BR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red;
mso-ansi-language:PT-BR'>pBca1020-Bca9036-1<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>        </span>perfect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
lang=PT-BR style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";mso-ansi-language:
PT-BR'>pBca1020-Bca9036-2<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>        </span>perfect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
class=GramE><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'>pSB1AK3-Bca9037</span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New";color:red'><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>          </span>perfect<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
class=GramE><span style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>pSB1AK3-Bca9038</span></span><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><span style='mso-tab-count:
1'>          </span>extra band (<span class=SpellE>contam</span>?)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt 3.5in 297.0pt 5.0in'><span
style='font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><span class=GramE>Keeping and
-80’ing the ones in red.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span
class=GramE>Growing up more 9006 and 9038.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><st1:date Year="2006" Day="25"
Month="7">Tuesday, July 25, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'>I <span
class=SpellE>mini’d</span> and mapped some more constructs.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I don’t know what’s up with the <span
class=SpellE>trimethoprim</span> marker, but I’m starting to think I should
just ditch it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Yeah, I think I’m going
to do that and maybe replace its use with the <span class=SpellE>specR</span>
parts.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>This just isn’t happening.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape
id="_x0000_i1045" type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:219.75pt;height:219.75pt'
o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image041.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=293 height=293
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image042.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1045"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'><span
class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9001</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                  </span>perfect<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'><span
class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9006-1</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                </span>weird<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'><span
class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9006-2</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                </span>weird<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'><span
class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9006-3</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                </span>weird<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'><span
class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9006-4</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                </span>weird<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'><span
class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9029</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                  </span>weird<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'><span
class=GramE>pSB1AK3-Bca9038-1</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>right,
I think<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in;tab-stops:2.25in'><span
class=GramE>pSB1AK3-Bca9038-2</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>wrong,
I think<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>The pBca1020 series <span
class=GramE>plasmids is</span> working out just fine now.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Initially I tried putting the RFP into the <span
class=SpellE>Salicylate</span> promoter part (9015).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I got no red colonies, so I put it into R0040
which gave the expected phenotype.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I
took one of those guys and <span class=SpellE>subcloned</span> in the <span
class=GramE>IPTG(</span>9022) part and the Sal(9015).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The <span class=SpellE>sal</span> ones came
out white w/o <span class=SpellE><span class=GramE>sal</span></span><span
class=GramE>,</span> the IPTG ones were red without <span class=SpellE>sal</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I grew up the Sal clone with 100 <span
class=SpellE>ug/mL</span> <span class=SpellE>sal</span>, and the cell pellet
was pinky, but way lower expression than with <span class=SpellE><span
class=GramE>tet</span></span> promoter.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span
class=GramE>A little weird.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I was
worried that the IPTG part wasn’t inducing, so I tested the 1020 with an
induction series—it’s just very leaky at high copy, but that should settle down
at single copy I think (below).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The
half-max seems to be around 5 <span class=SpellE>ug/mL</span> of IPTG.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Good enough, going to proceed with putting on
<span class=SpellE>wbbL</span>.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1046"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:404.25pt;height:141pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image043.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=539 height=188
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image044.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1046"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>I <span class=SpellE>subcloned</span>
the extension product for the 1022 library into the <span class=SpellE>sal</span>
construct (pBca1020-Bca9015) and got ~5% pinkish colonies.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Matt grew up 96 pinks, 96 whites, and I <span
class=SpellE>reastreaked</span> 16 too-dense clones that were very red.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>We’ll sort through that with the <span
class=SpellE>tecan</span> tomorrow.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'>I did several new <span
class=SpellE>subclones</span> today:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:.25in'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1047"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:6in;height:34.5pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image045.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=576 height=46
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image046.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1047"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Month="7" Day="26" Year="2006">Wednesday, July 26,
2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>I did PCR to confirm the composition of Bca9001.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>They are:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>KB001/ca641F<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>TT<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>        </span>2048bp</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>KB009/ca641F<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span><span
class=SpellE>Ptet</span><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>1884bp</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1048" type="#_x0000_t75"
style='width:87pt;height:133.5pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image047.png" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=116 height=178
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image048.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1048"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Looks solid, proceeding with the <span class=SpellE>subclones</span>
to do <span class=SpellE>neuD</span> and <span class=SpellE>wbbL</span> <span
class=SpellE>knockins</span>:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1049" type="#_x0000_t75"
style='width:6in;height:17.25pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image049.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=576 height=23
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image050.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1049"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal>Yesterdays <span class=SpellE>subclones</span> all gave tons
of colonies, growing up one of each.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal>The 1022 library gave the following profile.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>This is FluorRFP/OD600.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The whiter ones all were from white colonies,
redder from red, so that’s <span class=SpellE>consistant</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The parent construct (<span class=SpellE>Psal</span>)
comes out around 55 on this chart.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span
class=SpellE>Ptet</span> is at the far right, comparable in activity to the
best 3 hits.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I <span class=SpellE>restreaked</span>
multiple colonies as well, grew up some of those to assay tomorrow.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Matt grew about 18 clones across the spectrum
of activity to assay tomorrow by <span class=SpellE>Tecan/Cytometry</span> and
then mini, stock, seq.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1050" type="#_x0000_t75"
style='width:393.75pt;height:186.75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image051.emz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=525 height=249
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image052.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1050"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><st1:date Year="2006" Day="27" Month="7">Thursday, July 27,
2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1051" type="#_x0000_t75"
style='width:132pt;height:195pt' o:allowoverlap="f">
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image053.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=176 height=260
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image054.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1051"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9023</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                </span>wrong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pBca9020-Bca9030</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>              </span>good<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9020</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                </span>good<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9011</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                </span>good</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Month="7" Day="29"
Year="2006">Saturday, July 29, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The pBca9020-Bca9030 (2 clones,
only clone 1 mapped and stocked) both gave a light pink pellet upon <span
class=SpellE>pelleting</span> an LB w/o Mg culture.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>#1 mapped right, so I don’t think I’ll
characterize further.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The <span
class=SpellE>sal</span> and Mg <span class=SpellE>NoB</span> subs both came out
as weakened promoters, which is weird.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>It’s almost as though the restriction sites pinned between the promoter
and the ORF are terminators.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I might have
to redesign that.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It definitely means I
don’t want to do the Sal-<span class=SpellE>RfbC</span> splitting them up.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I did some mini and mapping:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1052"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:252pt;height:107.25pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image055.png" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=336 height=143
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image056.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1052"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pBca9012-1</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>large <span
class=SpellE>frag</span> too small</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pBca9012-2</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>large <span
class=SpellE>frag</span> too small</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pBca9012-3</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>large <span
class=SpellE>frag</span> too small</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pBca9012-4</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>correct (dominant
phenotype, light pink)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pGLN-Bca1004</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                    </span>good</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9035</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>                </span>good<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9023-1</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>wrong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9023-2</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>wrong<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pSB1A2-Bca9023-3</span><span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>            </span>wrong</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The scheme for construction of
pBca9012 was:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1053"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:6in;height:9pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image057.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=576 height=12
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image058.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1053"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>That went very smoothly, got tons
of small colonies in Ec100D:<span class=GramE>:pir</span>+.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>At first they all looked white and I was
worried.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>A few were very red, and I grew
clones 1-3 from those.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Clone 4 was a
representative white colony.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Only clone
4 maps <span class=GramE>right,</span> and it was pink after saturation.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The plate colonies have all turned pink on
the bench after a few days.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I did <span class=SpellE>midipreps</span>
of pSB1A2-J23012 (<span class=SpellE>SpR</span>), pSB1A2-Bca1010 (FRT),
pSB1A2-Bca9008 (F-Cm-F), pBca1020-Bca1022-C2 (<span class=SpellE>Pcon</span>).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m digesting 23012 and 1010 and 9008 with <span
class=SpellE>XbaI/PstI/CIP</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I
would do it with <span class=SpellE>AlwNI</span> instead of <span class=SpellE>PstI</span>,
but we’re out.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m also doing 9008 with <span
class=SpellE>HindIII/SpeI/CIP</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Those
are all being gel purified.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I purchased <span
class=SpellE>oligo</span> CA1024F (<span class=SpellE>biotinylated</span>
ca998) and did PCR ca1024F/G00101 on pSB1A2-Bca1011 mini with <span
class=SpellE>Taq</span> on 200 <span class=SpellE>uL</span> scale and gel
purified all of it.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I’m going to try solid-phase <span
class=SpellE>biobrick</span> assembly with the above digests and some <span
class=SpellE>BioMag</span> (Bangs labs) nuclease-free <span class=SpellE>streptavidin</span>
beads.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>These things are <span
class=GramE>4.4 <span class=SpellE>ug</span>/mg biotin at 1.2 mg/<span
class=SpellE>mL</span> for a binding capacity of 22 <span class=SpellE>uM</span>
for biotin</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So, 25 <span
class=SpellE>uL</span> of beads has orders of magnitude more capacity than does
100 <span class=SpellE>ng</span> of a 500 <span class=SpellE>bp</span> DNA
fragment capped in biotin.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>That’s the
volume I’ll start with for assembly.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1054"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:130.5pt;height:159.75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image059.emz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=174 height=213
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image060.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1054"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Since all the added cassettes are
CIP treated, the <span class=SpellE>oly</span> 5’ phosphates are on the
bead.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>This should address the <span
class=SpellE>stoichiometry</span> issues.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The last step will be to <span class=SpellE>ligate</span> on the
SpeI-9008-HindIII plasmid cap, digest off the resin with <span class=SpellE>EcoRI</span>
and <span class=SpellE>ligate</span> to circularize.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I might then hit half of it with T7 or T4 <span
class=SpellE>pol</span> to fix the nicked strands, <span class=GramE>then</span>
transform.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Some of the <span
class=SpellE>midipreps</span> lost the pellet—I did this by the standard <span
class=SpellE>HiSpeed</span> method which was stupid.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So, of the things I have to start with the
best two constructs to try are a Spec-FRT part and a Spec-FRT-Spec part.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I think I’ll try both…we’ll see how I feel
about that on Monday.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The little nicks
due to CIP might become an issue with multiple parts.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Not sure.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>All the nicks will be on one side of the DNA, so the thing can’t fall
apart, but it might not transform well.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I don’t know what’s up with 9023—I
rechecked the sub scheme, and this guy really should be clean.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I think I’ll just redo it Monday—I must have
just made an error somewhere.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I should
probably start taking <span class=SpellE>pics</span> of the <span class=SpellE>subcloning</span>
gels to be sure so I can look back at the source gels and know if anything was
weird.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The colonies are white, and they
map as the <span class=SpellE>wbbL</span> plasmid.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>That’s the small <span class=SpellE>frag</span>,
so it really should not have bled anything through.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Hmmm.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Year="2006" Day="31"
Month="7">Monday, July 31, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I’m doing the digests for the
solid phase assembly:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1055"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:298.5pt;height:33.75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image061.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=398 height=45
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image062.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1055"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>All are looking good on the gel
thus far.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Doing a long
gel to resolve the 1184/929 one.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Red is the desired band for each.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Meanwhile, I’ve started the
beads.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I measured the amt of DNA in the <span
class=SpellE>biotinylated</span> guy <span class=GramE>at around 75 <span
class=SpellE>ng/uL</span></span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m
doing 2 <span class=SpellE>uL</span> scale, but 2 of them, so I put 4 <span
class=SpellE>uL</span> with 50 <span class=SpellE>uL</span> of beads.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The beads were washed 1x in 700 <span
class=SpellE>uL</span> PBS, <span class=SpellE>resuspended</span> in 500 <span
class=SpellE>uL</span> PBS, added the DNA, incubated 30 min, washed with water
1x, brought back up in 200 <span class=SpellE>uL</span> of 1X NEB2 + 1 <span
class=SpellE>uL</span> <span class=SpellE>XbaI</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Digesting about 1 hr.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I did PCR mapping on 9020 and
9012:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1056"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:261pt;height:149.25pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image063.png" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=348 height=199
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image064.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1056"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1057"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:351pt;height:75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image065.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=468 height=100
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image066.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1057"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The pSB1A2-Bca9020 <span
class=SpellE>PCRs</span> are perfect.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It
confirms the location and presence of R6K, <span class=SpellE>CmR</span>, and <span
class=SpellE>OriTr</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It turns out
I don’t have probes for FRT or <span class=SpellE>TnRev</span>, but the part
junction is confirmed here.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I am
proceeding with the <span class=SpellE>subclones</span>.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>On the pBca9012, the presence of <span
class=SpellE>CmR</span>, <span class=SpellE>Tnp</span>, <span class=SpellE>OriT</span>,
and R6K is confirmed…the sizes are all crazy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I interpret this as being that the <span class=SpellE>frags</span> were
too long for the ext time and I get <span class=GramE>a <span class=SpellE>mispriming</span></span>
with 1002R.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The “C” band has the correct
size and the <span class=SpellE>mispriming</span> size, but the rest are all <span
class=SpellE>mispriming</span>, but they appear to all <span class=SpellE><span
class=GramE>misprime</span></span> at the same two general regions.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m calling that good enough, will focus on
getting a function confirmation here.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The status of the 1022 library is
as follows.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Matt re-picked the following
clones from the screen of 192 clones:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='mso-ansi-language:
PT-BR'>C2, D7, C5, H12, E1, B10, E11, F3, A5, F6, E10, C1, B9, F4, D7, C2, F12,
A2, E8<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I grew up 6 clones (<span
class=GramE>A</span><span lang=PT-BR style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
PT-BR;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>à</span></span>F)
of the ones that were “very red”. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>Indeed
they were very red at saturation, some more than <span class=SpellE>Ptet</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The large <span class=GramE>set of clones
that Matt picked were</span> well-isolated, so I am not <span class=SpellE>restreaking</span>
those.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I did -80’s on those over the <span
class=SpellE>wknd</span>, Matt is <span class=SpellE>miniprepping</span>
today.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The <span class=GramE>A</span><span
style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:
Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>à</span></span>F
guys were clearly mixed, so I <span class=SpellE>restreaked</span> those from
the culture, picked more <span class=SpellE>cfu’s</span> yesterday.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Matt -80’d and <span class=SpellE>mini’d</span>
those today.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>All the <span class=SpellE>Tecan</span>
data is in the file “072606-Tecan data…<span class=GramE>”:</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1058"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:306pt;height:123pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image067.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=408 height=164
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image068.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1058"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The data was mostly <span
class=SpellE>consistant</span> with the first run, only a few changed <span
class=GramE>position</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The values
on the A<span style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:
Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>à</span></span>Fs
is from the mixed culture, so those aren’t valid numbers.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I think the next step is to do some
sequencing and see what we’re dealing with in terms of <span class=SpellE>miniprep</span>
quality, degree of <span class=SpellE>cotransformed</span> hits, and sequence
diversity.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Clearly I have a nice broad
range of hits here.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Doing some <span class=SpellE>subcloning</span>
today:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1059"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:6in;height:26.25pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image069.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=576 height=35
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image070.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1059"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The 9023 is <span class=GramE>a
re-do</span> from before.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Hopefully it
will come out better this time.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>PCR with the 1023 20mers of irp9
with <span class=SpellE>Phusion</span> still looks like shit:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1060"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:80.25pt;height:129.75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image071.png" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=107 height=173
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image072.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1060"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1061"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:431.25pt;height:10.5pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image073.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=575 height=14
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image074.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1061"><![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The right lane is a 1019 <span
class=SpellE>pcr</span> off the 1023 <span class=SpellE>pcr</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Not real sure where to go next there.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I think it’s some TA kit thing, though.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I think I’ll wait until my new Expand kit
comes in. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span><span class=SpellE>Phusion</span>
seems to generate a product even if there isn’t an appropriate template.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It primes too well.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The <span class=SpellE>PCRs</span>
of the knockout with <span class=SpellE>Phusion</span> also looked shitty:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1062"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:82.5pt;height:110.25pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image075.png" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=110 height=147
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image076.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1062"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1063"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:245.25pt;height:22.5pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image077.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=327 height=30
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image078.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1063"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Again, I think I’ll wait on the
Expand kit.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The M band is the wrong
size.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’ll recheck that 279 <span
class=GramE>is</span> the correct <span class=SpellE>oligo</span> to do <span
class=SpellE>neuD</span>.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The Bca1025 AGGA mutant of
pBca1021-E0040 (pBca1020-Bca1025) came out as about 100 <span class=SpellE>cfu</span>,
all green.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I will redo that guy by
overlap:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1064"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:431.25pt;height:29.25pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image079.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=575 height=39
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image080.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1064"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>Having some
difficulty on the solid phase assembly.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The digests all looked flawless.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The beads, however, appear to be sticking and/or degrading.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>They don’t seem to be stable to multiple
rounds of incubation in buffer.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Not sure
how to remedy that.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I remapped the <span class=GramE>pSB1AK3-Bca9038’s</span>
with <span class=SpellE>BamHI/PstI</span> and got the gel below.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Clone 1 is good, 2 is a dud.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1065"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:77.25pt;height:114.75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image081.png" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img width=103 height=153
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image082.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1065"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Year="2006" Day="1"
Month="8">Tuesday, August 01, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I did the solid phase assembly
again today to make a FRT-Spec-FRT part in pSB1A2.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I first loaded 25uL of beads directly onto
the pad of a <span class=SpellE>minelute</span> column.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The liquid immediate went into the column, so
I added 200 <span class=SpellE>uL</span> of water and <span class=SpellE>pipetted</span>
up and down to distribute it a little.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I
added 100uL of 1X neb2, 1 <span class=SpellE>uL</span> <span class=SpellE>XbaI</span>,
and 2.5 <span class=SpellE>uL</span> of the <span class=SpellE>biotinylated</span>
PCR product.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Incubated 0.5 hour then did
100uL scale digestions and <span class=SpellE>ligations</span> with 1uL <span
class=SpellE>SpeI</span> or 1uL <span class=SpellE>ligase</span> + 4uL <span
class=SpellE>biobrick</span> part.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Did:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Eluted the <span class=SpellE>qiaprep</span>
in 10uL, setup <span class=SpellE>ligation</span> normally, transformed all of
it, plated on Amp and Amp/Spec.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>We’ll
see what happens!</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The Bca1025 overlap PCR looked
really good.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I <span class=SpellE>sub’d</span>
<span class=SpellE>EcoRI/SpeI</span>, went directly into the pSB3C6 variation. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I <span class=GramE>won’t<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>be</span> able to confirm activity, but
hopefully the <span class=SpellE>tRNA</span> that <span class=SpellE>Kaitlin</span>
is making will all go well.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I might move
the entire <span class=SpellE>tRNA</span> cassette into something just in case.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>Bca9023, Bca9016,
and Bca9017 all gave oodles of colonies, grew up 2 of each to screen tomorrow.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'>I setup new <span
class=SpellE>PCRs</span> of pGLN-Bca1004 and pSB1A2-Bca9035 to do the <span
class=SpellE>neuD</span> and <span class=SpellE>wbbL</span> <span class=SpellE>knockins</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Grew up Bos12/pKD46 from
the -80 to do the comp.</span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=MsoHyperlink><span
style='color:windowtext;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Month="8" Day="2"
Year="2006">Wednesday, August 02, 2006</st1:date></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The bands go:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>so</span>,
looking good.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Stocking and saving the
ones in red.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I <span class=SpellE>gp’d</span>
the bands, doing the following <span class=SpellE>subclones</span>:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The subs all went smoothly,
transformed TG1 or pir116 heat shock cells.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The F-Sp-F plates came out
promising.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Got about
200 <span class=SpellE>cfu</span> on Amp, about 15 on Amp/Spec.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I grew up 16 from amp and 8 from Asp to
screen by colony <span class=SpellE>pcr</span> tomorrow.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The <span class=SpellE>neuD</span>
and <span class=SpellE>wbbL</span> <span class=SpellE>knockin</span> <span
class=SpellE>pcrs</span> came out good with expand, so I <span class=SpellE>dig’d</span>
with <span class=SpellE>DpnI</span> and transformed Bos12/pKD46.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Hopefully we’ll have clones tomorrow!</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The pSB3C6-Bca1025 plate gave lots
of <span class=SpellE>cfus</span>, none were green, grew up 2 to screen.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Month="8" Day="3"
Year="2006">Thursday, August 03, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I got no colonies for the bos12
knockouts.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Will repeat
tomorrow at higher OD.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I <span class=SpellE>mini’d</span>
and passed off the Bca1025’s to <span class=SpellE>Kaitlin</span> for her to
stock and sequence.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’ll put the
construction file up tonight.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The 9039 and NES subs looked
great.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Light pink for <span
class=SpellE>pBACr</span>-NES, grew up 1.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Grew 2 of the <span class=GramE>pSB1AK3-Bca9039’s</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Tomorrow I will put the <span class=SpellE>wbbL</span>
and <span class=SpellE>rfbC</span> cassettes into <span class=SpellE>pBACr</span>-NES
and also blunt out the <span class=SpellE>XbaI</span> site for <span
class=SpellE>pBACr-NESd</span>.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Adam <span class=SpellE>Deutschbauer’s</span>
dap variant of BW20767 (WM3064 I think) grew fine on the plate, grew up a
colony to do comp tomorrow.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The pBca9045 and pBca9046 gave <span
class=SpellE>shitloads</span> of small colonies.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I grew 2 of each.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I probably should have done a <span
class=SpellE>neg</span> on the cells, it looked a little sketchy, but hopefully
correct.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Those are in pir116, so they
might be sickly.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The solid phase assembly of
FRT-Spec-FRT looks funny.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The gel is of 24 clones as <span
class=SpellE>Taq</span> G00101/ca998 colony PCR.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>None are obviously correct.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The markers are the <span class=GramE>1kb,</span>
I’d expect something like 1.1kb. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The 16
on the left were <span class=GramE>naïve,</span> the 8 on the right were <span
class=SpellE>specR</span>. <span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I don’t
really need the construct, so I think I’ll just move on to a new strategy—doing
it on plates like an <span class=SpellE>elisa</span>.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>Still having
trouble cloning <span class=SpellE>salS</span>.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Not sure I really want to put more effort
into this guy.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I did 1023F/R <span
class=SpellE>pcr</span> with Expand on Y <span class=SpellE>pseud</span>.
gen.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Got multiple
bright bands.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>1019F/R <span
class=SpellE>pcr</span> on that gave no band.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I setup 1019F/1023R and 1023F/1019R to see if it’s just one of the
1019’s that fails.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>If so, I’ll just TA
it and go from there.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I also <span class=SpellE>sub’d</span>
the 901F/R <span class=SpellE>mgrB</span> <span class=SpellE>pcr</span> into
pBAC583 (old <span class=SpellE>NoB</span> dig).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Trans TG1.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The purpose of this is to revisit the pir116/R6K regulation library.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Year="2006" Day="4"
Month="8">Friday, August 04, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I did some mapping:<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>first lane is <span class=SpellE>pBACr</span>-NES,
second two are pSB1AK3-Bca9039, <span class=GramE>all</span> are <span
class=SpellE>EcoRI/SpeI</span> digs.</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>Looks good,
going with 9039 clone 1.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I made
-80’s of those and WM3064, then <span class=SpellE>subcloned</span> 9037<span
class=GramE>,9038</span>, and 9039 with ES into <span class=SpellE>pBACr</span>-NES.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The 9045 and 9046 guys are clearly
massively contaminated.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The lawn is that
funny yellow junk.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>There are a few pink
guys in there, I picked one from each plate and <span class=SpellE>restreaked</span>
it today.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Will grow
them up tomorrow, hopefully.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>For
the BAC transformations I’m using the same cells but doing Kan/Tri, and
hopefully that will kill the garbage.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I’m also running <span class=SpellE>negs</span> on K and C for the cells
to see what’s up.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>There were some colonies on the <span
class=SpellE>neuD/wbbL</span> <span class=SpellE>knockins</span>, so I just put
the bos12/pKD46 in the fridge and grew up the colonies.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pBAC901</span>
looked solid.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>~0.5% strong green <span
class=SpellE>cfus</span>, rest were light green.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Picked a light green.</span><span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Will mini and sub the pir116/R6K lib tomorrow
(if I can find it).</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The <span class=SpellE>SalS</span>
<span class=SpellE>PCRs</span> failed again.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I think I’ll just drop that…not worth the trouble.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I did a standard Vent blunting of <span
class=SpellE>pBACr</span>-NES to make <span class=SpellE>pBACr-NESd</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>This guy has everything <span class=SpellE>biobrick</span>-unique
except <span class=SpellE>PstI</span>.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Month="8" Day="7"
Year="2006">Monday, August 07, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I grew up and <span class=SpellE>gen</span>
prepped the one colony of the <span class=SpellE>neuD</span> <span
class=SpellE>knockin</span> (L1) and two of the <span class=SpellE>wbbL</span> <span
class=SpellE>knockins</span> (M1 and M2).<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I did <span class=SpellE>PCRs</span> and <span class=SpellE>EcoRI</span>
digestion to map:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The two <span class=SpellE>wbbL</span>
<span class=SpellE>knockins</span> look <span class=GramE>good,</span> <span
class=SpellE>neuD</span> looks like it may be a dud…maybe.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Did some mini and mapping:</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>pBca9045</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>pBca9046</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Bca9037-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Bca9037-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Bca9038-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Bca9038-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Bca9039-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Bca9039-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Year="2006" Day="10"
Month="8">Thursday, August 10, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I <span class=SpellE>mini’d</span>
and mapped 2 of 9040, 9041, and 9042, the <span class=SpellE>pBACr</span>- <span
class=SpellE>Piptg-wbbL</span> and <span class=SpellE>Psal-rfbC’s</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Looks a little weird (<span class=SpellE>XbaI</span>
digs):</p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>It’s all too big.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I think I need some PCR mapping to see if
they are in the ballpark or way off.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The mgrB/pir-r6K business gave a
lawn of bacteria.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I scraped the <span
class=GramE>plate,</span> <span class=SpellE>mini’d</span>, did 901F/875R PCR
and got out a 1kb band—too small.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I have
concerns about pBAC901—it wasn’t green enough in the pellet and there were some
faint additional bands in the digest.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Something’s up with that guy.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Month="8" Day="15"
Year="2006">Tuesday, August 15, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I did some PCR mapping of the
pBACr-Bca9040, Bca9041, and Bca9042 with ca605F/ca606R.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I got no product but did using <span
class=SpellE>pBACr</span>-NES as a control and it gave a good product.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So, I think the pir116 is still having
contamination issues.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The mapping of the
pBca9045 and pBca9046 also came out <span class=GramE>weird,</span> I think it
is all just contamination in that strain.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Today I re-<span class=SpellE>ligated</span>
pBca9045 and pBca9046 and transformed directly into BW20767.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Hopefully that will work better—these are the
cells the kids made, and they transformed pBca9012 pretty cleanly (almost all
red colonies, I grew up one did a -80 today).</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I did a small scale comp of
pSB3C6-Bca1025 (the GFP-AGGA guy) and transformed in <span class=SpellE>Kaitlin’s</span>
two <span class=SpellE>tRNA</span> constructs.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I got tons of <span class=SpellE>cfus</span>, but I didn’t do a <span
class=SpellE>neg</span> control.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Suffice
it to say, they weren’t green on the plate or upon growing to <span
class=SpellE>sat’n</span>.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m not sure
if this is just a contaminated prep (seems unlikely) or no activity in either
the reporter or the <span class=SpellE>tRNA</span>.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>My plan is to move the Bca1025 reporter back
up to pSB1A2 and put it with the original Ser2-AGGA reporter.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I ordered a new <span
class=SpellE>oligo</span> for doing pir116:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='mso-ansi-language:
PT-BR'>ca1026R<span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                              </span>Reverse
oligo for pir116<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='mso-ansi-language:
PT-BR'>CCATAgaattcGCCATATATCACCCCTTAGC<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span lang=PT-BR style='mso-ansi-language:
PT-BR'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The <span class=SpellE>pcr</span>
went fine, <span class=SpellE>ligated</span> into pBACr899 and pBACr-mgr901. <span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>I got no colonies on <span class=SpellE>SalK</span>
for the 899 variants and all green colonies on the 901 plate.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Not sure why that’s going wrong.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m suspecting that either there’s a toxicity
thing or the <span class=SpellE>BamHI</span> site on the 977F <span
class=SpellE>oligo</span> is screwed up.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I’m going to take an alternate route here:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>PCR ca56/ca1026R on pBAC905<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span>(<span class=SpellE>bp</span>, <span
class=SpellE>BamHI/EcoRI</span>)<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Sub into pBACr-Mgr901<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>      </span><span style='mso-tab-count:2'>              </span>(<span
class=SpellE>BamHI/EcoRI</span>)</p>
<div style='border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt;border:none;mso-border-bottom-alt:
solid windowtext .75pt;padding:0in;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 1.0pt 0in'>Product
is pBACr-MgrPir56</p>
</div>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>EIPCR ca901R/ca977F on MgrPir56<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>  </span>(<span class=SpellE>bp</span>, <span
class=SpellE>BamHI</span>/Vent)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Product is pBACr-MgrPir977 lib</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>That should take care of any
restriction site issues.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Year="2006" Day="17"
Month="8">Thursday, August 17, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>All the subs yesterday went well… </p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>pBACr-MgrPir56</span>
(described above, got about 100 <span class=SpellE>cfu</span>, grew up 3, in
TG1)</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>Bca1025 into <span class=GramE>pSB1AK3(</span>-b0015)
(about 500 <span class=SpellE>cfu</span> in TG1, grew up 2), it did this
because the <span class=SpellE>tRNAs</span> weren’t green.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span><span class=GramE>Going to put this new
reporter with the old pAC-Ser2AGGA to test the reporter.</span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>pBACr-90* (40,41,42) <span
class=SpellE>resub’d</span> into <span class=SpellE>pBACr-NESd</span> the
original scheme, transformed into BW20767, got ~50 <span class=SpellE>cfu</span>
of each, looked much more normal.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I <span class=SpellE>religated</span>
the pBca9045/9046 the other day, transformed directly into BW20767.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>The 9046’s are decently red, possibly full
on.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Cell pellets of 9045 are pinkish,
colonies are white.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I did <span
class=SpellE>triparental</span> mating with two individual clones of these guys
with pBca9012/BW and RU1012 as the recipient, plating on KC.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I got dusty lawns, looks like transposition,
though, for the ones where 9045 or 9046 was added.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I should have added <span class=SpellE>aTc</span>
to these, but forgot.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It all seems to
work, though.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’ve <span class=SpellE>replated</span>
MC600u, going to transform pBACr-UG784 (<span class=SpellE>Ptet-uppgen</span>),
show first that those are <span class=SpellE>genR<span class=GramE>,uppS</span></span>,
then do transposition and see if I can find some interesting promoters with
that.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>I’m getting some P1vir from the <span
class=SpellE>Bustamante</span> lab <span class=GramE>tomorrow,</span> the
protocol for transduction is here:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><a
href="http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/Sauer:P1vir_phage_transduction">http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/Sauer:P1vir_phage_transduction</a></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><span class=GramE>Going to try
that on the <span class=SpellE>knockins</span> of Bos12 for <span class=SpellE>wbbL</span>
and <span class=SpellE>neuD</span>.</span><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>Going to both try to transfer the cassettes back to Bos12 and pass them
to MG1655 and MC1061.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It would be really
nice if that all could work in MC1061.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>We’ll see.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><st1:date Month="8" Day="18"
Year="2006">Friday, August 18, 2006</st1:date></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1076"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:252pt;height:105.75pt'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=336 height=141
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image103.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1076"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1077"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:225pt;height:75.75pt'>
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</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=300 height=101
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image105.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1077"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:135.0pt'>The above gel(s) goes:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>ES<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pBACr-9040-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>ES<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pBACr-9040-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>ES<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pBACr-9041-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>ES<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pBACr-9041-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>ES<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pBACr-9042-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>ES<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pBACr-9042-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>ES<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pSB1AK3-Bca1025-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>ES<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pSB1AK3-Bca1025-2</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>BE<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pBACr-MgrPir56-1</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-tab-count:1'>                          </span>BE<span
style='mso-tab-count:1'>    </span>pBACr-AraT7940-F11 from pir116 for <span
class=SpellE>voigt</span> stock</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'>So, all look good except
pSB1AK3-Bca1025-2.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>Did -80s of all the
clone 1’s and saved minis.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I transformed
MG1655 or MG/pMF19 with the <span class=SpellE>relavent</span>
pBACr904*’s.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’m going to do the P1
transduction business on several guys and do all the results together on one
O-gel.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'>On the <span class=SpellE>neuD/wbbL</span>
<span class=SpellE>knockins</span>, I had another colony on the “L” plate (the <span
class=SpellE>neuD</span> <span class=SpellE>knockin</span>).<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I grew that up yesterday.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It <span class=SpellE>gen</span>-prepped like
an E. coli, and I setup the analytical PCR:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1078"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:332.25pt;height:12pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image106.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=443 height=16
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image107.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1078"><![endif]><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>We’ll see how that looks tomorrow.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I did an amplification of the <span class=SpellE>Bustamante</span> P1
stock.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>It totally cleared my culture of
MC600u.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>So, that’s good.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’ll do the transduction tomorrow and try
sending things into MG1655, Bos12, and MC600u.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>So, I grew up cultures of all that today.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'>I also transformed MC600u with
pBACr-UG784.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I’ll do the first <span
class=SpellE>transposon</span> library on that.</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'>Since the pBACr-MgrPir56 looks
pretty good, the mini clearly shows higher copy even though it’s in TG1, so it
must be working to some degree.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I setup
a PCR:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1079"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:6in;height:10.5pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image108.wmz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=576 height=14
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image109.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1079"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'>That will give a plasmid that looks
like:</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="_x0000_i1080"
type="#_x0000_t75" style='width:126pt;height:90.75pt'>
<v:imagedata src="Installment1-start072506_files/image110.emz" o:title=""/>
</v:shape><![endif]--><![if !vml]><img border=0 width=168 height=121
src="Installment1-start072506_files/image111.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1080"><![endif]></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'>If I do the closure of the circle
with <span class=SpellE>NotI</span>, the site will be destroyed.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I can also close it up with <span
class=SpellE>BglII</span> partial digestion.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>I haven’t decided yet which is better.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span>The <span class=SpellE>gameplan</span> is to do this, make sure the
thing replicates, <span class=GramE>then</span> make the EIPCR library directly
on it to make the Mg-sensitive <span class=SpellE>replicon</span> (if this guy
isn’t already Mg-sensitive).</p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'><o:p>&nbsp;</o:p></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='tab-stops:81.0pt'>The <span class=SpellE>riboregulator</span>
stuff is looking really good, so I don’t think we need 4-base anymore.<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>I have the Bca1025 in case we need to revisit
it.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>  </span>If I revisit all that, this guy
needs sequencing (it was a sloppy <span class=SpellE>subclone</span>) and then
can put in pAC-Ser2AGGA to confirm activity.<span style='mso-spacerun:yes'>
</span><span class=GramE>If that works, can revisit the <span class=SpellE>biobricked</span>
four-base.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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072506

I’ve decided to keep just one notebook from here on. It gets too confusing to figure out what experiments/constructions are in which file. It would be easier just to have it all in one place and be searchable. I think what I’ll do is keep separate word files with all the embedded bits and pieces and then put just text on the wiki page. I’m repeating the last few days here for convenience sake.

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="8" Month="7">Saturday, July 08, 2006</st1:date>

I mini’d and worked up for sequencing Bca9004, Bca9009, Bca9018, and Bca9021. At one point I had a mixup of 9009 calling it 9003. For some reason I had labeled the plate 9003. I think I fixed it all—the -80 stock and mini are labeled 9009. Anywho, we’ll send that out Monday.

<o:p> </o:p>

I did a bunch of subcloning today. The oligos to do TriR and CmR cassettes came, so the 4 parts involving those were in the mix. Total I did 11 subclones:

<![if !vml]><img width=575 height=98 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image002.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1025"><![endif]>

There was some gel purification and analytical PCRs. They were assigned letter codes according to:

<![if !vml]><img width=329 height=177 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image004.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1026"><![endif]>

The gel goes: 1015 pcr; 1016 pcr; b0015 pcr; mw; b0015 pcr; A; f; F; e; ; d; d; d; d:

<![if !vml]><img width=485 height=198 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image006.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1027"><![endif]>

Sizes all look reasonable, but I didn’t check all that carefully. The band pattern of the “d” digest of Bca9008 (BglII/MfeI) confirms the presence of the restriction sites. I don’t plan to sequence 9008 directly, I’ll get a de factor read from parts put in. I put in wbbL, invasin, and 2 rfbC hits today. So, these cassettes are RBS-ORF composites, no terminators. Regardless of the sequence of J01008, I’m going with this clone. If there are points, I’ll change the model sequence. The last 2 parts are part-building parts. 9028 is like 1008, but it includes a dblTerm downstream of the BglII/MfeI insertion sites. So, the product of conversion is an RBS-ORF-TT composite. Part 9027 is for conversion of biobricks into pBAC874t via a NotI/EcoRI subclone. It destroys the NotI site between EcoRI and XbaI so that the one between SpeI and PstI is unique. It also puts in dblTerm. To put parts into pBca9027, I would subclone into SpeI/AlwNI, then transfer NotI/EcoRI into the BAC. I’ll be using that guy for the O-antigen AND gate.

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="12" Month="7">Wednesday, July 12, 2006</st1:date>

More subcloning fun. The 4 subclones into pBca1008 didn’t go so well:

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They all map funky, so I’m redoing all that stuff with proper cut and paste with gel purification. I got good clones of all the constructs from the other day except Bca1015. I’m just redoing that guy. All the CmR-related subclones look fabulous.

I’m not going to sequence the CmR and TriR basic parts at all, I’m going for de facto sequencing at a later point. I want to proceed all the way to the [FRT][*R][FRT] parts asap to test FRT function. I also got in the PspOMI enzyme, so I could do the Bca1007 and Bca1009 digests. Both digested fine, so they are ok. So, I proceeded with the following subclones:

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=141 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image010.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1029"><![endif]>

<o:p> </o:p>

….and set up the digests as:

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<o:p> </o:p>

The gel below goes AaBbCcDG, all are good. This gel confirms the general size of the CmR-FRT, CmR, and TriR-FRT parts.

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=173 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image014.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1031"><![endif]><o:p></o:p>

The gels on d,g,h,i,j etc. initially didn’t go so well. I was able to get only d,i, and j out of that gel, the rest looked like shit. I didn’t even save the gel. Originally, I was doing a different set of subclones, so that’s not here, it included mgrB. For the remaining ones on the list above, I went with inserts either from PCR (flu,fdhf, wbb992) or existing digests (AraInv). So the first list above is the “correct” list. I’ll need to make new maps of some of this—I don’t have a map for flu or fdhF, and wbb992 will replace the TetWbb-derived subclone. I just relegated the 1015 basic TriR part, and plated on both Amp and Tri/Amp to make sure I got cfus in case there is something weird (like TetR colony reduction) with Trimethoprim resistance.

<o:p> </o:p>

I’ve sent a bunch of clones from the last batch for sequencing.

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="12" Month="7">Wednesday, July 12, 2006</st1:date>

I got sequencing back from the stuff I sent, most look good:

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=64 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image016.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1032"><![endif]>

<o:p> </o:p>

There was an error in the model for Bca9028. I had part b0015 in pSB1A2, and in reality it is in pSB1AK3 (and the registry says so). When I remade the model file with the correct starting sequence, the sequencing matched the new model for what I’m going to call pSB1A0-Bca9028. All good, no biggie. It is not a pSB1AK3 as the KanR marker would not be transferred by the sub method (I don’t think…maybe check it if it becomes an issue). Part pSB1A2-Bca9009 matches the model, but the read didn’t make it past the part junction. I’ll need to do confirmation by PCR rather than sequencing. pBca9027 is not correct, I need to examine more clones. Unfortunately, this list doesn’t get me to more subclones, so tomorrow will just be characterization of all sorts of stuff. Mainly, I need to confirm the FRT-*-FRT constructs and make sure that pCP20 excises the fragment properly.

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="13" Month="7">Thursday, July 13, 2006</st1:date>

I threw out the sequenced clone of Bca9027 and grew up 4 more. I did characterization of various things:

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=199 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image018.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1033"><![endif]>

The gels (PCRs 1,2,3,Mw,a,b,c,d,e,f,g,h) are:

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=154 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image020.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1034"><![endif]>

<![if !vml]><img width=575 height=255 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image022.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1035"><![endif]>

The Bca9009 is confirmed (combination of sequencing and PCR “1”). The first half of 9010 is confirmed, I think I’ll do some mapping for the Tnp half. The PCR failed, but it is probably right—just too long for a 2K pcr. At least I hope so….we’ll find out tomorrow. The results of mapping go:

Bca9007<o:p></o:p>

[FRT][CmR][FRT]<o:p></o:p>

consistent<o:p></o:p>

Bca9015<o:p></o:p>

[Psal]<o:p></o:p>

consistent<o:p></o:p>

Bca9026<o:p></o:p>

[Flu]<o:p></o:p>

consistent<o:p></o:p>

Bca9014<o:p></o:p>

[wbbL1]<o:p></o:p>

consistent<o:p></o:p>

Bca9013<o:p></o:p>

[inv1]<o:p></o:p>

off<o:p></o:p>

Bca9031<o:p></o:p>

[P_sal-rfbC1]<o:p></o:p>

consistent<o:p></o:p>

Bca9032<o:p></o:p>

[P_sal-rfbC2]<o:p></o:p>

consistent<o:p></o:p>

Bca9033<o:p></o:p>

[fdhF]<o:p></o:p>

consistent<o:p></o:p>

So, all but invasin are ok.

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="15" Month="7">Saturday, July 15, 2006</st1:date>

I got some sequencing results back:

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=76 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image024.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1036"><![endif]>

All are fine, didn’t get the full rbs for the wbbL rbs, but got some of it looking at the trace, and it’s fine. Going with it.

<o:p> </o:p>

I’ve done some EcoRI/PstI mapping of more clones of the ones that were problematic:

<![if !vml]><img width=228 height=214 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image026.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1037"><![endif]>

Bca9005-still wrong

Bca1015-still wrong

Bca9027-1,3,4-good

Bca9027-2, wrong

Bca9013-1,2-good

<o:p> </o:p>

I’ll stock and sequence 9027-1 and 9013-1. Holding onto the minis of the other 9027’s till get sequence confirmation.

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="19" Month="7">Wednesday, July 19, 2006</st1:date>

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=22 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image028.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1038"><![endif]>

<o:p> </o:p>

The new#1 clones of pBca9027 and pSB1A2-Bca9013 are fine. The region downstream of PstI in 9027 still isn’t matching template, but it won’t affect the usability of the plasmid, so no worries.

<o:p> </o:p>

I did some mapping of recent subclones:

<![if !vml]><img width=575 height=32 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image030.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1039"><![endif]>

They go:

<![if !supportLists]>1                    <![endif]>pSB2K3-Bca9007-1

<![if !supportLists]>2                    <![endif]>pSB2K3-Bca9007-2

<![if !supportLists]>3                    <![endif]>pSB2K3-Bca9007-3

<![if !supportLists]>4                    <![endif]>pJ23006-Bca9034

<![if !supportLists]>5                    <![endif]>pSB1A2-Bca9005-1

<![if !supportLists]>6                    <![endif]>pSB1A2-Bca9005-2

<![if !supportLists]>7                    <![endif]>pSB1A2-Bca9010-1

<![if !supportLists]>8                    <![endif]>pSB1A2-Bca9010-2

<o:p> </o:p>

The mapping below is all EcoRI/PstI. Clones 1 and 3 of pSB2K3-Bca9007 were bigger, healthier clones. They appear to be the cotransformed guys, though. Clone 2 was sickly but maps right. The rest of these guys all map correct. I did 1015 (TriR alone) in this batch. It again didn’t give any triR colonies. Whatever. I’m done with that for now I think. Samantha made a SpecR basic part which is probably more user friendly. Bca9010 went very smoothly this time, many CmR/AmpR colonies, and they mapped right. Will need to PCR map those, though to confirm the Tnp presence.

<![if !vml]><img width=276 height=189 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image032.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1040"><![endif]>

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="21" Month="7">Friday, July 21, 2006</st1:date>

I got sequencing results for pSB1A2-Bca9005 (F-Tri-F). It was perfect. I have still been unable to make a TriR basic part. Very weird there, since the composite works great. BTW, this is also defacto sequencing of Bca9002 since the read got the entire cassette. All good, both FRT’s present. I also got sequence on pJ23006-Bca9034, and it too is perfect.

jca293 072006 pSB1A2-Bca9005 1 ca998 perfect<o:p></o:p>

jca294 072006 pJ23006-Bca9034 1 ca998 perfect<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

To confirm pSB1A2-Bca9010 (CmR.Tnp), I did PCR w/ 998 and 9014R, expected size 2721 bp. The third lane on the gel below is that. Looks solid.

<![if !vml]><img width=123 height=160 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image034.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1041"><![endif]><o:p></o:p>

I wanted to confirm the activity of FRT (if I could) at this stage, so I moved the Bca9007 cassette into pSB2K3 and then transformed pCP20 comp with that guy. If the thing flps, the EcoRI/PstI region changes size. The expected fragments would be:<o:p></o:p>

No flp pSB2K3-Bca9007 3446+1957<o:p></o:p>

FRT deletion 3446+1013<o:p></o:p>

The bands in the middle are a miniprep of a clone grown ON in just <st1:State><st1:place>kan</st1:place></st1:State> (to clear pCP20, maintain the pSB2K3). The result is a little fishy. The digest btw is XhoI/PstI in neb2. It looks like the 3446 band is there, and the plasmid is a partial digest. The fragment band that would correspond to the F-Cm-F fragment is too big. It’s either a map error, or some non-expected recombination occurring. I’m not convinced this is a valid experiment—this might not fly to do it this way. The small band around 600 bp isn’t an expected fragment either. Not sure how that comes to be.

<o:p> </o:p>

The first band on the gel comes from transforming pKD908b/pir116 with Bca9010. Those cells did not look so healthy on the plate, kindov small. I grew one up in just Amp, and it looks like the cells just kicked out the R6K plasmid. BTW, that’s a SpeI digest which would linearize all relavent plasmids. So, that’s no confirmation of Tnp function. I would really like to see some evidence of FRT and Tnp function before proceeding, but I’m not sure how else to assay it. I’m only 2 steps away from being able to test the Tnp final construct. So, I’ll just test at the end and hope for the best. I think I’ll also just have to wing the FRT stuff until there is a genome-integrated cassette.

<o:p> </o:p>

I miniprepped and -80’d clones of the following constructs:

<![if !vml]><img width=575 height=25 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image036.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1042"><![endif]>

I’ll do de facto characterization of those since they each manifest a phenotype.

<o:p> </o:p>

I did a series of subclones today…

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=100 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image038.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1043"><![endif]>

Hh and Ff insert S03155 looked like crap, so I grew up more to miniprep and redigest. The large fragments for each were fine.

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="24" Month="7">Monday, July 24, 2006</st1:date>

<![if !vml]><img width=360 height=245 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image040.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1044"><![endif]>

pBca1020-bca9015 perfect<o:p></o:p>

pBca1020-Bca9022-1 perfect<o:p></o:p>

pBca1020-Bca9022-2 wrong<o:p></o:p>

pBca1020-Bca9022-3 wrong<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9006 wrong<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9008 perfect<o:p></o:p>

pBca1020-Bca9036-1 perfect<o:p></o:p>

pBca1020-Bca9036-2 perfect<o:p></o:p>

pSB1AK3-Bca9037 perfect<o:p></o:p>

pSB1AK3-Bca9038 extra band (contam?)<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

Keeping and -80’ing the ones in red. Growing up more 9006 and 9038.

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="25" Month="7">Tuesday, July 25, 2006</st1:date>

I mini’d and mapped some more constructs. I don’t know what’s up with the trimethoprim marker, but I’m starting to think I should just ditch it. Yeah, I think I’m going to do that and maybe replace its use with the specR parts. This just isn’t happening.

<![if !vml]><img width=293 height=293 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image042.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1045"><![endif]>

pSB1A2-Bca9001 perfect<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9006-1 weird<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9006-2 weird<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9006-3 weird<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9006-4 weird<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9029 weird<o:p></o:p>

pSB1AK3-Bca9038-1 right, I think<o:p></o:p>

pSB1AK3-Bca9038-2 wrong, I think<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

The pBca1020 series plasmids is working out just fine now. Initially I tried putting the RFP into the Salicylate promoter part (9015). I got no red colonies, so I put it into R0040 which gave the expected phenotype. I took one of those guys and subcloned in the IPTG(9022) part and the Sal(9015). The sal ones came out white w/o sal, the IPTG ones were red without sal. I grew up the Sal clone with 100 ug/mL sal, and the cell pellet was pinky, but way lower expression than with tet promoter. A little weird. I was worried that the IPTG part wasn’t inducing, so I tested the 1020 with an induction series—it’s just very leaky at high copy, but that should settle down at single copy I think (below). The half-max seems to be around 5 ug/mL of IPTG. Good enough, going to proceed with putting on wbbL.

<![if !vml]><img width=539 height=188 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image044.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1046"><![endif]>

<o:p> </o:p>

I subcloned the extension product for the 1022 library into the sal construct (pBca1020-Bca9015) and got ~5% pinkish colonies. Matt grew up 96 pinks, 96 whites, and I reastreaked 16 too-dense clones that were very red. We’ll sort through that with the tecan tomorrow.

<o:p> </o:p>

I did several new subclones today:

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=46 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image046.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1047"><![endif]>

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Month="7" Day="26" Year="2006">Wednesday, July 26, 2006</st1:date>

I did PCR to confirm the composition of Bca9001. They are:

<o:p> </o:p>

KB001/ca641F TT 2048bp

KB009/ca641F Ptet 1884bp

<![if !vml]><img width=116 height=178 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image048.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1048"><![endif]>

Looks solid, proceeding with the subclones to do neuD and wbbL knockins:

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=23 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image050.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1049"><![endif]>

<o:p> </o:p>

Yesterdays subclones all gave tons of colonies, growing up one of each.

The 1022 library gave the following profile. This is FluorRFP/OD600. The whiter ones all were from white colonies, redder from red, so that’s consistant. The parent construct (Psal) comes out around 55 on this chart. Ptet is at the far right, comparable in activity to the best 3 hits. I restreaked multiple colonies as well, grew up some of those to assay tomorrow. Matt grew about 18 clones across the spectrum of activity to assay tomorrow by Tecan/Cytometry and then mini, stock, seq.

<o:p> </o:p>

<![if !vml]><img width=525 height=249 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image052.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1050"><![endif]>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="27" Month="7">Thursday, July 27, 2006</st1:date>

<o:p> </o:p>

<![if !vml]><img width=176 height=260 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image054.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1051"><![endif]>

pSB1A2-Bca9023 wrong<o:p></o:p>

pBca9020-Bca9030 good<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9020 good<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9011 good

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Month="7" Day="29" Year="2006">Saturday, July 29, 2006</st1:date>

The pBca9020-Bca9030 (2 clones, only clone 1 mapped and stocked) both gave a light pink pellet upon pelleting an LB w/o Mg culture. #1 mapped right, so I don’t think I’ll characterize further. The sal and Mg NoB subs both came out as weakened promoters, which is weird. It’s almost as though the restriction sites pinned between the promoter and the ORF are terminators. I might have to redesign that. It definitely means I don’t want to do the Sal-RfbC splitting them up.

<o:p> </o:p>

I did some mini and mapping:

<![if !vml]><img width=336 height=143 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image056.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1052"><![endif]>

pBca9012-1 large frag too small

pBca9012-2 large frag too small

pBca9012-3 large frag too small

pBca9012-4 correct (dominant phenotype, light pink)

pGLN-Bca1004 good

pSB1A2-Bca9035 good<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9023-1 wrong<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9023-2 wrong<o:p></o:p>

pSB1A2-Bca9023-3 wrong

<o:p> </o:p>

The scheme for construction of pBca9012 was:

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=12 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image058.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1053"><![endif]>

That went very smoothly, got tons of small colonies in Ec100D::pir+. At first they all looked white and I was worried. A few were very red, and I grew clones 1-3 from those. Clone 4 was a representative white colony. Only clone 4 maps right, and it was pink after saturation. The plate colonies have all turned pink on the bench after a few days.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

I did midipreps of pSB1A2-J23012 (SpR), pSB1A2-Bca1010 (FRT), pSB1A2-Bca9008 (F-Cm-F), pBca1020-Bca1022-C2 (Pcon). I’m digesting 23012 and 1010 and 9008 with XbaI/PstI/CIP. I would do it with AlwNI instead of PstI, but we’re out. I’m also doing 9008 with HindIII/SpeI/CIP. Those are all being gel purified. I purchased oligo CA1024F (biotinylated ca998) and did PCR ca1024F/G00101 on pSB1A2-Bca1011 mini with Taq on 200 uL scale and gel purified all of it.

<o:p> </o:p>

I’m going to try solid-phase biobrick assembly with the above digests and some BioMag (Bangs labs) nuclease-free streptavidin beads. These things are 4.4 ug/mg biotin at 1.2 mg/mL for a binding capacity of 22 uM for biotin. So, 25 uL of beads has orders of magnitude more capacity than does 100 ng of a 500 bp DNA fragment capped in biotin. That’s the volume I’ll start with for assembly.

<o:p> </o:p>

<![if !vml]><img width=174 height=213 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image060.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1054"><![endif]>

Since all the added cassettes are CIP treated, the oly 5’ phosphates are on the bead. This should address the stoichiometry issues. The last step will be to ligate on the SpeI-9008-HindIII plasmid cap, digest off the resin with EcoRI and ligate to circularize. I might then hit half of it with T7 or T4 pol to fix the nicked strands, then transform. Some of the midipreps lost the pellet—I did this by the standard HiSpeed method which was stupid. So, of the things I have to start with the best two constructs to try are a Spec-FRT part and a Spec-FRT-Spec part. I think I’ll try both…we’ll see how I feel about that on Monday. The little nicks due to CIP might become an issue with multiple parts. Not sure. All the nicks will be on one side of the DNA, so the thing can’t fall apart, but it might not transform well.<o:p></o:p>

<o:p> </o:p>

I don’t know what’s up with 9023—I rechecked the sub scheme, and this guy really should be clean. I think I’ll just redo it Monday—I must have just made an error somewhere. I should probably start taking pics of the subcloning gels to be sure so I can look back at the source gels and know if anything was weird. The colonies are white, and they map as the wbbL plasmid. That’s the small frag, so it really should not have bled anything through. Hmmm.

<o:p> </o:p>

<st1:date Year="2006" Day="31" Month="7">Monday, July 31, 2006</st1:date>

I’m doing the digests for the solid phase assembly:

<![if !vml]><img width=398 height=45 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image062.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1055"><![endif]>

All are looking good on the gel thus far. Doing a long gel to resolve the 1184/929 one. Red is the desired band for each.

<o:p> </o:p>

Meanwhile, I’ve started the beads. I measured the amt of DNA in the biotinylated guy at around 75 ng/uL. I’m doing 2 uL scale, but 2 of them, so I put 4 uL with 50 uL of beads. The beads were washed 1x in 700 uL PBS, resuspended in 500 uL PBS, added the DNA, incubated 30 min, washed with water 1x, brought back up in 200 uL of 1X NEB2 + 1 uL XbaI. Digesting about 1 hr.

<o:p> </o:p>

I did PCR mapping on 9020 and 9012:

<![if !vml]><img width=348 height=199 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image064.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1056"><![endif]>

<![if !vml]><img width=468 height=100 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image066.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1057"><![endif]>

The pSB1A2-Bca9020 PCRs are perfect. It confirms the location and presence of R6K, CmR, and OriTr. It turns out I don’t have probes for FRT or TnRev, but the part junction is confirmed here. I am proceeding with the subclones.

<o:p> </o:p>

On the pBca9012, the presence of CmR, Tnp, OriT, and R6K is confirmed…the sizes are all crazy. I interpret this as being that the frags were too long for the ext time and I get a mispriming with 1002R. The “C” band has the correct size and the mispriming size, but the rest are all mispriming, but they appear to all misprime at the same two general regions. I’m calling that good enough, will focus on getting a function confirmation here.

<o:p> </o:p>

The status of the 1022 library is as follows. Matt re-picked the following clones from the screen of 192 clones:

C2, D7, C5, H12, E1, B10, E11, F3, A5, F6, E10, C1, B9, F4, D7, C2, F12, A2, E8<o:p></o:p>

I grew up 6 clones (AàF) of the ones that were “very red”. Indeed they were very red at saturation, some more than Ptet. The large set of clones that Matt picked were well-isolated, so I am not restreaking those. I did -80’s on those over the wknd, Matt is miniprepping today. The AàF guys were clearly mixed, so I restreaked those from the culture, picked more cfu’s yesterday. Matt -80’d and mini’d those today. All the Tecan data is in the file “072606-Tecan data…”:

<![if !vml]><img width=408 height=164 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image068.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1058"><![endif]>

The data was mostly consistant with the first run, only a few changed position. The values on the AàFs is from the mixed culture, so those aren’t valid numbers. I think the next step is to do some sequencing and see what we’re dealing with in terms of miniprep quality, degree of cotransformed hits, and sequence diversity. Clearly I have a nice broad range of hits here.

<o:p> </o:p>

Doing some subcloning today:

<![if !vml]><img width=576 height=35 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image070.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1059"><![endif]>

The 9023 is a re-do from before. Hopefully it will come out better this time.

<o:p> </o:p>

PCR with the 1023 20mers of irp9 with Phusion still looks like shit:

<![if !vml]><img width=107 height=173 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image072.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1060"><![endif]>

<![if !vml]><img width=575 height=14 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image074.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1061"><![endif]><o:p></o:p>

The right lane is a 1019 pcr off the 1023 pcr. Not real sure where to go next there. I think it’s some TA kit thing, though. I think I’ll wait until my new Expand kit comes in. Phusion seems to generate a product even if there isn’t an appropriate template. It primes too well.

<o:p> </o:p>

The PCRs of the knockout with Phusion also looked shitty:

<![if !vml]><img width=110 height=147 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image076.jpg" v:shapes="_x0000_i1062"><![endif]>

<![if !vml]><img width=327 height=30 src="Installment1-start072506_files/image078.gif" v:shapes="_x0000_i1063"><![endif]>

Again, I think I’ll wait on the Expand kit. The M band is the wrong size. I’ll recheck that 279 is the correct oligo to do neuD.

<o:p> </o:p>

The Bca1025 AGGA mutant of pBca1021-E0040 (pBca1020-Bca1025) came out as about 100 cfu, all green. I will redo that guy by overlap:

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<o:p> </o:p>

Having some difficulty on the solid phase assembly. The digests all looked flawless. The beads, however, appear to be sticking and/or degrading. They don’t seem to be stable to multiple rounds of incubation in buffer. Not sure how to remedy that.

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I remapped the pSB1AK3-Bca9038’s with BamHI/PstI and got the gel below. Clone 1 is good, 2 is a dud.

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<st1:date Year="2006" Day="1" Month="8">Tuesday, August 01, 2006</st1:date>

I did the solid phase assembly again today to make a FRT-Spec-FRT part in pSB1A2. I first loaded 25uL of beads directly onto the pad of a minelute column. The liquid immediate went into the column, so I added 200 uL of water and pipetted up and down to distribute it a little. I added 100uL of 1X neb2, 1 uL XbaI, and 2.5 uL of the biotinylated PCR product. Incubated 0.5 hour then did 100uL scale digestions and ligations with 1uL SpeI or 1uL ligase + 4uL biobrick part. Did:

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Eluted the qiaprep in 10uL, setup ligation normally, transformed all of it, plated on Amp and Amp/Spec. We’ll see what happens!

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The Bca1025 overlap PCR looked really good. I sub’d EcoRI/SpeI, went directly into the pSB3C6 variation. I won’t be able to confirm activity, but hopefully the tRNA that Kaitlin is making will all go well. I might move the entire tRNA cassette into something just in case.

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Bca9023, Bca9016, and Bca9017 all gave oodles of colonies, grew up 2 of each to screen tomorrow.<o:p></o:p>

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I setup new PCRs of pGLN-Bca1004 and pSB1A2-Bca9035 to do the neuD and wbbL knockins. Grew up Bos12/pKD46 from the -80 to do the comp.<o:p></o:p>

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<st1:date Month="8" Day="2" Year="2006">Wednesday, August 02, 2006</st1:date>

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The bands go:

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so, looking good. Stocking and saving the ones in red. I gp’d the bands, doing the following subclones:

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The subs all went smoothly, transformed TG1 or pir116 heat shock cells.

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The F-Sp-F plates came out promising. Got about 200 cfu on Amp, about 15 on Amp/Spec. I grew up 16 from amp and 8 from Asp to screen by colony pcr tomorrow.

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The neuD and wbbL knockin pcrs came out good with expand, so I dig’d with DpnI and transformed Bos12/pKD46. Hopefully we’ll have clones tomorrow!

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The pSB3C6-Bca1025 plate gave lots of cfus, none were green, grew up 2 to screen.

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<st1:date Month="8" Day="3" Year="2006">Thursday, August 03, 2006</st1:date>

I got no colonies for the bos12 knockouts. Will repeat tomorrow at higher OD.

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I mini’d and passed off the Bca1025’s to Kaitlin for her to stock and sequence. I’ll put the construction file up tonight.

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The 9039 and NES subs looked great. Light pink for pBACr-NES, grew up 1. Grew 2 of the pSB1AK3-Bca9039’s. Tomorrow I will put the wbbL and rfbC cassettes into pBACr-NES and also blunt out the XbaI site for pBACr-NESd.

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Adam Deutschbauer’s dap variant of BW20767 (WM3064 I think) grew fine on the plate, grew up a colony to do comp tomorrow.

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The pBca9045 and pBca9046 gave shitloads of small colonies. I grew 2 of each. I probably should have done a neg on the cells, it looked a little sketchy, but hopefully correct. Those are in pir116, so they might be sickly.

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The solid phase assembly of FRT-Spec-FRT looks funny.

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The gel is of 24 clones as Taq G00101/ca998 colony PCR. None are obviously correct. The markers are the 1kb, I’d expect something like 1.1kb. The 16 on the left were naïve, the 8 on the right were specR. I don’t really need the construct, so I think I’ll just move on to a new strategy—doing it on plates like an elisa.

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Still having trouble cloning salS. Not sure I really want to put more effort into this guy. I did 1023F/R pcr with Expand on Y pseud. gen. Got multiple bright bands. 1019F/R pcr on that gave no band. I setup 1019F/1023R and 1023F/1019R to see if it’s just one of the 1019’s that fails. If so, I’ll just TA it and go from there.

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I also sub’d the 901F/R mgrB pcr into pBAC583 (old NoB dig). Trans TG1. The purpose of this is to revisit the pir116/R6K regulation library.

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<st1:date Year="2006" Day="4" Month="8">Friday, August 04, 2006</st1:date>

I did some mapping: first lane is pBACr-NES, second two are pSB1AK3-Bca9039, all are EcoRI/SpeI digs.

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Looks good, going with 9039 clone 1. I made -80’s of those and WM3064, then subcloned 9037,9038, and 9039 with ES into pBACr-NES.

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The 9045 and 9046 guys are clearly massively contaminated. The lawn is that funny yellow junk. There are a few pink guys in there, I picked one from each plate and restreaked it today. Will grow them up tomorrow, hopefully. For the BAC transformations I’m using the same cells but doing Kan/Tri, and hopefully that will kill the garbage. I’m also running negs on K and C for the cells to see what’s up.

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There were some colonies on the neuD/wbbL knockins, so I just put the bos12/pKD46 in the fridge and grew up the colonies.

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pBAC901 looked solid. ~0.5% strong green cfus, rest were light green. Picked a light green. Will mini and sub the pir116/R6K lib tomorrow (if I can find it).

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The SalS PCRs failed again. I think I’ll just drop that…not worth the trouble.

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I did a standard Vent blunting of pBACr-NES to make pBACr-NESd. This guy has everything biobrick-unique except PstI.

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<st1:date Month="8" Day="7" Year="2006">Monday, August 07, 2006</st1:date>

I grew up and gen prepped the one colony of the neuD knockin (L1) and two of the wbbL knockins (M1 and M2). I did PCRs and EcoRI digestion to map:

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The two wbbL knockins look good, neuD looks like it may be a dud…maybe.

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Did some mini and mapping:

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pBca9045

pBca9046

Bca9037-1

Bca9037-2

Bca9038-1

Bca9038-2

Bca9039-1

Bca9039-2

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<st1:date Year="2006" Day="10" Month="8">Thursday, August 10, 2006</st1:date>

I mini’d and mapped 2 of 9040, 9041, and 9042, the pBACr- Piptg-wbbL and Psal-rfbC’s. Looks a little weird (XbaI digs):

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It’s all too big. I think I need some PCR mapping to see if they are in the ballpark or way off.

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The mgrB/pir-r6K business gave a lawn of bacteria. I scraped the plate, mini’d, did 901F/875R PCR and got out a 1kb band—too small. I have concerns about pBAC901—it wasn’t green enough in the pellet and there were some faint additional bands in the digest. Something’s up with that guy.

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<st1:date Month="8" Day="15" Year="2006">Tuesday, August 15, 2006</st1:date>

I did some PCR mapping of the pBACr-Bca9040, Bca9041, and Bca9042 with ca605F/ca606R. I got no product but did using pBACr-NES as a control and it gave a good product. So, I think the pir116 is still having contamination issues. The mapping of the pBca9045 and pBca9046 also came out weird, I think it is all just contamination in that strain.

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Today I re-ligated pBca9045 and pBca9046 and transformed directly into BW20767. Hopefully that will work better—these are the cells the kids made, and they transformed pBca9012 pretty cleanly (almost all red colonies, I grew up one did a -80 today).

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I did a small scale comp of pSB3C6-Bca1025 (the GFP-AGGA guy) and transformed in Kaitlin’s two tRNA constructs. I got tons of cfus, but I didn’t do a neg control. Suffice it to say, they weren’t green on the plate or upon growing to sat’n. I’m not sure if this is just a contaminated prep (seems unlikely) or no activity in either the reporter or the tRNA. My plan is to move the Bca1025 reporter back up to pSB1A2 and put it with the original Ser2-AGGA reporter.

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I ordered a new oligo for doing pir116:

ca1026R Reverse oligo for pir116<o:p></o:p>

CCATAgaattcGCCATATATCACCCCTTAGC<o:p></o:p>

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The pcr went fine, ligated into pBACr899 and pBACr-mgr901. I got no colonies on SalK for the 899 variants and all green colonies on the 901 plate. Not sure why that’s going wrong. I’m suspecting that either there’s a toxicity thing or the BamHI site on the 977F oligo is screwed up. I’m going to take an alternate route here:

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PCR ca56/ca1026R on pBAC905 (bp, BamHI/EcoRI)<o:p></o:p>

Sub into pBACr-Mgr901 (BamHI/EcoRI)

Product is pBACr-MgrPir56

EIPCR ca901R/ca977F on MgrPir56 (bp, BamHI/Vent)

Product is pBACr-MgrPir977 lib

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That should take care of any restriction site issues.

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<st1:date Year="2006" Day="17" Month="8">Thursday, August 17, 2006</st1:date>

All the subs yesterday went well…

pBACr-MgrPir56 (described above, got about 100 cfu, grew up 3, in TG1)

Bca1025 into pSB1AK3(-b0015) (about 500 cfu in TG1, grew up 2), it did this because the tRNAs weren’t green. Going to put this new reporter with the old pAC-Ser2AGGA to test the reporter.

pBACr-90* (40,41,42) resub’d into pBACr-NESd the original scheme, transformed into BW20767, got ~50 cfu of each, looked much more normal.

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I religated the pBca9045/9046 the other day, transformed directly into BW20767. The 9046’s are decently red, possibly full on. Cell pellets of 9045 are pinkish, colonies are white. I did triparental mating with two individual clones of these guys with pBca9012/BW and RU1012 as the recipient, plating on KC. I got dusty lawns, looks like transposition, though, for the ones where 9045 or 9046 was added. I should have added aTc to these, but forgot. It all seems to work, though. I’ve replated MC600u, going to transform pBACr-UG784 (Ptet-uppgen), show first that those are genR,uppS, then do transposition and see if I can find some interesting promoters with that.

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I’m getting some P1vir from the Bustamante lab tomorrow, the protocol for transduction is here:

<a href="http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/Sauer:P1vir_phage_transduction">http://www.openwetware.org/wiki/Sauer:P1vir_phage_transduction</a>

Going to try that on the knockins of Bos12 for wbbL and neuD. Going to both try to transfer the cassettes back to Bos12 and pass them to MG1655 and MC1061. It would be really nice if that all could work in MC1061. We’ll see.

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<st1:date Month="8" Day="18" Year="2006">Friday, August 18, 2006</st1:date>

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The above gel(s) goes:

ES pBACr-9040-1

ES pBACr-9040-2

ES pBACr-9041-1

ES pBACr-9041-2

ES pBACr-9042-1

ES pBACr-9042-2

ES pSB1AK3-Bca1025-1

ES pSB1AK3-Bca1025-2

BE pBACr-MgrPir56-1

BE pBACr-AraT7940-F11 from pir116 for voigt stock

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So, all look good except pSB1AK3-Bca1025-2. Did -80s of all the clone 1’s and saved minis. I transformed MG1655 or MG/pMF19 with the relavent pBACr904*’s. I’m going to do the P1 transduction business on several guys and do all the results together on one O-gel.

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On the neuD/wbbL knockins, I had another colony on the “L” plate (the neuD knockin). I grew that up yesterday. It gen-prepped like an E. coli, and I setup the analytical PCR:

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We’ll see how that looks tomorrow. I did an amplification of the Bustamante P1 stock. It totally cleared my culture of MC600u. So, that’s good. I’ll do the transduction tomorrow and try sending things into MG1655, Bos12, and MC600u. So, I grew up cultures of all that today.

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I also transformed MC600u with pBACr-UG784. I’ll do the first transposon library on that.

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Since the pBACr-MgrPir56 looks pretty good, the mini clearly shows higher copy even though it’s in TG1, so it must be working to some degree. I setup a PCR:

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That will give a plasmid that looks like:

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If I do the closure of the circle with NotI, the site will be destroyed. I can also close it up with BglII partial digestion. I haven’t decided yet which is better. The gameplan is to do this, make sure the thing replicates, then make the EIPCR library directly on it to make the Mg-sensitive replicon (if this guy isn’t already Mg-sensitive).

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The riboregulator stuff is looking really good, so I don’t think we need 4-base anymore. I have the Bca1025 in case we need to revisit it. If I revisit all that, this guy needs sequencing (it was a sloppy subclone) and then can put in pAC-Ser2AGGA to confirm activity. If that works, can revisit the biobricked four-base.<o:p></o:p>

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