Endy:Colony PCR protocol

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<html><h2>Solutions/reagents:</h2><ul type="circle"><li>Thermo polymerase buffer</li><li>dNTPS</li><li>Forward primer</li><li>Reverse primer</li><li>Taq or Vent Polymerase</li><li>Template suspension</li><li>H2O</li></ul><h2>Equipment:</h2><ul type="circle"><li>Thermocycler</li><li>Reaction tubes</li></ul><h2>Steps:</h2><ol><li>Use a sterile toothpick or pipet tip to resuspend a plated colony in 50 ?l sterile water. </li><li>Store the colony resuspension at 4°C so you can start cultures if necessary (should be OK for a couple days, if you need it to last longer you should use an Index plate. </li><li>Reaction mix Set up a reaction in reaction tube (1) as follows on ice: <table border cellpadding=5 rules=all frame=void bordercolor=#357EC7><thead><tr><td> </td><td>Initial concentration</td><td>Final concentration</td><td>Final volume per 10 µl reaction</td></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Thermo polymerase buffer</td><td>10X</td><td>1X</td><td>1 µl</td></tr></body><tbody><tr><td>dNTPS</td><td>10X</td><td>1X</td><td>1 µl</td></tr></body><tbody><tr><td>Forward primer</td><td>40 µM</td><td>0.6 µM</td><td>0.15 µl</td></tr></body><tbody><tr><td>Reverse primer</td><td>40 µM</td><td>0.6 µM</td><td>0.15 µl</td></tr></body><tbody><tr><td>Taq or Vent Polymerase</td><td>--</td><td>--</td><td>0.1 µl</td></tr></body><tbody><tr><td>Template suspension</td><td>--</td><td>--</td><td>6.6 µl</td></tr></body><tbody><tr><td>H2O</td><td>--</td><td>--</td><td>1 µl</td></tr></body></table></li><li>PCR protocol Program a standard thermocycler to run the reaction using the following parameters: Initial denaturation <ul><li>Denature: 95°C, 6 mins</li></ul>Thermocycling <ul><li>No. of cycles: 35</li><li>Denature: 95°C, 30 secs</li> <li> Anneal: 53°C, 30 secs</li> <li>Elongate: 72°C, 60 secs</li></ul>Termination<ul><li>Elongate: 72°C, 10 mins</li><li>Hold: 4°C, until removed from machine </li></ul>For long amplicons, elongation time = 1 minute + 2.5 s per 100bp. For shorter amplicons, under ~1kb, this can be shortened judiciously. </li></ol>TOTAL TIME REQUIRED FOR THE COMPLETION OF THE PROTOCOL :~ 1 hr, 28 mins</html>

Endy:Colony PCR protocol

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