How To Make A MEGA-plate
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Overview
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The goal is hoe to build a MEGA-plate.
Materials
For a plate of 60cm on 80cm:
- Polycarbonate sheet 60cm X 80cm
- Plexiglas sheet 30cm X 60cm
- Dichloromethane
- Syringe
- Needle
- 9 X 2L Erlenmeyer flask
Procedure
- In a PCR tube, mix the components on ice in the order they are listed above.
- Perform thermocycling program
- 95 °C 5 min
- 95 °C 30 s
- TH 30 s
- 72 °C 1 min for each 1 kb PCR product
- Repeat steps 2-4 a total of 12-36 times (24 is standard).
- 72 °C 5 min
- 12 °C hold
Notes
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References
Relevant papers and books
- Goldbeter, A and Koshland, DE (1981) - Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 78(11) 6840-4 PMID 6947258
- Jacob, F and Monod, J J (1961) - Mol Biol 3(3) 318-56 PMID 13718526
- Ptashne, M (2004) Genetic Switch: Phage Lambda Revisited - Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press ISBN 0879697164
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