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#Mutagenesis PCR for ATF1 | #Mutagenesis PCR for ATF1 | ||
#Transform plasmids isolated from Top10 cells into BL21 competent cells (and make our own BL21 competent cells) | #Transform plasmids isolated from Top10 cells into BL21 competent cells (and make our own BL21 competent cells) | ||
#If we get methyl benzoate or methyl salicylate, try to determine the concentration necessary to detect a scent. | #If we get methyl benzoate or methyl salicylate, try to determine the concentration necessary to detect a scent. **We'll do this on Monday!** | ||
==Wiki Development== | ==Wiki Development== | ||
Currently building a new page that is topical instead of linear, [[../../Index]] | Currently building a new page that is topical instead of linear, [[../../Index]] | ||
Revision as of 11:00, 16 June 2006
Progress from Previous Day
- Looking over all sequences, BAMT and BSMT were all fine- will use A colonies for PCR
- SAMT with reverse primer had sequencing issues on all colonies, with poor match and a shorter number of bases
Indole
- Here is a paper complete with GenBank Accession Nos. for the gene (in e. coli) that we would need to mutate in order to inhibit its indole-producing trait!!!!!: http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=523188
- e. coli Tna operon: GenBank #: AY746464
- e. coli TnaA genes: GenBank #: AY746494
- Indole is another putative extracellular signal which is involved in biofilm formation in E. coli and is prevalent in the stationary phase. Indole is formed from tryptophan by tryptophanase (TnaA)
- Here is a paper about indigo biosynthesis if we are still interested: http://www.nature.com/nbt/journal/v11/n3/pdf/nbt0393-381.pdf
On order
Salicylic acid had been ordered, should be here any time now. Methyl salicylate and methyl benzoate have been ordered and should be here on Monday. Indole has been ordered, not sure when it is expected.
Toxicity
- Wanted to see how much SA or BA it takes to kill the E. coli. To each of 12 tubes, we added 5mL LB, 10μL, and SA or BA as specified in the table below; then we incubated the tubes @ 37 deg. C [we'll take OD600 readings at the end of the day / tomorrow morning]:
| Concentration | volume of 1M benzoic acid (BA) added | volume of 1M salicylic acid (SA) added |
|---|---|---|
| 0μg/mL [control] | none | none |
| 5μg/mL | .2μL | .15μL |
| 10μg/mL | .41μL | .31μL |
| 100μg/mL | 4.1μL | 3.1μL |
| 500μg/mL | 20μL | 15μL |
| 5000μg/mL | 205μL | 155μL |
Todo
- PCR biobricks [SAMT, BAMT, BSMT...the sequences from the plasmids that were transformed into Top10 cells came out OK]
- Mutagenesis PCR for ATF1
- Transform plasmids isolated from Top10 cells into BL21 competent cells (and make our own BL21 competent cells)
- If we get methyl benzoate or methyl salicylate, try to determine the concentration necessary to detect a scent. **We'll do this on Monday!**
Wiki Development
Currently building a new page that is topical instead of linear, [[../../Index]]
