Christopher Jackson: E Coli Competent cells

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E Coli Competent cells

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|+ '''''E. coli'' Chemically Competent Cells'''
|valign="top"|1. Streak fresh E. coli strain onto LB plate and incubate overnight at 37°C
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|valign="top"|2. Inoculate a CFU into 10mL LB and incubate overnight at 37°C
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|valign="top"|3. Subculture 2mL of overnight culture into 200mL LB flask (1:100 dilution) and incubate at 37°C until OD600 of final culture is between 0.45 and 0.5 (approximately 3h)
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|valign="top"|4. Chill flask by immersion in ice bucket
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|align="center"|'''''Note:''''' Perform all following steps on ice, do not allow cells to warm above 4°C
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|valign="top"|5. Spin cells down 2500g at 4°C for 10 minutes
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|valign="top"|6. Gently resuspend (by pipetting) cell pellet in 40mL ice-cold 0.1M MgCl2
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|valign="top"|7. Spin cells down 2500g at 4°C for 10 minutes
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|valign="top"|8. Gently resuspend (by pipetting) cell pellet in 40mL ice-cold 0.1M CaCl2
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|valign="top"|9. Incubate on ice for 30m
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|valign="top"|10. Spin cells down 2500g at 4°C for 10 minutes
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|valign="top"|11. Gently resuspend cell pellet in 10mL of 15% glycerol/0.1M CaCl2. Incubate on ice 2h
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|valign="top"|12. Pre-chill eppendorf tubes to -80°C in dry ice/ethanol bath.
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|valign="top"|13. Aliquot 220μL competent cells into each eppendorf tube while in dry ice/EtOH bath. Store at -80°C.
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