Monday, November 10, 2003 Description Introduction of plasmid into Agrobacterium Procedure Grow 10 ml ON culture at 28C in LB (+25mg/ml gentamycin for GV3101, + 34mg/ml rifampicin for LBA4404) 3. Dilute about 1:100 into 10mL of LB (with ap...
Monday, November 10, 2003 Description Agrobacterium plasmid DNA miniprep Procedure 1. Inoculate a single colony into 2 ml of LB or YMB containing appropriate antibiotics. *Set up 3 or 4 cultures and combine the cells. 2. Incubate shaking a...
Friday, November 07, 2003 Description Brief version for those who are familiar with the method Procedure 1.Grow healthy Arabidopsis plants until they are flowering. Grow under long days in pots in soil covered with bridal veil, window scre...
Friday, October 24, 2003 Description We all have to shuffle plasmids/constructs in and out of various E. coli strains for amplification and other purposes. This is a simple five (5) minute protocol for the transformation of E. coli cells....
Wednesday, October 22, 2003 Description Biotinylation of Antibodies in Phage Display Procedure 1. Pipette 10 to 50 g of IgG antibody (see Hint #2) into a siliconized microcentrifuge tube (see Hint #3). 2. Add 4.4 l of 1 M NaHCO3 to the IgG...
Description Phage display is a convenient method to select polypeptides that bind to a molecule of interest. The following method is designed to reduce or eliminate the isolation of "background" phage (peptide-displaying phage that bind th...
Description This protocol describes the preparation of electroporation-competent bacteria and their transfection with recombinant bacteriophage DNA. Preparation of a high quality phage display library depends upon a high efficiency of gene...
Tuesday, October 21, 2003 Description Two main binding assays can be used to confirm the specific binding of a target receptor (ligate) to phage-borne ligands: the phage capture assay and an ELISA-based procedure described in this protocol...
Tuesday, October 21, 2003 Description This technique is an alternative to labeling by nick translation. It is less fussy and generally gives considerably hotter probes. It has the additional advantage of working with even quite dirty DNA pr...
Description Baculovirus Transfection Using Calcium Chloride Procedure 1. Seed 2 million Sf9 cells into a 25 cm2 T-flask and allow cells to attach for at least 1 hr. 2. Mix 1 ìg of the insect baculovirus vector AcMNPV linear viral DNA and...