Wednesday, June 18, 2008

Molecular Biology Reagents

Luria Broth LB

(prepare with dd H2O, sterlilized by autoclaving)

1% w/v bacto-tryptone

0.5% w/v yeast extract

1% w/v NaCl

pH adjusted to 7.0 using NaOH 0,6 N

Solution 1 ( Cell Resuspension Solution)

50 mM Glucose (4.5 mL; stock 20%)

25 mM Tris pH 8 (2.5 mL; stock 1 M)

10 mM EDTA (10 mL; stock 0.1 M)

Solution 2 ( Cell Lysis Solution, Fresh)

2 M NaOH 1 mL

10 % SDS 1 mL

Dd H2O 8 mL

Solution 3 ( Neutralisation Solution)

5 M potassium acetate 60 mL

Glacial cetic acid 11.5 mL

H2O 28.5 mL

2X TSS (Competent cells media, TSS methods)

TSS=LB + 10% PEG + 5% DMSO + 20-50 mM MgCl2

pH=6.5

Glycerol-CaCl2 Solution (competent cells media, CaCl2 methods)

22.5 mL 0.4 M CaCl2

28.1 mL 80% Glycerol

99.4 mL H2O

TAE 50X/L

242 g Tris Base

57.1 mL Glacial acetic acid

100 mL 0.5 M EDTA pH 8

TBE 5X/L

54 g Tris Base

27.5 g Boric Acid

20 mL 0.5 M EDTA pH 8

EtBr

Stock Solution 10 mg/mL ( 1 tablet / 1 mL H2O)

Working Solution 0.5 ug/mL (250 mL H2O)

Double Detergent Lysis Bufer (100 mL)

50 mM Tris-HCl pH 8

150 mM NaCl

0.1% SDS

1% IGEPAL

SDS-PAGE Gel

12% resolving gel (1 gel)

3.4 mL H2O

2.5 mL 1.5M Tris-HCl pH 8.

50 uL SDS 20%

4 mL Acrylamida/bis

50 uL APS 10%

5 uL TEMED

12% stacking gel (2 gel)

3.075 mL H2O

1.25 mL Tris-HCl pH 6.8

25 uL SDS 20%

0.67 mL Acrylamida/bis

25 uL APS 10%

5 uL TEMED

8% Resolving gel (2 gel)

9.3 mL H2O

5.0 mL Tris-HCl pH 8.8

0.1 mL SDS 20%

5.3 mL Acrylamida/bis

0.2 mL APS 10%

0.012 mL TEMED

8% Stacking gel = 12% Stacking gel

Low Toxicity Staining Solution

0.25 g coomassie blue R250

100 mL ethanol

100 mL water

Stir 1 hour

+ 25 mL Acetic Acid

+water until 250 mL

Stored at room temperature (Alumunium foiled bottle)

Destaining Solution

400 mL ethanol

100 mL acetic acid

500 mL water

Stored at room temperature