Quantum Prep Plasmid Miniprep
Introduction
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Safety Precausions
SDS (Safety data sheet): Refer to the SDS sheets for all listed materials before entering the lab. Be prepared to answer any questions regarding the information on these sheets.
PPE (Personal protective equipment): Proper lab attire should be worn throughout the experiment: This means that upon entering the lab you should be wearing long pants and close-toed shoes. Contact lenses should not be worn. Furthermore, a lab coat, goggles, and gloves should be worn at all times, and long hair should be tied back.
Materials
- Reagents
- E. coli culture
- Cell Resuspension Solution
- Cell Lysis solution
- Neutralization Solution
- Quantum Prep Matrix
- Wash buffer
- Spin Filters
- Wash tubes
- Collection tubes
- 9H2O or TE Buffer
- Equipment
- Centrifuge
- Vortexer
- Micropipetter
Procedure
- How To
- Trasfer 1-2 mL of the E. coli with RFP to a micro test tube; centrifuge for 30 seconds at room temperature at 12 000 - 14 000 rmp. Remove the supernatant.
- Add 200 µL cell resuspension solution; vortex until cell pellet is completely resuspended.
- Add 250 µL cell lysis solution; mix by inverting 10 times (do not vortex)
- Split the solution into two spin columns, each 275 µL.
- Add 125 µL neutralization solution into each of the two columns. Mix by inverting 10 times (a visible percipitate should form), then centrifuge for 5 minutes at 12 000- 14000 rmp.
- Acompact white debris pellet will form along the side or at the bottom of the tube. The supernatant (clear lysate) will contain the plasmid DNA.
- Insert each spin column into seperate 2 mL wash tube; shake and invert Quantum Prep matrix until completely suspended.
- Transfer supernant into spin column. Add 200µL Quantum Prep matrix ( 100µL into each spin collumn) and mix by pipetting up and down. Centrifuge for 30 seconds at 12 000 -14 000 rpm to pull fluid through the column.
- Remove spin column, discard fitrate and replace column. Add 500 µL wash buffer (250 µL into each spin column) and centrifuge for 30 seconds.
- Remove spin column, discard fitrate and replace column. Add 500 µL wash buffer (250 µL into each spin column) and centrifuge for 2 full minutes to remove all wash buffer.
- Remove spin column to a clean 1.5 mL tube. Add 100 µL H2O or TE buffer (50 µL each) and centrifuge at 12 000- 14 000 rpms for 1 minute.
- Discard the spin filter, label "IGEM- MiniPrepped plasmid-date- and store the eluted DNA at -20 oC.
- Reference
- IGEM 2015
- Bio Rad, Quantum Prep Plasmid Miniprep Kit Instruction Manual; Catalog 732-6100
- Changelong
- 5/16/2016
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