Workflow

1. Miniprep/Nanodrop
2. Digest
3. Gel
4. Ligation
5. Transformation, Plate
6. Colony PCR (Screening)
7. Gel
8. Inoculate correct colony to a liquid culture.

Materials:

Miniprep: grown culture, microcentrifuge, 2 1.5mL microcentrifuge tubes, mini column and collection tube, Solution I, Solution II, Solution III, HBC Wash Buffer, DNA Wash Buffer, Elution Buffer, micropipette and tips
Nanodrop: nanodrop machine, miniprepped DNA, Kimtech wipes, micropipette and tips
Digest: miniprepped DNA, dH₂O, 10X RE-Mix, standard restriction enzyme, micropipettes and tips
Gel: agarose gel (make one if necessary), 1X TAE Buffer, power supply, chamber and electrodes, ladder, micropipette and tips, DNA
Ligation: vector, parts 1 and 2, ligase buffer, ligase, Antarctic phosphatase, microcentrifuge tube, ice, micropipette and tips
Transformation: ice, ligation mixture, competent cells, incubator, LB media, microcentrifuge tubes, micropipette and tips Plate: agar plate, micropipette and tips, beads
Colony PCR: dH₂O, buffer, VF₂, VR, Q5 polymerase, dNTP, DNA dilution, micropipette and tips, PCR tubes, thermocycler, ice
Gel: agarose gel (make one if necessary), 1X TAE Buffer, power supply, chamber and electrodes, ladder, micropipette and tips, DNA
Inoculate: LB media, dilution, micropipette and tips