On-Line Laboratory Manual 7th ed.


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Lab Manual In Single PDF File (152 pages)


Table of Contents

About Genetic Engineering

Laboratory Resources

Digestion of DNA with Restriction Endonucleases

Agarose Gel Electrophoresis

Restriction Mapping

Experiment 1: Analysis of Plasmid DNA by Restriction Digestion and Agarose Gel Electrophoresis

Experiment 2: Effect of Agarose Concentration on Migration of DNA Fragments

The First Lab Report

Experiment 3: Insertion of a Gene for Antibiotic Resistance from Bacillus subtilis into an Escherichia coli Plasmid

Experiment 4: Transformation of Escherichia coli With a Chimeric Plasmid

Experiment 5: Screening of Transformants for Chimeric Plasmids

Experiment 6: Large -Scale Purification of plasmids pRIT4501 and pRIT4502 by Cesium Chloride Density Gradient Centrifugation

Experiment 7: Large -Scale Purification of plasmids pRIT4501 and pRIT4502 by Qiagen Ion Exchange Column Chromatography

Experiment 8: Verification of Purified Plasmids

Experiment 9: Construction of a Restriction Map of Plasmids pRIT4501 and pRIT4502

The Second Lab Report

Experiment 10: Transformation of Plasmids pRIT4501 and pRIT4502 into Bacillus Subtilis

Experiment 11: Heterologous Gene Expression in Escherichia coli and Bacillus subtilis

The Third Lab Report

Experiment 12: Southern Blot Analysis of Plasmids pRIT4501 and pRIT4502

The Fourth Lab Report

Appendix I - VII

Appendix I: Index of Reagent Formulas
Appendix II: Shorthand DNA Structure
Appendix III: Conversion Factors
Appendix IV: Buffer Dilutions
Appendix V: Bacillus subtilis Plasmid Prep by Qiagen Maxi Kit
Appendix VI: Effect of BAP Treatment on Transformation Frequencies
Appendix VII: Bacteriophage Lambda

Appendix VIII: Cloning Methodology