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       <a href="#" class="head">Week 2</a>
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<br><b>June xx</b> <br>
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<br><b>June 9</b> <br>
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·      Transformation of pSB1C3-BBa_E0240, pSB1C3-BBa_B0032 and pSB1C3-BBa_K20600<br>
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<br><b>June 10</b> <br>
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·      Found reference promoter J23101 in BBa_I20260 from part registry<br>
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·      Looked for Pcombox gene sequence from the genomic DNA<br>
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<br><b>June xx</b> <br>
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<br><b>June 11</b> <br>
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·      Looked for Pcombox gene sequence from the genomic DNA<br>
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·      Studied the Characteristic, function and mechnism of how promoters work<br>
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<br><b>June 12</b> <br>
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·      Looked for Pcombox gene sequence from the genomic DNA<br>
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<br><b>June xx</b> <br>
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<br><b>June 13</b> <br>
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·      Looked for Pcombox gene sequence from the genomic DNA<br>
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       <a href="#" class="head">Week 3</a>
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<br><b>June 16</b> <br>
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·      Blast the gDNA of NCTC7465 strain with various strain of S. pneumoniae to look for Pcombox gene sequence<br>
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·      Found a possible Pcombox<br>
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<br><b>June 17</b> <br>
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·      Blast the gDNA of NCTC7465 strain with various strain of S. pneumoniae to look for Pcombox gene sequence<br>
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·      Found a possible Pcombox<br>
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·      Searched for other possible Pcombox sequences<br>
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<br><b>June 18</b> <br>
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·      Designed primers for the Pcombox sequences<br>
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·      Received a Pcombox sequence from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute<br>
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<br><b>June 19</b> <br>
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· Digestion of pSB1C3-BBa_E0240 at EcoRI and SpeI<br>
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<br><b>June 20</b> <br>
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· Amended primers of Pcombox sequences<br>
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·      Transformation of BBa_B0015 from iGEM Kit Plate 2011 and BBa_K880005<br>
·      Transformation of BBa_B0015 from iGEM Kit Plate 2011 and BBa_K880005<br>
·      Primer design for PCR of comX-myc and comW-FLAG from genomic DNA of S. Pneumoniae NCTC 7465 strain<br>
·      Primer design for PCR of comX-myc and comW-FLAG from genomic DNA of S. Pneumoniae NCTC 7465 strain<br>
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·      Designed plasmid construct for Pcombox<br>
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·      Inoculation of BBa_B0015<br>
·      Inoculation of BBa_B0015<br>
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·      Designed new reverse primer for 100bp, 150bp, 160bp, 180bp and 249bp Pcombox<br>
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·      Designed forward and reverse oligos of 67bp Pcombox<br>
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·      Transformation of pSB1C3-BBa_I13504<br>
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·      Digestion of BBa_B0015 plasmid extraction product with XbaI and PstI, gel extraction and gel purification<br>
·      Digestion of BBa_B0015 plasmid extraction product with XbaI and PstI, gel extraction and gel purification<br>
·      Inoculation of BBa_K880005<br>
·      Inoculation of BBa_K880005<br>
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·      Inoculation of pSB1C3-BBa_E0240<br>
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·      Digestion of BBa_K880005 plasmid extraction product with SpeI and PstI, gel extraction and gel purification<br>
·      Digestion of BBa_K880005 plasmid extraction product with SpeI and PstI, gel extraction and gel purification<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB1C3-BBa_E0240 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      Ligation of BBa_B0015 insert cut with XbaI and PstI into pSB1C3-K880005 backbone cut with SpeI and PstI as negative control<br>
·      Ligation of BBa_B0015 insert cut with XbaI and PstI into pSB1C3-K880005 backbone cut with SpeI and PstI as negative control<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      Gel purification of pSB1C3-BBa_E0240<br>
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·      Dilution of primers and design of experiment for both comX-myc and comW-FLAG<br>
·      Dilution of primers and design of experiment for both comX-myc and comW-FLAG<br>
·      Inoculation of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015<br>
·      Inoculation of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015<br>
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·      Inoculation of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 and pSB1C3-BBa_E0240<br>
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·      Gel check for comX-myc PCR product (no PCR product present)<br>
·      Gel check for comX-myc PCR product (no PCR product present)<br>
·      Restriction digestion check on some candidate colonies of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015 with XbaI and PstI<br>
·      Restriction digestion check on some candidate colonies of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015 with XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      Received and stored the new common reverse primers for Pcombox and sense oligo and anti-sense oligo of 67bp Pcombox<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB1C30-BBa_E0240 and pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested BBa_E0240 and BBa_J04450<br>
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·   Inoculation of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450<br>
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·      PCR of comX-myc using Vent DNA Polymerase, PCR clean up<br>
·      PCR of comX-myc using Vent DNA Polymerase, PCR clean up<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB1C30-BBa_E0240 and pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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<br> <b> July 5</b> <br>
 
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<br> <b> July 6</b> <br>
 
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·      Gel check for comW-FLAG PCR product, PCR clean up<br>
·      Gel check for comW-FLAG PCR product, PCR clean up<br>
·      Dephosporylation of digested pSB1C3-K880005 backbone cut with SpeI and PstI<br>
·      Dephosporylation of digested pSB1C3-K880005 backbone cut with SpeI and PstI<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested BBa_E0240 and BBa_J04450<br>
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·      Submitted primers for Gibson assembly of pSB3K3-100bpPcombox<br>
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·      Inoculation of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450<br>
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·      2nd attempt of ligation of BBa_B0015 insert cut with XbaI and PstI into dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005 backbone cut with SpeI and PstI as negative control<br>
·      2nd attempt of ligation of BBa_B0015 insert cut with XbaI and PstI into dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005 backbone cut with SpeI and PstI as negative control<br>
·      Transformation of ligation products<br>
·      Transformation of ligation products<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested BBa_J04450<br>
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·      Received pCEPcin from Universite de Toulouse, France<br>
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·      Inoculation of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015 (2nd attempt) and ligated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc<br>
·      Inoculation of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015 (2nd attempt) and ligated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc<br>
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·      Ethanol precipitation of pCEPcin<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested BBa_E0240<br>
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·      Gel check for BBa_E0240 insert and pSB3K3 backbone<br>
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·      PCR of 100bp Pcombox using Phusion polymerase<br>
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·      Inoculation of pCEPcin<br>
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<br> <b> July 10</b> <br>
<br> <b> July 10</b> <br>
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·      Restriction digestion check on some candidate colonies of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015 (2nd attempt) and ligated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc<br>
·      Restriction digestion check on some candidate colonies of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015 (2nd attempt) and ligated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc<br>
·      Gel check and insert wanted present in several candidate colonies of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015 (2nd attempt), but no insert wanted present in any candidate colonies of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc<br>
·      Gel check and insert wanted present in several candidate colonies of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.B0015 (2nd attempt), but no insert wanted present in any candidate colonies of ligated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc<br>
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·      Digestion of pCEPcin at EcoRI and SpeI, Xho and BamHI<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      PCR of 100bp Pcombox using Phusion polymerase<br>
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·   Ethanol precipitation of BBa_E0240 insert<br>
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<br> <b> July 11</b> <br>
<br> <b> July 11</b> <br>
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·      Digestion of comW-FLAG with XbaI and PstI, digestion clean up<br>
·      Digestion of comW-FLAG with XbaI and PstI, digestion clean up<br>
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·      Gel check for the PCR product obtained on July 10<br>
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·      Digestion of pCEPcin at NcoI and XhoI<br>
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·      Ethanol precipitation of pCEPcin<br>
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·      Transformation of ligation products<br>
·      Transformation of ligation products<br>
·      Inoculation of ligated dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc<br>
·      Inoculation of ligated dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc<br>
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·      Digestion of pCEPcin at NcoI and XhoI<br>
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·      PCR of 100bp Pcombox using Phusion polymerase<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested BBa_J04450<br>
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·      Inoculation of pCEPcin<br>
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·      Gel check of pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc PCR product (no PCR product present)<br>
·      Gel check of pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc PCR product (no PCR product present)<br>
·      Inoculation of dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc, dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005.comW-FLAG<br>
·      Inoculation of dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005.comX-myc, dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005.comW-FLAG<br>
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·      Ethanol precipitation of pCEPcin<br>
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·      Gel check of the PCR product obtained on July 14<br>
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·   Digestion of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      PCR of 150bp, 160bp, 180bp, 249bp and 300bp Pcombox using Phusion polymerase<br>
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·      PCR of comW using Vent DNA Polymerase (no PCR product present)<br>
·      PCR of comW using Vent DNA Polymerase (no PCR product present)<br>
·      Digestion of comX on XbaI and PstI<br>
·      Digestion of comX on XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      Gel check of the PCR product obtained on July 15<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested pSB3K3 backbone<br>
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·      Digestion of pCEPcin2 at XhoI and SalI<br>
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·   PCR of 150bp, 160bp, 180bp, 249bp and 300bp Pcombox using Phusion polymerase<br>
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·   Inoculation of pCEPcin2 and pSB3K3-BBa_I20260<br>
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<br> <b> July 17</b> <br>
<br> <b> July 17</b> <br>
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·      Gel extraction and gel purification of comW PCR product<br>
·      Gel extraction and gel purification of comW PCR product<br>
·      Dephosporylation of BBa_K880005<br>
·      Dephosporylation of BBa_K880005<br>
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·      Gel check of the PCR product obtained on July 16, all types of Pcombox shown positive result<br>
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·      Digestion of comX-myc and comW PCR products, digestion clean-up<br>
·      Digestion of comX-myc and comW PCR products, digestion clean-up<br>
·      Gel extraction and gel purification of digested comX and comX-myc<br>
·      Gel extraction and gel purification of digested comX and comX-myc<br>
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·      Digestion of pCEPcin2 (at XhoI and SalI) and pSB3K3-BBa_I20260 (at XbaI and PstI)<br>
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·      Digestion of pCEPcin2 (at BamHI and NcoI)<br>
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·   PCR of 100bp Pcombox using Phusion polymerase<br>
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·      Gel check of the purified Pcombox obtained July 17<br>
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·   Gel check of the 100bp Pcombox (PCR product)<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested pSB3K3 backbone<br>
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·      Ligation of comW into dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005 backbone with 1:4, 1:7, 1:10 ratio<br>
·      Ligation of comW into dephosporylated pSB1C3-K880005 backbone with 1:4, 1:7, 1:10 ratio<br>
·      Colony PCR of pSB1C3-K880005.comW-FLAG using Taq DNA Polymerase<br>
·      Colony PCR of pSB1C3-K880005.comW-FLAG using Taq DNA Polymerase<br>
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·      PCR of 100bp and 150bp Pcombox using Phusion polymerase<br>
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<br> <b> July 22</b> <br>
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·      Colony PCR of comX, comW, comX-myc, comW-FLAG and use BBa_J04450 as the positive control using Taq DNA Polymerase (no PCR product present)<br>
·      Colony PCR of comX, comW, comX-myc, comW-FLAG and use BBa_J04450 as the positive control using Taq DNA Polymerase (no PCR product present)<br>
·      Inoculation of comX, comW, comX-myc, comW-FLAG<br>
·      Inoculation of comX, comW, comX-myc, comW-FLAG<br>
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·      Gel check of the PCR product obtained on July 21<br>
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·      Oligo annealing of 67bp Pcombox<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB3K3-BBa_I20260 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      Digestion check of comX, comW, comX-myc, comW-FLAG colony PCR products on XbaI and SpeI<br>
·      Digestion check of comX, comW, comX-myc, comW-FLAG colony PCR products on XbaI and SpeI<br>
·      Inoculation of comW-FLAG<br>
·      Inoculation of comW-FLAG<br>
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·      Gel check of PCR product obtained on July 22<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested pSB3K3 backbone<br>
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·      PCR of 100bp,150bp and 160bp Pcombox using Phusion polymerase<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested pSB3K3 backbone<br>
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<br> <b> July 24</b> <br>
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·      PCR of comX-myc and comX using Vent DNA Polymerase, gel extraction and gel purification<br>
·      PCR of comX-myc and comX using Vent DNA Polymerase, gel extraction and gel purification<br>
·      Digestion of comX-myc and comX on XbaI and PstI-HF<br>
·      Digestion of comX-myc and comX on XbaI and PstI-HF<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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·      Gel Check of PCR product obtained on July 23<br>
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·      Received pCEPcin2<br>
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<br> <b> July 25</b> <br>
<br> <b> July 25</b> <br>
Wet lab<br>
Wet lab<br>
·      Colony PCR of comX-myc using Taq DNA Polymerase<br>
·      Colony PCR of comX-myc using Taq DNA Polymerase<br>
·      Gel check of comX-myc PCR product (no PCR product present)<br>
·      Gel check of comX-myc PCR product (no PCR product present)<br>
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·      Gel purification of digested pSB3K3 backbone<br>
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·      Digestion of pSB3K3-BBa_J04450 at XbaI and PstI<br>
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Notebook

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