Team:Wageningen UR/project/low copy

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<p> Our team faced several problems in determining the copy number of the different <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Help:Plasmid_backbones/Nomenclature"  class="soft_link">iGEM standard backbones </a> available in the registry. We started by trying pSB1A3, and by our surprise more the obtained concentrations of the Minipreped plasmids was higher than pSB1K3. This was the main reason why we decided to compare the copy number of the different plasmids by growin 10 mL of culture until an Optical Density (OD) of 0.6, minipreped it and determine its optical density, as well as, run the samples in an agarose gel. All these was done in triplicates, except for the high copy number plasmid pSB1K3. </p> <br>
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<p> Our team faced several problems in finding different copy number plasmids in the list of <a href="http://parts.igem.org/Help:Plasmid_backbones/Nomenclature"  class="soft_link">iGEM standard backbones </a> available in the registry. At the beginning we used pS1K3 and pSB6A3, and by our surprise the obtained concentrations were similar in both cases. This was the main reason why we decided to compare the copy number of the different plasmids by growing 10 mL <i>E. coli</i> in LB medium at an Optical Density (OD) of 0.6, minipreping it and determine its optical density, as well as, running the samples in an agarose gel. All these was done in triplicates, except for the high copy number plasmid pSB1K3 that was only preformed twice. </p> <br>
<h2>Results</h2>
<h2>Results</h2>

Revision as of 20:47, 17 October 2014

Wageningen UR iGEM 2014

Looking for low copy number plasmids


Overview and Approach

Our team faced several problems in finding different copy number plasmids in the list of iGEM standard backbones available in the registry. At the beginning we used pS1K3 and pSB6A3, and by our surprise the obtained concentrations were similar in both cases. This was the main reason why we decided to compare the copy number of the different plasmids by growing 10 mL E. coli in LB medium at an Optical Density (OD) of 0.6, minipreping it and determine its optical density, as well as, running the samples in an agarose gel. All these was done in triplicates, except for the high copy number plasmid pSB1K3 that was only preformed twice.


Results

Figure 1. Copy number plasmid of the different plasmids of the iGEM registry. a) Representation of the minipreped concentrations obtained from the different copy number plasmids b) Gel electrophoresis of the different copy number plasmids.