The bacterial artificial chromosome (RAC ) is a synthetic vector based on the E. coli fertility factor (F). This experiment is based on the "Guide to Molecular Cloning Experiments, Third Edition", translated by Huang Peitang et al.
Operation method
Application of bacterial artificial chromosomes
Principle
The bacterial artificial chromosome (RAC ) is a synthetic vector based on the E. coli fertility factor (F).
Materials and Instruments
Restriction endonuclease Escherichia coli culture Electrotransformed receptorized E. coli cells Move I. Materials For more product details, please visit Aladdin Scientific website.
LB cryobuffer
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis apparatus LB agar plates LB medium Electroporation apparatus
1. Buffers and solutions
LB cryobuffer
2. Enzymes and buffers
Restriction endonucleases
3. gels
Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis apparatus
4. Culture medium
LB agar plates containing 12.5 μg/ml chloramphenicol
LB medium with 12.5 μg/ml chloramphenicol
5. Specialized equipment
Electroporator
6. Vectors and strains
BAC DNA or BAC isolate transformed E. coli cultures
Frozen electro-transformed susceptible E. coli cells
II. Methods
1. Prepare fresh BAC transformants.
(1) If the BAC is supplied as DNA
(1) Introduce BAC DNA into E. coli (DH10B strain) by electroporation.
② Take 2.5, 25 and 250 μl of the bacterial solution from each batch of electroporation and spread it on LB agar plates containing 12.5 μg/ml chloramphenicol. incubate the plates at 37℃ for 16~24 h.
(2) If BAC is provided in the form of transformed bacterial liquid
① Immediately streak on LB agar plate containing 12.5 μg/ml chloramphenicol.
① Immediately streak on LB agar plates containing 12.5 μg/ml of chloramphenicol.
2. 12 transformed colonies were selected and added into 5 ml of LB medium containing 12.5 μg/ml chloramphenicol respectively, and shaken vigorously at 37℃ overnight.
3. Take 1 bacterial ring from each 12 tubes of 5 ml culture solution and inoculate them into LB freezing medium. After bacterial growth, transfer to -20℃ for freezing and storage.
4. Take 4.5 ml of each 5 ml of culture solution from step 2 and purify BAC DNA.
5. Analyze the BAC DNA.
(1) Identify the target region of BAC containing the chromosome by PCR or by hybridization with SouAem.
(2) Detect the size of the insert fragment by restriction enzyme digestion and PFGE.
6. Based on the results, select one or more BACs for further analysis.
