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* 100ml of agarose solution: 1 gram of agarose powder added to 100ml of 1% TBE solution | * 100ml of agarose solution: 1 gram of agarose powder added to 100ml of 1% TBE solution | ||
* Microwaved the agarose, cooled to 50 degrees, added 5ul of ethidium bromide stock solution | * Microwaved the agarose, cooled to 50 degrees, added 5ul of ethidium bromide stock solution | ||
− | * Poured agarose into mould and waited to cool | + | * Poured agarose into mould and waited to cool, then covered with 1% TBE. |
* Put ladder into far well, template into near well | * Put ladder into far well, template into near well | ||
* Electrophoresed for 1 hr - started at 80V, settled at around 130V | * Electrophoresed for 1 hr - started at 80V, settled at around 130V |
Revision as of 12:57, 19 July 2012
We are using primers for plants to test and refine our DNA extraction / PCR technique. First project is to test for peas. Inspiration and primers are in this paper. We are using two methods of extraction. 1st attempt with a chelex protocol, 2nd with alcohol precipitation.
1st go - 17 and 18/7/12
Extraction (From this paper - we also have full text available):
- 'Homogenize' (mush) approx 40 mg pea with a pestle in 300ug of 5% chelex solution for 1 min
- Vortex for 10s then boil for 5 mins, then vortex again for 10s. (Hot plate lost heat in the middle so we boiled for 8 mins)
- Centrifuge for 1 min - recover supernatant and use as template
PCR:
- Prepare sample with 12.5 ul of Taq ready mix, 2 ul of each primer, 3 ul of template, and 5.5 ul of distilled water.
- Denature at 96°C for 5 mins
- 40 cycles of D = 96°C for one minute, A = 58°C for 30 seconds, E = 72°C for one minute.
- Put paraffin on top after 5 mins (should have been before start)
Electrophoresis:
- 100ml of agarose solution: 1 gram of agarose powder added to 100ml of 1% TBE solution
- Microwaved the agarose, cooled to 50 degrees, added 5ul of ethidium bromide stock solution
- Poured agarose into mould and waited to cool, then covered with 1% TBE.
- Put ladder into far well, template into near well
- Electrophoresed for 1 hr - started at 80V, settled at around 130V
- Visualised under UV light through orange filter - did not see any bands from the template, but ladder was visible, indicating PCR failed.
2nd go
- Blend peas with salt and detergent according to this protocol. Sieve.
- Incubate for 15 mins at 60°C (optional step that we didn't take)
- Centrifuge - recover supernatant
- Add proteinease K (100 ul of 1mg / ml solution to 300 ul of pea template) - incubate for 1 hr at 50C (action of proteinase k) then 94 C for 10 mins (inactivation of proteinase K)
- Precipitation to follow