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Team:EPF-Lausanne/Protocols/Competent cells
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CaCl2 Chemical Competence (for E. coli)
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Materials
Protocol
- DAY I: STREAK OUT
- DAY II: O/N CULTURE
(1) Inoculate 2 mL O/N culture from single colony from part I
- DAY III: GROW
(2) Subculture (back-dilute) 1:25-1:50 in 100mL fresh media 2mL culture 100 mL media for 102 mL total is fine
(3) Grow cells to mid-log (OD600=0.3-0.5) Put in shaker at 200 rpm at 37C, Grow for ca. 1.5 hours
(4) Harvest cells by centrifugation, pour off supernatant 4000 rpm for 20 min, or 5000 rpm for 10 min; more time as needed Use two 50 mL Falcon conicle tubes, Fast-cool the centrifuge to 4C
(5) Resuspend cells in COLD (4C), STERILE CaCl2 Put 10 mL CaCl2 in each conicle, for a total of 20 mL Use 100 mM (.1 M) CaCl2 for most cases Use 50 mM (.05 M) CaCl2 for M13 hosts, i.e. TG1 or JM103)
(6) Incubate O/N in the cold room
- DAY IV: FINISH
(7) Pellet cells by centrifugation, pour off supernatant 4000 rpm for 20 min, or 5000 rpm for 10 min; more time as needed Fast-cool the centrifuge to 4C
(8) Resuspend cell pellet in COLD (4C), STERILE CaCl2 Put 2 mL CaCl2 in each conicle, for a total of 4 mL Use 100 mM or 50 mM as needed If using immediately: store on ice for 2-12 hours prior to transformation; after 24 hours, efficiency of transformation drops. If storing: add 0.5 mL COLD (4C), STERILE 50% glycerol to each tube, for 1 mLtotal. Aliquot 100-200µL into eppi. tubes and store at -80C.
