Multiporator / Electroporator 2510
Transformation Protocol
Protocol No. 4308 915.513 04/2002
Microorganism
Escherichia coli DH10B
Cell type
Bacteria, gram negative
Molecules injected
Plasmid DNA (pUC 19)
Growth medium
LB medium
Washing solution
Sterile, ice-cold water; (10% glycerol)
Electroporation solution
Sterile, ice-cold water; (10% glycerol)
Outgrowth medium
SOC medium (without antibiotics)
Cuvette
1 mm gap width
Reference
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Adapted from: High Efficiency Transformation by Electroporation
Short Protocols in Molecular Biology
Second Edition Green Publishing Association and John Wiley
& Sons, New York 1-22 1-23
Making electrocompetent cells:
1.
Inoculate 500 ml LB medium with 2.5 ml of a fresh overnight
culture of E. coli DH10B. Grow at 37 C with shaking to an O.D.
600
of 0.5 to 0.6.
2.
Chill cells on ice for 15 minutes and transfer to a
prechilled centrifuge bottle. Harvest by centrifugation (20 minutes,
5,000 x g, 2-4 C). Resuspend pellet in 5 ml ice-cold water. Keep
the cells cold during the entire procedure.
3.
Wash twice with the original culture volume of ice-cold
water. Centrifuge as above. Resuspend pellet by swirling in
remaining liquid.
4a.
If using the cells immediately, place suspension in
a prechilled tube and centrifuge (10 minutes, 5,000 x g, 2-4 C).
Resuspend the cells in ice-cold water to a final concentration of
approximately 2 x 10
11 cells/ml. Aliquote 40-300 l
cells into prechilled centrifuge tubes.
4b.
If freezing the cells for later use, add 40 ml of ice-cold
10% glycerol, mix and centrifuge for 10 minutes, at 5,000 x g and
2-4 C. Resuspend the cells in ice-cold 10% glycerol to a final
concentration of approximately, 2 x 10
11 cells/ml. Aliquote
40-300 l cells into prechilled centrifuge tubes. quick freeze
on dry ice and store at 80 C.
Electroporation of cells:
- Add 1 l DNA (10 pg in water) to tubes containing 40 l
electrocompetent cells. Homogenize by gently mixing with
pipette several times.
- Transfer mixture to a prechilled cuvette. Wipe moisture from the cuvette
and insert the cuvette into the device.
- Electroporation:
Mode
Prokaryotes O
Voltage (V)
1,660 V
Time constant (T)
5 ms
- Immediately add 1 ml SOC medium and transfer to a sterile culture
tube with a pasteur pipette. Incubate 30-
60 minutes with moderate shaking at 37 C.
- Plate on LB plates containing the appropriate selection chemical.
Expected Results:
Transformation efficiency up to 4 x 10
9 transformants/g
of DNA.
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