Plasmids 101: Restriction Cloning
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...well, so let’s go over the details step-by-step.
1. Digestion
Set up restriction digests for your insert...recipient plasmid : insert ratio” of approximately 1:3. Since the number of base pairs for each varies,...cells.
For most standard cloning, you can transform 1-2μl of your ligation reaction into competent cells...at minimum, two transformations after a ligation:
1. Control Transformation containing the ligation mixture...result in few colonies on both plates (unsuccessful 1), in a vector alone plate with many more colonies ... (post or pre run in the table above, respectively). Some of the above stains require you to visualize...equivalent to backbone + insert, unsuccessful 2 and 3 above), you can try ligating the recipient plasmid alone...