Protocols and Recipes

Below are protocols and recipes currently used in Blattner lab.

Microarray

*E.coli Total RNA Labeling for High Density Oligonucleotide Array PDF
Labeling E. coli total RNA for high density oligonuceotide array like Affymetrix E. coli antisense genome array. [updated/corrected 05/30/2007]

*E.coli Total RNA Isolation PDF
Stablize E.coli RNA with Qiagen Bacteria RNA Protect Reagent and isolate total RNA with Epicentre MasterPure RNA Purification Kit. [updated 07/31/2003]

*E.coli Total RNA Labeling for Spotted Microarray PDF
Label E.coli Total RNA with CyDye-dUTP directly using Invitrogen Superscript II reverse transcriptase. Updated 05/30/2007. [updated/corrected 05/30/2007]

* E.coli Genomic DNA Labeling PDF
Label fragmented E.coli genomic DNA with CyDye-dUTP directly using Klenow Fragment. [updated 02/10/2002]

* Spotted array Hybridization PDF
Hybridize CyDye-dUTP labeled probes to E.coli microarray printed on poly-lysine coated slide (provided by GEC) using Sigma ArrayHyb Buffer. [updated 02/10/2002]

Mutagenesis

* Tn5 Mutagenesis PDF
Mutate E.coli K12 genes with Tn5 Transposon. [updated 05/11/2002]

Media

These are our protocols for preparing Neidhardt's MOPS-based defined media. These media are used for the global transcription analyses, and are now available commercially from TekNova Inc.
* EZ Rich Defined Medium PDF
* MOPS Minimal Medium PDF

 


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