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== '''Assembly Issues''' ==
== '''Assembly Issues''' ==
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* What is the list of DNA parts that we will need for the first stage, second stage, entire project?<br>
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[[The What's and How's]]
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*<u>ERIN and SABRIYA</u> Which DNA parts exist in the registry?[[Answer1]][[More Parts]]<br>
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* <u>ERIN and SABRIYA</u>Which DNA parts will have to be designed?  Will they be synthesized or produced by PCR? <br>
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[[loxP sites]] [[Hin/Hix]] [[CRE gene]] [[Degradation Tags]]
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* Which plasmids will be used from the registry? <br>
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* Where would biobricks be located?<br>
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* <u>MALCOLM</u> What is the protocol for assembly for the first stage (restriction digestions, ligations, transformations)? <br>
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# [[http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/reagents.html Common molecular reagents]]
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# [[http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/magnesium.html PCR and Mg<sup>2+</sup> concentration]]
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# [[http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/pourgel.html Pouring an agarose gel]]
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# [[http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/molwt.html Calculate MWs]]
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# [[http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/digestion.html Digest DNA with restriction enzymes]]
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# [[http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/gels2002/1kbladder.pdf 1kb MW markers]]
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# Shrimp alkaline phosphatase URL to come
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# Ligation URL to come
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# [[http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/Promegacompcells.pdf Transformation]] [[http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/Molbio/Protocols/transformation.html Short version]]
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# Promega miniprep URL to come
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=='''Current Course of Action'''==  
=='''Current Course of Action'''==  

Revision as of 19:52, 6 June 2006

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Malcolm, Laurie, Sabriya, Erin, Lance.


Contents

Students

• Sabriya Rosemond [1] is a rising junior biology major at Hampton University in VA.

• Erin Zwack [2] is a rising junior biology major at Davidson College in NC.

• Lance Harden [3] is a rising sophomore at Davidson College, who might major in math.


Faculty

• A. Malcolm Campbell [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/campbell Department of Biology], [4]

• Laurie J. Heyer [http://www.davidson.edu/math/heyer/ Department of Mathematics], [5]

Papers of Interest

• [http://www.bio.davidson.edu/courses/synthetic/papers/Sanders_04.pdf Stepwise Dissection of the Hin-catalyzed Recombination Reaction from Synapsis to Resolution. Erin R. Sanders and Reid C. Johnson]

• [http://www.molcells.org/home/journal/article_read.asp?volume=16&number=3&startpage=377 The Effects of Ethidium Bromide and Mg++ Ion on Strand Exchange in the Hin-mediated Inversion Reaction. Hee Jung Lee et al.] Excellent description of Hin recombination mechanism.

• [http://www.jbc.org/cgi/reprint/267/16/11183 The Effects of Symmetrical Recombination Site hixC on Hin Recombinase Function. Heon Man Lim et al.]

• [http://www.pubmedcentral.gov/articlerender.fcgi?tool=pubmed&pubmedid=3457367 The role of the loxP spacer region in P1 site-specific recombination. Ronald H.Hoess et al.]

• [http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/7/73 A high-throughput screen identifying sequence and promiscuity characteristics of the loxP spacer region in Cre-mediated recombination. Perseus I Missirlis et al.]

• [http://nar.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/full/30/13/2764 Non-contact positions impose site selectivity on Cre recombinase. Andreas W. Rufer and Brian Sauer]

• [http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=103771 Growth Phase-Dependent Variation in Protein Composition of the Escherichia coli Nucleoid]

• [http://www.jbc.org/cgi/content/full/272/29/18434 Hin-mediated Inversion on Positively Supercoiled DNA]

• [http://jb.asm.org/cgi/content/full/185/3/1097 Plasmid DNA Supercoiling and Gyrase Activity in Escherichia coli Wild-Type and rpoS Stationary-Phase Cells]


Project Description



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Parts Created

Davidson Parts

Questions

General Questions

Math Questions

Biology Questions

Assembly Issues

The What's and How's

Current Course of Action

Plasmids

  • pSB1A3
      • amp resistant
      • copy number:100-300
      • size:2157 empty
  • pSB1AC3
      • part-BBAp1000
      • copy number:100-3000
      • amp and CmR resistant
      • contains device that provides CmR
      • size:3844 ( with device) 3005 (without device)
  • pSB1AK3
      • part BBa_|13535
      • copy number:100-300
      • amp and kan resistance
      • contains a device for screening test
      • size: 3457 (with device) 3189 (without device)
  • Transform bacteria We are using Salmonella typhimurium for the Hin protein as it was the referenced species in all of the literature.
  • Create RE biobrick (completed)
  • Isolating genomic DNA from Salmonella typhimurium
  • Ordered olioges for recombinational enhancer and primers for the hin gene

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