7.003 | Spring 2022 | Undergraduate

Applied Molecular Biology Lab

Experiment 3: Identifying the α-Factor Resistant Mutants by Plasmid Recovery

Lab Day 7

  • Part 3.1: Yeast transformation of the pRSQ2 recovery plasmid

Lab Day 8

  • Part 3.2: Genomic DNA prep from pRSQ2 transformants

Lab Day 9

  • Part 3.3: Complete genomic DNA prep from pRSQ2 transformants
  • Part 3.4: Restriction enzyme digest of the genomic DNA
  • Part 3.5: Pour agarose gel

Lab Day 10

  • Part 3.6: Gel analysis of digested genomic DNA
  • Part 3.7: Ligation of the genomic DNA digest

Lab Day 11

  • Part 3.8: Purification of ligation reactions
  • Part 3.9: Preparation of inverse PCR reactions
  • Part 3.10: Pour agarose gel

Lab Day 12

  • Part 3.11: Gel analysis of inverse PCR products
  • Part 3.12: Purification of inverse PCR products
  • Part 3.13: Send out inverse PCR products for sequencing

Lab Day 13

  • Part 3.14: BLAST analysis of inverse PCR sequencing results
  • Part 3.15: Re- streaking the mutant strains

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