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Kits for Purification of Plasmid-DNA and DNA fragments

DNA was extracted in small or medium scale using the Promega or Qiagen DNA preparation kits. For all DNA extractions before digestions/transformations, Promega Kits were applied. Only when performing sequencing, Qiagen kits were preferred.

NameProduct DescriptionCompany

PureYield™ Plasmid Miniprep System

small scale plasmid purification from E. coli Top10 cells before digestion or transformation into different E. coli strains Promega

QIAprep Spin MiniPrep Kit (50)

small scale plasmid purification from E. coli Top10 cells before sequencing Qiagen

PureYield™ Plasmid Midiprep System

medium scale plasmid purification from E. coli Top10 cells before digestion or transformation into different E. coli strains Promega

QIAquick Nucleotide Removal Kit

direct purification of DNA after restriction digestsQiagen

QIAquick Gel Extraction Kit (50)

Purification of DNA fragements from agarose gelQiagen

LB growth media - components an recipe

LB media was prepared from 10 g/l tryptone, 5 g/l yeast extract and 5 g/l NaCl and autoclaved before usage. For preparing LB agar plates, 1.5 g of agar were added to the media. The media was furthermore substituted with 100 ug/ml ampicillin (for LB-amp) or 35 ug/ul chloramphenicol (for LB-cm).

NameUsageCompany

Trypton

LB media BD

Yeast Extract

LB media BD

NaCl

LB media Sigma

Agar

preparing agar plates Sigma

Ampicillin

usage: 100 ug/ml, selection of plasmid containing an amp resistance gene Sigma

Chloramphenicol

usage: 35 ug/ml, selection of plasmid containing an Cm resistance gene Sigma

petri dish (10 cm)

preparing agar plates Sigma

X-Gal

dissolve in DMSO at 20 mg/ml. final concentration for blue-white screening: 100 ug/ml and for X-Gal assays in liquid LB culture: 200 ug/mlSigma


E. coli Strains

E. coli Top10 were used for amplification of plasmid DNA and subsequent DNA substraction. Bl21(DE3) were used in all measurments/assays performed.

StrainGenotype

Top10

F- mcrA Δ(mrr-hsdRMS-mcrBC) φ80lacZΔM15 ΔlacX74 nupG recA1 araD139 Δ(ara-leu)7697 galE15 galK16 rpsL(StrR) endA1 λ-

Bl21(DE3)

F– ompT gal dcm lon hsdSB(rB- mB-) λ(DE3 [lacI lacUV5-T7 gene 1 ind1 sam7 nin5])

Enzymes

NameProduct DescriptionCompany

EcoRI

restriction enzyme, recognition sequence: GAATTC Promega or NEB

SpeI

restriction enzyme, recognition sequence: ACTAGT Promega or NEB

XbaI

restriction enzyme, recognition sequence: TCTAGAPromega or NEB

PstI

restriction enyzme, recognition sequence: CTGCAGPromega or NEB

T4 DNA ligase

Ligation of DNA fragmentsPromega or Fermentas

2x PCR MasterMix

Standard Taq PCR master mix for robust amplification of DNA-Fragments by PCR; used for colony-PCR screensFermentas

Oligonucleotides

Oligos were annealed and subsequently cloned into EcoRI/XbaI predigested reporter backbones. Thereby short synthetic DNA-sequences (in this case for the promoters psulA, precA and precB) can be generated in a fast and easy manner.

Oligo NameOligo Sequencesequence length
psulA_fw5'-aattcgcggccgcttctagagGGGTTGATCTTTGTTGT CACTGGATGTACTGTACATCCATACAGTAACTCACc-3'74
psulA_rev5'-ctaggGTGAGTTACTGTATGGATGTACAGTACATCCAG TGACAACAAAGATCAACCCctctagaagcggccgcg-3'74
precB_fw5'aattcgcggccgcttctagagCCTGAAGGCTGGAAAGTGTGGGAGA ACGTCAGCGCGTTGCAGCAAACAATGCCCCTGATGAGTGAAAAGAc-3'92
precB_rev5'-ctaggTCTTTTCACTCATCAGGGGCATTGTTTGCTGCAACGCGCTG ACGTTCTCCCACACTTTCCAGCCTTCAGGctctagaagcggccgcg-3'92
precC_fw5'-aattcgcggccgcttctagagTTCACCCGGGGGCAGAGAAGGC GAGATGACCCGCCTGCATTGCCCGAATCGTCAGTAGTCAGGAGCCGCTc-3'92
precC_rev5'-ctaggAGCGGCTCCTGACTACTGACGATTCGGGCAATGCAGGCG GGTCATCTCGCCTTCTCTGCCCCCGGGTGAActctagaagcggccgcg-3'92

gel electrophoresis

For gel electrophoresis we used 1 % agarose dissolved in 1x TAE buffer. Gels were run at 110 V for 25-60 min.

NameUsageCompany

Agarose

to be dissolved to 1 % in 1x TAE buffer Sigma

TAE buffer

Tris-Acetate-EDTA buffer for gel electrophoresis Sigma

Blue/Orange loading dye, 6x

dissolve to 1x in DNA samples before loading onto agarose gel Promega

1kb DNA ladder

1kb DNA ladder Promega

GeneRuler DNA ladder Mix

DNA ladder mix, 100 bp - 10 kb Fermentas

Measurements

The following materials and devices were used for our measurements and assays (DNA concentration, ONPG- and X-Gal assay)

NameUsageCompany

NanoDrop 2000

measurement of DNA concentration and purity Thermo Scientific

6-well plate, polysterene

light induction in UV-illumination chamber BD, Sigma

24-well plate, polysterene

light induction in UV-illumination chamber BD, Sigma

Cuvettes

visualization purposes Sarstedt

Intas Gel IX Imager

Gel Documentation and UV-illumination of Bl21(DE3) E. coli transformed with radiation sensing constructs; illumination wavelength: 312 nm Intas

Plate Reader

ONPG Assay Berthold Technologies