Team:The University of Alberta/20 June 2008

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[[Image:june20_purple_russian_5_colonypcr.jpg|thumb|Colony PCR from Purple Russian Colony #5 plate]]
*Got the sequencing results back from the "Purple Russian Colony #5" sequencing that Winnie did. Looks like it didn't work at all (see the [[Team:The_University_of_Alberta/Sequencing|sequencing]] page). Sooo...
*Got the sequencing results back from the "Purple Russian Colony #5" sequencing that Winnie did. Looks like it didn't work at all (see the [[Team:The_University_of_Alberta/Sequencing|sequencing]] page). Sooo...
**...She is doing colony PCR on colonies taken from the streaked-out "Colony 5" plate using both the V<sub>F</sub>/V<sub>R</sub> primers and the gene-specific P<sub>F</sub>/P<sub>R2</sub> primers; the former will show us the size of whatever insert is in the colonies, the latter will show a band if and only if the insert is Purple Russian (though this is really redundant, since it is Purple Russian beyond a reasonable doubt [ See colony PCR results below ]).
**...She is doing colony PCR on colonies taken from the streaked-out "Colony 5" plate using both the V<sub>F</sub>/V<sub>R</sub> primers and the gene-specific P<sub>F</sub>/P<sub>R2</sub> primers; the former will show us the size of whatever insert is in the colonies, the latter will show a band if and only if the insert is Purple Russian (though this is really redundant, since it is Purple Russian beyond a reasonable doubt [ See colony PCR results below ]).

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Today

Colony PCR from Purple Russian Colony #5 plate
  • Got the sequencing results back from the "Purple Russian Colony #5" sequencing that Winnie did. Looks like it didn't work at all (see the sequencing page). Sooo...
    • ...She is doing colony PCR on colonies taken from the streaked-out "Colony 5" plate using both the VF/VR primers and the gene-specific PF/PR2 primers; the former will show us the size of whatever insert is in the colonies, the latter will show a band if and only if the insert is Purple Russian (though this is really redundant, since it is Purple Russian beyond a reasonable doubt [ See colony PCR results below ]).
    • ...sequence the correct band so we can be doubly sure that the "Purple Russian Colony #5" plate really is what we think it is.
  • Last night the volunteers ran the colony PCR Jason did on Purple Russian Colony #5. The band was the right size (~700bp) so we are reasonably sure that this is what we want. (See image to the right COMING SOON).
  • Mike posted links (on Project page) to papers discussed in yesterday's meetings, and to sequences that have been ordered:

--Kanayama et al. discusses a E. coli based assay for nuclear receptor ligands [IMPORTANT! or at least useful]

--Zhang et al. discusses difficulty of expressing full length ER in E. coli

--Zuo et al. discusses a fusion protein that uses LBD of ER