Jim Hu wrote:
> Chris LaRosa wrote:
>> > > Can someone give a working protocol
> > >
> > > for PCRing a gene from E.Coli genome?
> >
>>> Actually, getting PCR products from E. coli is pretty easy - for plasmids
> we just pick a colony into water in an Eppi tube, boil it, spin, take a
> SMALL amount of the sup and amplify. If anything, using too much DNA can
> cause problems. We've also done this for looking at lambda lysogens, so
> chromosomal loci should work too.
>>
For plasmids I just dip a cocktail stick with the bugs on it into the PCR
buffer. Works every time.
Jim
