Molecular Cloning Fourth Edition, A Laboratory Manual, by Michael R. Green and Joseph Sambrook

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Transformation of E. coli by Electroporation

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Preparing electrocompetent bacteria is considerably easier than preparing cells for transformation by chemical methods. Bacteria are simply grown to mid-log phase, chilled, centrifuged, washed extensively with ice-cold buffer or H2O to reduce the ionic strength of the cell suspension, and then suspended in an ice-cold buffer containing 10 glycerol. DNA may be introduced immediately into the bacteria by exposing them to a short high-voltage electrical discharge (Chassy et al. 1988; Dower et al. 1988; Miller et al. 1988). Alternatively, the cell suspension may be snap-frozen and stored at 70C for up to 6 mo before electroporation, without loss of transforming efficiency. For further information, see the Discussion section at the end of this protocol.


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