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what is cloning?

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A sequence of DNA is inserted into a plasmid vector. This vector can then be put into a cell

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what do cloned genes tell us?

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  • the sequence of the gene and the protein
  • leads to the function of the gene
  • manipulate the gene
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how can we manipulate the gene?

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  • mutate the gene
  • Insert the gene into the cell or tissue of an organism
  • Make large amounts of protein
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what is a clone?

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a large number of identical cells or molecules with a single ancestral cell or molecule

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what is a DNA cloning vector?

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a carrier DNA molecule that allows attached DNA to be replicated in a cell

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what are examples of DNA cloning vectors?

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plasmids and viruses

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what is a restriction enzyme?

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an enzyme that recognizes and cleaves DNA at specific sequences

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what is an example of a restriction enzyme?

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EcoRI cleaves at the palindrome GGAATTC

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what do we have to consider when cloning a gene?

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  • What DNA do we use?
  • What vector do we use?
  • Once we have cloned our DNA what do we do?
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why are plasmids ideal cloning vectors?

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  • well-characterized (sequence and function of genes known)

- small and easy to purify and manipulate

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what are the useful features of plasmid vectors?

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  • sequence known
  • an origin of replication
  • a selectable marker
  • Unique restriction enzyme cleavage sites
  • Easy methods to screen for recombinants
  • Can often have high copy numbers
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what must a plasmid vector contain?

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selectable marker
an origin of replication
unique restriction enzyme site

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what are the 4 steps for cloning a piece of DNA?

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  • restriction
  • ligation
  • transformation
  • selection
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what is involved in restriction?

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the plasmid vector and the DNA fragment of interest must be digested with a restriction enzyme to produce ‘sticky ends’

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what is involved in ligation?

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the DNA fragment of interest must be ligated into a plasmid vector

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what is involved in transformation?

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the ligated vector must be transformed into a bacterial host

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what is involved in selection?

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bacterial colonies carrying the plasmid with the DNA fragment of interest must be selected from those that do not

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what are the steps for making a plasmid clone?

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  1. cut a plasmid (vector) and DNA to be cloned with the same restriction enzyme
  2. use DNA ligase to insert the DNA into the plasmid
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what is the sequence of an EcoRI restriction site?

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AATT

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how does ligase join DNA?

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through covalent bonds

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what is hybridization?

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when the DNA is inserted into the plasmid

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what is the process of transformation?

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cella are made ‘competent’ to take up DNA by treating with ice-cold CaCl2, mixed with DNA and then heat-shocked at 42 degrees celcuis

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what is electroporation?

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when cells are made competent to take up DNA by treatment with an electric fied

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what are the two methods to make cells competent?

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  • electroporation

- Treatment with ice-cold CaCl2

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when is a bacterial colony blue on a color screening plate?
when the bacteria can cleave X-gal | They have active Beta-gal
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when is a bacterial colony white on a color screening plate?
when the bacteria cannot cleave X-gal | Have inactive Beta-gal so the DNA insert must have disrupted the gene
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what are the features of the pUC vector?
- lacl gene encodes the repressor - IPTG must be added to induce the lacZ gene - IPTG binds the lac repressor, acts like allolactose - However not broken down by beta-gal
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how does a plate with X-gal screen for vectors with the DNA insert?
if the vector has the DNA inserted in the gene then it will have inactive beta-gal and be unable to cleave X-gal and the colony will be white
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what are the possible products of transformation?
``` Uncut/religated only Insert only Cut only Correct with insert in vector Empty ```
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When and why are pUC vectors used?
- plasmid vectors used for cloning - Ampicillin resistancece - Blue/White selection - Need to use pUC vector with a compatible E.coli strain
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how do we express a cloned gene?
can use a promoter
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How can we control expression?
using the Ptac promoter, induced by IPTG
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how is the cloned gene product purified?
Pass cell lysate through a column. The tag attached to our protein that we want to isolate will bind to the column
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What is the expression vector Ptac?
induced by IPTG
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what is expression vector GST?
binds to a GHS column
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what is PreScission protease?
protease that can be used to easily purify protein without GST tag
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what is a luciferase assay?
add luciferase to a plasmid | the level of gene expression can be easily measured as the luciferase enzyme reacts with other chemicals to emit light
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what is gateway cloning?
does not use a specific restriction enzyme Uses a specific recombination system used by lambda phage The DNA insert recombines and replaces the destination vector fragment No ligation The clone is in an entry vector first
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how can we clone PCR products?
Restriction cut sites can be created on the ends of PCR products by adding to the end of the PCR primers
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What is the function of Taq DNA polymerase?
Adds on an adenine at #' ends of PCR product
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What are the features of a TA cloning vector that makes it good for PCR product cloning?
The vector has a 3' thymine overhang | It cannot religate on its own and so only vectors with the DNA insert will survive
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what is the max size of PCR products?
~10kb
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what vector is specifically designed for PCR products?
The TA vector
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what is Gibson assembly?
Can rapidly assemble multiple DNA fragments in on the reaction
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What are the requirements for Gibson assembly?
the DNA must have an overlapping sequence at one end
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what is the three enzyme cocktail used in Gibson assembly?
T5 exonuclease Phusion polymerase Taq ligase
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What are the features of different E.coli strains used for cloning?
- Blue/white selection - Fast growth - Cloning unstable DNA - Specific systems - Large plasmids - preparing unmethylated DNA
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what is a genomic library?
A collection of all genomic DNA fragments of a given species that have been taken from one organism and inserted into a type of vector for cloning
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what is the purpose of a genomic library?
to have a panel of bacteria containing individual clones that represent all of the DNA in an organisms genome
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what are the useses of a genomic library?
- to isolate genes for biotechnology - to identify the genes in an organsim - to obtain the genome sequence and gene function
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what are the types of genomic DNA?
-eukaryotic genome -prokaryotic genomes viral genomes
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how is DNA cut?
RE digest | Shear the DNA
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what are Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes?
Plasmids with characteristic features from the f plasmid
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what are the features of a Bacterial Artificial Chromosome?
1. Low-copy number 2. Contain genes to stabilise the plasmid 3. Antibiotic resistance marker 4. Can carry large DNA inserts ~75-300kb
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when were Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes developed?
for the Human Genome Sequencing Project
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what are the two vectors that genomic libraries can go into?
Plasmid | Bacterial Artificial Chromosomes
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how is a gene expression library made?
- prokaryotic DNA - transcribed into mRNA - translated into proteins - therefore, the genomic library can be used to look for the expression of prokaryotic DNA
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what are introns?
gene interruptions
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what are exons?
expressed portion of a gene
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what is cDNA?
a DNA copy synthesized from mRNA using a viral enzyme, reverse transcriptase
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what is the enzyme that does reverse transcription?
reverse transcriptase
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how does cDNA mean that eukaryotic DNA can be inserted into Bacterial DNA?
The cDNA sequence has the introns removed
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what are the types of DNA libraries?
- Genomic library | - Expression (cDNA) library
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what does a genomic library contain?
total DNA
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what does an expression (cDNA) library contain?
all expressed sequences. Use expression plasmid vector
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what does gene sequencing allow?
determine the organization of the gene Find out what the gene encodes Can compare the sequence with different organisms
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what are the steps in sanger sequencing?
strand separate the DNA to be sequenced Anneal Primer Extend with 4 dideoxy nucleotides, each with a different fluorescent dye Polymerase extends primer and gets a range of extended products ended by dye-labeled terminators
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what is whole-genome shotgun sequencing?
- sequence from ends of a large number of random clones - Assemble sequences on a computer - Fill in gaps with targeted sequencing later - It was faster and cheaper that the ordered approach - Automation using Sanger sequencing made this approach excellent at the time
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what are the steps of whole-genome shotgun sequencing?
- sequence from ends of a large number of random clones - assemble sequences on a computer - output is a random collection of short sequences, some of the overlapping - overlapping reads are assembled into contigs - contigs are joined together
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