Simply Cloning - Chapter 1 - Planning

Simply Cloning is a video manual for making DNA constructs.
Chapter 1 deals with experiment planning, building plasmid maps in Vector NTI, and primer design
Narration Script:
In this section I am going to demonstrate how to create experiment outline in PowerPoint, build plasmid maps, and design primers for your cloning project.
I begin each of my cloning projects by making a PowerPoint file with a project outline. For that I open a new PowerPoint file and save it as pSAT6-Bar, which is the project name. I change the layout to my favourite, which is "Title Only". And I put the project name on top.
On this slide I put the name of my starting plasmid, which is pSAT6-MCS. Let's add some style to it. Then I draw a down arrow, add some style to it as well, and put the name of the plasmid I am trying to make, which is going to be pSAT6-Bar. For this one I will use a new style, which is going to be black.
Also on this slide I want to have a name of my PCR template, which is a plasmid called pFGC 5941. Let's give it some style as well. Also I want to have the names of the primers I will be using, which is Bar-XhoI-F and Bar-BamHI-R.
I will draw another arrow indicating that PCR product will be inserted into pSAT6-MCS. And, finally, I will indicate the restriction enzymes I will be using to cut my Vector and Insert.
A usual cloning project goes for several days and in many cases you will be running several of those projects at a time. That's why I would recommend printing out this page and keeping it somewhere nearby, so when you come to your lab in the morning you know exactly where you left off.
Let's move to the next part of the planning stage, which is building vector maps and designing primers. The software package I will use in this chapter is Vector NTI from Invitrogen. In Supplement 3, which is at the end of this video, I will demonstrate how to do exactly the same vector map design with a free software pDRAW32.
I start with two browser windows, one displaying the sequence of pSAT6-MCS, another - sequence of pFGC5941. I launch Vector NTI Explorer, which keeps track of all the maps I have in the database. I create a new database subset, label it as Bar, and click on this icon, which says New. I name the molecule as pSAT6-MCS, indicate that it is circular, and open Edit Sequence window. Then I go back to the web browser, select and copy the sequence of pSAT6-MCS, and paste it in the Edit Sequence window.
Let's look at this sequence in Vector NTI. Vector NTI opens with three panes. On the top right you see the map, on the bottom is the sequence, and on the top left is the information about the molecule. If you click on the Restriction/Methylation Folder you will see a list of all restriction enzymes currently displayed on the map. Now, let's add the features of pSAT6-MCS to this map.
For that I click on ADD FEATURE, switch to the web browser window and select Feature View. You can see here a list of all pSAT6 features with their coordinates. Let's transfer them to our map. In the ADD FEATURE menu I am going to enter feature name, which is 2x35S Promoter, and starting and ending point. In the Vector NTI I could also pick different feature types, which reflect how the features are displayed on the map. What I particularly like about VNTI is that as I am adding those features, I can see them both on the map and on the sequence.
Now I will proceed adding the rest of the features, namely Multiple Cloning Site, Terminator and Ampicillin resistance gene. Again, I get all the information about feature locations from the PubMed Nucleotide file.
pSAT6-MCS map is ready, I am going to save it and move onto building pSAT6-Bar.
I will build pSAT6-Bar by pasting the sequence of the bar gene from PubMed Nucleotide. First, I locate XhoI and BamHI sites on pSAT6-MCS and remove sequence between them.
Then I will go to the PubMed Nucleotide and locate the sequence of the bar gene. When I scroll down and look in the annotations I can see that the bar gene is located on the reverse strand in the positions 373 - 924.
To make life a little simpler, I will use PubMed tool called Change Region Shown. I enter here the boundaries of the bar gene and click on Update View. Now if I scroll all the way down you can see that the sequence of the pFGC5941 reduced to a 500 base pair region, which is the bar gene.
Also, if you have a closer look at it, there are an ATG and a Stop codons on the complimentary strand of this sequence. So, let's copy the bar gene, go back to Vector NTI and paste this sequence between XhoI and BamHI sites in pSAT6-MCS.

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[@littlepupster17]

Thank you so much for this wonderful video series! These are very well done and must have taken a lot of time and effort. My current project involves this exact process, and I'm so happy to be able to watch this as a training video. Thank you!

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I am happy that you guys are watching it

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[@mrphysh]

You pick two restriction sites based upon the enzymes that you want to use and delete the nucleotides between them. Then you go to NCBI, PFGC5941, the location of the bar gene, the gene you want to study. You cut the bar sequence out of NCBI and paste it between the two restriction sites. Then the primers are picked to include the restriction sites. You always have to be careful to have the plus strand, minus strand correct. Is that right?

[@CloningStrategies]

That's pretty much what this chapter is about. Something specific you want to know?

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In pSAT6-Bar what is that Bar refers to..? And how did you named the pcr template as PFGCS941

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