Molecular Biology Protocols

 
Compiled and tested by David W. Towle, Ph.D.

Marine DNA Sequencing and Analysis Center
Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory

Salsbury Cove, Maine 04672 USA

 

December 2006 Version


Last update December 30, 2006 
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 1.  An Introduction to Primer Design for PCR

2.  Purification of Total DNA from Animal Tissues

3A.  Purification of Total RNA from Animal Tissues: Phenol-Based Procedure

3B.  Purification of Total RNA from Animal Tissues: Filter-Based Procedure

4.  RNA Analysis with the Agilent 2100 Bioanalyzer

5.  Reverse Transcription: SuperScript III First-Strand Synthesis

6.  Polymerase Chain Reaction Amplification of cDNA Templates

7.  Agarose Gel Electrophoresis of PCR Products

8.  QiaQuick Gel Extraction Protocol

9.  Preparing Gel-Purified PCR Products for Sequencing

10.  Analysis of DNA Sequences

11.  Analysis of Gene Expression by Real-Time Quantitative PCR

12.  Microarray Analysis of Gene Expression

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This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grant No. IBN-9807539 and DBI-0100394.  Any opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.

Undergraduate molecular biology courses based on these protocols are supported by the Maine Biomedical IDeA Network for Biomedical Research Excellence centered at the Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory (NCRR NIH 1P20RR16463).  The protocols are intended for teaching purposes and may be freely copied by faculty and students.  If used for research, the appropriate citation for protocols 1-3 and 5-10 is:  Towle, D.W., R.S. Paulsen, D. Weihrauch, M. Kordylewski, C. Salvador, J.-H. Lignot, and C. Spanings-Pierrot.  2001.  Na++K+-ATPase in gills of the blue crab Callinectes sapidus: cDNA sequencing and salinity-related expression of α-subunit mRNA and protein.  Journal of Experimental Biology 204: 4005-4012. 

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