Competent Cells Without Plasmid Methylation Problems

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Company:

New England Biolabs

Product Name:

dam-/dcm- Competent E. coli

Catalog Number:

c2925h

I use these competent cells when I need to produce a DNA plasmid that is free of dam or dcm methylation. This is important when I need to perform restriction digests on plasmid sequences that would have restriction digests inhibited by methylation.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Competent Cells

Starting Material

None

Protocol Overview

Follow manufacturer protocol to transform cells

Tips

Make sure to add enough DNA for good transformation efficiency

Results Summary

These competent cells produce colonies containing non-methylated plasmid DNA

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Summary

The Good

Produce methylation free DNA

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The Bottom Line

This is a good product

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