Re Bcl1, and dam- strains

[Peter M. Muriana]

In article <9209171702.AA05173 at genbank.bio.net>, BI599023 at BROWNVM.BROWN.EDU (Pamela Norton) writes:
>
>     I just thought I'd point out that, in my experience, dam- strains
>not only grow poorly but transform abysmally. I wouldn't attempt to
>transform a ligation mix directly, for instance. However, you can get
>enough CCC DNA in to grow up a batch of unmethylated DNA. This is one
>reason (there may be others) that these strains are not used routinely.
>
>Pamela Norton 

	Perhaps dam- strains "trasnform abysmally" via CaCl2/competence,
	but it's been my experience that these strains still give good
	transformation frequencies when transformed by electroporation.
	(i.e., 10*8 to 10*9 transformants/ug).

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