E. coli strains for electroporation

[txpljfg at UABCVSR.cvsr.uab.edu]

I routinely use XL-1 blue, TB-1, and DH-5alpha strain for
electroporation.  In our hands we have been getting efficiences of 1-4
x 10e9 with pUC19, pUC18, and bluescript.

> Hello,
> 
> What strains can you all reccommend for electroporation OTHER
> THAN MC1061.  Mc1061 carries streptomycin resistance which is 
> also the selection for an Agrobacterium construct that we work
> with.  I have tried JM101 but got much lower competance.  How
> about Dh5, HB101 or other suggestions?
> 
> Thanks for any responses,
> 
> Paul Bucciaglia
>  
> 

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