E.coli XL1 Red

[Nathan O. Siemers]

>>> On Wed, 8 Nov 1995 17:20:45 +0000 (GMT), d.coates at leeds.ac.uk (David Coates) said:

David> Has anyone come across/used E.coli XL1 Red for mutagenesis? Any
David> information gratefully received.

I tried using it to mutate a lactmase carried in an M13 phage vector.
Two rounds of overnight growth in Xl1red, followed by propagation in
Xl1-blue with B-lactam antibiotics to select active enzymes.  The 6
or 8 clones sequenced had no mutations.  Boo.

nathan


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