subcloning pcr bands

[L. Bastian]

Enrique Graziano-Areste (egagmp at ac.upc.es) wrote:

: Hello everybody,


: 		I am trying to clone some PCR bands from a 5' RACE.
: The main problem I have is that only one out of 70 white colonies
: use to have the insert, the other ones are white, but when I make
: PCR using the forward and reverse primer over the colony I get 
: only a band that is the polylinker (about 200 bp using pBLUESCRIPT).
: How can I increase the efficiency of my subcloning procedures?. If
: you need more details please do not hesitate in asking me. Please,
: help me. I am starting to think about suicide...
: 		Thank you in advance.



: 		Enrique

I don't use blue-white selection.  I have seen too many empty white 
colonies and too many blue colonies with inserts, some as large as 1kb.  I 
think it works sometimes, but often its just a lousy screen.  If you are 
considering suicide, you might consider the pZero vectors that someone 
else suggested, which sound like a good idea although I have never tried 
them. :)

Good luck

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