Rapid Ligation

[Nigel Kenward]

bbraun at ucla.edu wrote:

> Very interesting!
> 
> BTW, could you please post or e-mail your protocol for
> phospatasing the EcoRV-digested vector?  I have tried this
> but got poor results, presumably because CIAP is less active
> on blunt ends.  But you obviously achieved excellent
> phosphatase treatment.  This could make my life quite a bit
> easier.
> 
> TIA,
> Benjamin Braun
> bbraun at ucla.edu


Benjamin,
Again, there is no trick. Buy a good CIAP (we use promega), look after it, use their buffer 
and a tiny amount of the enzyme ( as suggested by most protocols ) and away you go.
To get good ligation it's worth phenol-chloroform after CIAP and a good quantitation of 
vector and insert.
I used to get poor results too, but if you take No shortcuts, it's easier now.
Good Luck,
Nigel
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