dsDNA sequencing

A. Double stranded DNA denaturation:

   1. Combine in a 1.5 ml eppendorf tube:
             8 ul of miniprep plasmid DNA
             2 ul of 2M NaOH

   2. Incubate at 65oC for 10 min.

   3. Add:
                   7 ul Water
                   3 ul 3M Acetate
                  60 ul Ethanol

   4. Incubate at -20 oC overnight.

   5. Wash the pellet once with 500 ul of cold (-20 oC) 70% (v/v) ethanol

   6. Dry the pellet (almost invisible) 10 min in a speedvac 

   7. Go to annealing.

B. ANNEALING:

   1. Add to denatured and dried plasmid DNA

    PRIMER -40                       PRIMER RSP
    -------------------------------------------------------------
    6 ul Water                        6ul Water
    2 ul of 5x Sequenase Buffer       2 ul of 5x Sequenase Buffer
    2 ul of primer (0,5 pmol/ul)      2 ul of primer (0,5 pmol/ul)
    --------------------------------------------------------------

    2. Heat to 65oC for 2 min, and slowly cool till room temperature
       (>30 min) till temperature is <30 oC. These are the ANNEALING TUBES.

    3. Label 8 0.5ml Eppendorf tubes: R R R R     U U U U
                                      A C G T     A C G T

    4. Aliquote 2.5 ul of each solution of ddA, ddC, ddG e ddT (Sequenase 
       Kit) in each of the tubes of item [3].

C. SEQUENCING:

   1. "Spin Down" the contents of the ANNEALING TUBES.

   2. Ad to the ANNEALING TUBES, in order:
    
       1 ul of 0,1 M DTT
       2 ul of labelling mix (1x)(OBS.: DILUTE THE 5X STOCK BEFORE USING)
       0,5 ul of a35S-dATP (>1000 Ci/mmol; >10 uCi/ul)

   3. Dilute Sequenase:

                       for 3 tubes           for 6 tubes
   ------------------------------------------------------
   SEQUENASE            0,83 ul                1,65 ul
   Dilution Buffer      5,81 ul               11,55 ul
   -------------------------------------------------------

   4. At intervals of 1.5 min ad 2 ul of diluted SEQUENASE to the 
      ANNEALING TUBES. Pump to mix (DO NOT MAKE BUBBLES!)

   6. Let them stand at room temperature for 13 minutes.
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   |ONE MINUTE BEFORE THE TIME (i.e. 12 MIN AFTER THE BEGINNING OF THE REACTION |
   |PUT THE 4 TUBES [A,C,G,T] at 37 oC                                          |
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   7. After that, add 3.5 ul of labelling mix to each of the [A,C,G,T] 
      tubes and let them stand at 37 oC for 5 min.

   8. After 5 min add 4 ul de stop mix to each of the [A,C,G,T] tubes.

   9. Store at -20 oC.
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                               TIME TABLE (min)

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        SEQUENASE               TRANSFER TO [A,C,G,T]         STOP MIX
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          1:30                        14:30                    19:30
          3:00                        16:00                    21:00
          4:30                        17:30                    22:30
          6:00                        19:00                    24:00
          7:30                        20:30                    25:30
          9:00                        22:00                    27:00
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