Table 2. Phage Plaque Yield from the 52-fragment T7 Phage Genome Assembly Reactionsa.
reaction time (h)b | assembly enzymesc | replicate 1 | replicate 2 | replicate 3 | average |
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5 | BsmBI alone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | BsmBI + T4 ligase | 13 | 10 | 18 | 14 |
15 | BsmBI alone | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | BsmBI + T4 ligase | 38 | 40 | 45 | 41 |
The table shows the number of phage plaques observed per microliter of assembly reaction transformed into NEB 10-beta cells for three experimental replicates and their average.
Assembly reactions to construct the phage genome were cycled between 42 and 16 °C for 5 min at each temperature for 30 cycles (5 h) or 90 cycles (15 h) prior to electroporation.
Genome assembly reactions were carried out with BsmBI and T4 DNA ligase or BsmBI alone as a control.