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Quick Yeast DNA Prep
Quick Yeast DNA Prep: Isolation of Total DNA (genomic and plasmid)

Linda Hoskins, Hahn Lab 10/16/98

  1. Grow a 5 ml YPD O/N culture inoculated with a single yeast colony at 30 deg.
  2. Transfer culture to a small 13 x 100 glass tube. Spin down cells 2 min. in tabletop centrifuge. Pour off supernatant.
  3. Wash cells with 5 ml H2O. Spin down cells 2 min. Pour off supernatant. Cell pellet can be stored at -20 deg.
  4. Resuspend cells in 500 ul lysis buffer by vortexing.

    Lysis buffer:   20 ml:
    0.1M Tris pH 8.0   2 ml 1M Tris 8.0
    50 mM EDTA   2 ml 0.5M EDTA
    1% SDS   2 ml 10% SDS
        14 ml H2O
         

  5. Add acid-washed glass beads (400-500 microns) to about 2 mm below meniscus. Vortex 30 sec. Add 25 ul 5M NaCl. Vortex 30 sec. Spin down 2 min. to decrease foam.
  6. Remove lysed cells with P1000 at bottom of tube and transfer to a 1.5 ml microfuge tube.
  7. Add 400 ul of TE-saturated phenol. Vortex. Spin 4 min. Transfer upper phase to a clean 1.5 ml microfuge tube (~400ul).
  8. Add 400 ul phenol:chloroform (4:1). Vortex. Spin 4 min. Transfer upper phase to a clean 1.5 ml microfuge tube.
  9. Add 1 ml 95% EtOH and mix. Spin 6 min. Pour off EtOH. Wash with 1 ml 70% EtOH. Vortex. Spin 6 min. Pour off EtOH. Dry pellet in hood or vacuum.
  10. Resuspend in 50 ul TE (vortex, 37 deg. 10 min, vortex)

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