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We’re working on transforming bacteria using plasmids this week!  First we ligated the kanamycin resistance gene to a plasmid, and now we’re testing to see if the ligation was carried out correctly using gel electrophoresis.  If we see DNA bands of 4,300 bp in our ligated solution, we’ll know that the ligation was carried out successfully since the plasmid is 3,000 bp and the kanamycin gene is 1,300 bp.  Sometimes the plasmids and genes get ligated together incorrectly so it’s important to check to make sure the solution contains viable plasmids for use in transformation.

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