Hi,
I'm trying to disrupt some genes of the genome of E. coli. For achieving this, I'm following the protocol of the P1 phage in which this phage transfers genetic material from one strain to another. The recipient strain is from the keio collection, so I don't have any problem with the selection of the colonies which were succesfully trasduced.
But after the confirmation of the disruption with the antibiotic screening and PCR, I tried to remove the Kn resistance using flippase. The flippase is a recombinase that recognize FRT (Flippase recognition target) sites and removes all the flanked area.
This plasmid must be electroporated and then grow it at 30°C, because it has a temperature sensitive ori.
I have done all of this but I have not obtained any transformant. Do you have any clue of why I don't get colonies? Can you give me some tips?