Need of secondary culture in protein expression?

Haaris Ahsan Safdari @Haaris_Safdari2

04 April 2018 0 2K Report

Hi,

Can anyone please explain need of secondary culture in protein expression?

Can I directly colony from LB agar plate and grow in LB, then when OD reaches 0.6, Can I induce it with IPTG?

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