I am currently trying to extract a pCC1 vector from Epi300 cells with little success. I thought I successfully extracted the plasmid from the cells (although a low yield), but I am beginning to suspect that I haven't actually extracted the right plasmid. pCC1 vector requires that I use chloramphenicol concentration, but I have been unable to determine the appropriate concentration to use. Right now based on AddGene's list of standard antibiotic concentrations, I am using 25 ug/ml. I get many colonies on my plate, and they are only the size of little pin points. After I extracted what I thought was the plasmid from my cells, I went to run a digestion with Sfi1 to extract the construct that is inserted in this vector, but I do not get any digestion bands even after allowing the reaction to go on for 2 hours. I just used the same enzyme to digest another vector last week, and it worked fine, so this should not be the issue. Looking at the gel, the plasmid should be about 10.5 kb, but I only see a faint band at the 10 and 8 kb mark, and a large band well above the 10 kb mark. Could it be that in reality I have extracted a totally different plasmid, instead of pCC1? Does anyone have any suggestions for improvement?

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