Large-Scale Transformation of UAS-cDNA/ORF Plasmids from CRISPR-Based Modular Assembly into E. coli

To transform the UAS cDNA/ORF plasmids products obtained from the CRISPR based modular assembly into Escherichia coli, pre-chill 10 microliter tips at four degrees Celsius. Also, pre-chill 1.5 milliliter tubes in an aluminum cooling block on ice. After thawing competent E.coli cells on ice for five minutes, add an aliquot of 10 microliters of the cells to each pre-chilled 1.5-milliliter tube.

Then add one microliter of the UAS cDNA/ORF plasmid products to each tube containing 10 microliters of competent cells. Swirl the tube gently to mix and place it on ice for 30 minutes. Incubate the tubes at 42 degrees Celsius in a water bath for one minute.

Then immediately chill on ice for two minutes. Add 100 microliters of SOC medium, prewarmed to 37 degrees Celsius, to each tube at room temperature and incubate the tubes in a shaking incubator at 250 RPM and 37 degrees Celsius for one hour. Next, warm the LB plates containing an antibiotic corresponding to the UAS module's antibiotic resistance gene to 37 degrees Celsius.

Spread the cells onto the warm plates and incubate them at 37 degrees Celsius overnight.