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== A collection of mutant strains ==
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* the complete mutant strain collection from the [http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405471216304471?via%3Dihub Koo et al.] paper is now available: get access [https://www.addgene.org/kits/grosslab-bsubtilis-collections/ here]
  
 
== Toolboxes for the work with ''B. subtilis'' ==
 
== Toolboxes for the work with ''B. subtilis'' ==

Revision as of 07:55, 15 August 2017

Here you can find a list of methods for working with Bacillus subtilis:

Media

A collection of mutant strains

  • the complete mutant strain collection from the Koo et al. paper is now available: get access here

Toolboxes for the work with B. subtilis

  • the biobrick box PubMed
  • a part toolbox to tune genetic expression PubMed

Analysis of protein-protein interactions

  • Bacterial Two Hybrid: BACTH

Analysis of membrane proteins

  • application of a split green fluorescent protein reporter PubMed

Antibodies

Protein expression

Strain construction

  • introduction of markerfree deletions: PubMed
  • generation of markerfree mutations: PubMed
  • an improved method for transformation: PubMed

RNA analysis

  • Mechanical cell disruption and extraction of RNA from B. subtilis: Media:SOP-RNA.pdf

Genetic work with non-standard strains

  • transformation of wild-type B. subtilis strains incl. NCIB3610: PubMed
  • efficient electroporation of B. subtilis PubMed
  • a novel transformation protocol for B. subtilis DB104 PubMed

General procedures

  • Standard operation procedures (SOPs) of the SYSMO-BACELL consortium

Microscopic techniques

  • Live cell imaging of B. subtilis cells using automated time-lapse microscopy PubMed
  • Assay of gene expression dynamics using live cell imaging PubMed
  • Visualization and quantification of gene expression heterogeneity in growing microbial cells PubMed
  • GFP variants specifically optimizd for use in B. subtilis PubMed
  • Quantitative analysis of cell types by comparing microscoy images PubMed
  • Semi-automated single cell analysis using membrane or DNA staining PubMed

Transposon mutagenesis

  • mariner transposon mutagenesis for random inducible-expression insertions and transcriptional reporter fusion insertions PubMed

Protein-DNA interactions

  • ChAP-chip: A modified ChIP-chip protocol for the in vivo identification of binding sites of DNA-binding proteins PubMed

Genome engineering

  • generalized bacterial genome editing using mobile group II introns and Cre-lox PubMed
  • genome engineering using a synthetic gene circuit PubMed
  • Ordered Gene Assembly in Bacillus subtilis (OGAB) PubMed
  • construction of a super-competent strain PubMed
  • use of the CRISPR-Cas system PubMed
  • A review on genome engineering:


Visual descriptions of methods for B. subtilis in the Journal of Visual Experimentation


Key references