ISSN: 2321-8371
Received 6 May 2020
Received in revised form 15 May 2020
Accepted 10 June 2020
Available online 30 June 2020
Esha Rajput1*, Neha Agarwal2 and Sachin Chauhan3
1Department of Biotechnology, Hindu college, Moradabad.
2Department of Biotechnology, Hindu College, Moradabad.
3Taq Gene Training and Research Institute (TGTRI), Dehradun.
*Corresponding author :rajputesha999@gmail.com
ABSTRACT: Multi copy clones also known as “jackpot clones” are transformed cells with a recombinant gene having greater number of recombinant gene copy as compare to normal one. Post Transformational vector amplification (PTVA) is a technique for production of multicopy clones. In PTVA the selection of transformed cell is done on agar medium containing the increasing concentration of antibiotic. A recombinant PUC57 vector containing the artificial synthesized papain gene was used to transform the DH5á strain of E.coli. The Transformed cells were selected on LB agar plates with increasing concentration of ampicillin antibiotic (100µg/ml, 250µg/ml, and 500µg/ml), the number of colonies were reduced as ampicillin concentration was increased. Plasmid DNA isolation was carried out from Qiagen-Qiaprep-mini DNA isolation kit. Real time PCR is performed to identify multicopy clone on each plates. The average cycle threshold value i.e. Ct value for 500µg/ml LB-Amp Plate is 19.46, for 250µg/ml LB-Amp Plate is 22.40, and 100µg/ml LB-Amp Plate is 24.68. The Real-time PCR results indicated the higher level of gene expression in cells grown in higher antibiotic concentration.