MOESM3 of Copy number variability of expression plasmids determined by cell sorting and Droplet Digital PCR
Creators: name: Jahn, Michael
name: Vorpahl, Carsten
name: Hübschmann, Thomas
name: Harms, Hauke
name: Müller, Susann
Publisher: name: Figshare
Year: 2016
Subjects: subject: Biophysics
subject: Biochemistry
subject: Space Science
subject: Microbiology
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: FOS: Biological sciences
subject: Cell Biology
subject: Molecular Biology
subject: Biotechnology
subject: 39999 Chemical Sciences not elsewhere classified
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: FOS: Chemical sciences
subject: 110309 Infectious Diseases
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: FOS: Health sciences
subject: 60506 Virology

description: Additional file 3: Figure S1. Growth of E. coli carrying different plasmids in minimal medium. A Comparison of non-induced (0 mM IPTG) and induced (1 mM IPTG) strains of E. coli DH5α λpir carrying the seven p2X4-AEB plasmids. Gene expression was induced at 2 h cultivation (dashed line). B Independent reproduction of the growth experiment as described in A. C Non fluorescent control strains carrying seven p2X4 plasmids without styA-EGFP styB. Depicted are data from two replicates. OD600—optical density at 600 nm, inset numbers, maximum specific growth rate µmax. Figure S2. Independent reproduction of the experiment shown in Fig. 2. E. coli DH5α λpir carrying the p2X4-AEB vector series was analyzed via flow cytometry. Representative samples were taken from a batch cultivation for 24 h with induction by IPTG after 2 h. a.u.—arbitrary units, dashed line—threshold used for discrimination of EGFP negative and positive cells. Figure S3. Average plasmid copy number (PCN) of p2X4-AEB vectors in E. coli. A Absolute concentration of the gDNA and pDNA marker genes cysG and oriT as determined by Droplet Digital PCR. Representative samples were taken from a batch cultivation for 24 h with induction by IPTG after 2 h. Grey dots—single measurements, colored dots—mean and standard deviation of four replicates. B PCN calculated as the ratio of pDNA (oriT) concentration and gDNA (cysG) concentration. Bars represent mean and standard deviation. Figure S4. Different incubation times for heat treatment ranging from 0 to 60 min were tested with ddPCR. 1000 cells of E. coli BL21 (DE3) carrying pA-EGFP_B from a batch cultivation for 2 or 24 h were used as template. A Absolute concentration of the gDNA and pDNA marker genes cysG and oriT as determined by Droplet Digital PCR. The gDNA concentration was highest after 10 min treatment. Grey dots—single measurements, colored dots—mean and standard deviation of four replicates. B PCN calculated as the ratio of pDNA (oriT) concentration and gDNA (cysG) concentration. Bars represent mean and standard deviation. Figure S5. Template controls for ddPCR experiments. Sorted beads (no-template-control), sorted beads spiked with plasmid DNA (no-gDNA-control), isolated gDNA (no-plasmid-control), and gDNA spiked with plasmid DNA were used for simultaneous pDNA (oriT) and gDNA (cysG) determination. Figure S6. Exemplary droplet gating for the four control samples, sorted beads (no-template-control), sorted beads spiked with plasmid DNA (no-gDNA-control), isolated gDNA (no-plasmid-control), and gDNA spiked with plasmid DNA. Black—negative droplets, blue—FAM positive droplets, green—HEX positive droplets, brown—double positive droplets.