Basics of DNA cloning:
There are a broad variety of various process for cloning DNA into either viral or plasmid vectors but the basic scheme of events is frequently similar. To clone into a plasmid vector the round plasmid DNA is cut with a restriction enzyme which has only a single recognition site in the plasmid. This established a linear plasmid molecule with cohesive stops shown in the figure. The easiest cloning strategy is now to cut the foreign donor DNA with the similar restriction enzyme. In the other words, different restriction enzymes can be used, giving that they create the similar cohesive ends. The donor DNA and linear plasmid DNA are now mixed. The cohesive stops of the foreign DNA anneal with the ends of the plasmid DNA and are joined covalently by DNA ligase. The conclusion recombinant plasmid DNA is introduced into bacterial host cells which have been treated to become permeable to DNA. This uptake of DNA through the bacterial cells is known as transfection; the bacterial cells are said to have been transfected through the recombinant plasmid. Bacterial cells are now permit to grow and separate, during that time the recombinant plasmids will replicate several times within the cells. One useful process is to select as cloning vector a plasmid which carries one or more antibiotic resistance genes plus a host that is sensitive to those antibiotics. Followed by, after transfection, the cells are developed in the presence of the antibiotic(s). Only the cells containing plasmid DNA will be resistant to the antibiotic(s) and can grow. If the cells are increase on an agar plate, every cell will multiply to form a bacterial colony where all the cells of that colony contain the similar recombinant plasmid DNA bearing the similar foreign DNA fragment. Therefore all which is now required is to recognized the particular bacterial colony which contains the foreign DNA sequence of interest.