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Alan Boyd
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Primer design for Gibson assembly

I'm trying to design a primer for Gibson assembly. My gene of interest is on a plasmid, and I want to copy that gene, and put it into a different plasmid.

I am unsure how to design my primers for PCR. I know that I need 2 sets of primers (4 total).

  1. Backward and forward primer to copy my gene out of the plasmid that holds it.
  2. Backward and forward primer to copy the plasmid.

I also know that I need to create complementary regions of overlap between my gene and the plasmid I want to put it in. How do I do this?

Here is the plasmid and the gene. I want to place the gene in between the biobrick prefix and suffix.

Here is what primers I think I need:

For the plasmid I want to put the gene in, my primers should be

  • Forward: ATTCGCGGCCGCTTCTAGAG
  • Reverse: CTGACGCGGCCGCTACTAGTA

Primers to copy gene and add overlap

  • Reverse: ATCATTTCAAATTCGTCCATCTCTAGAAGCGGCCGCGAAT
  • Forward: AATTAGAAAGAGATTATAATACTAGTAGCGGCCGCTGCA

Here is the gene

Here is the plasmid I want to put it in. I am using geneious, but I think for this purpose, word works just fine.