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@@ -225,31 +225,20 @@ The preparation of the cell extract used in a standard CFPS reaction.
 #### Equipment
 
 - Spectrophotometer
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 - Sonicator
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 - Ice water bath
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 - Centrifuge
 
 #### Procedure
 
 1.  Inoculate a single colony of Vmax into 2-500mL of LBv2
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 2.  Incubate at 30ËšC overnight
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 3.  After incubation, dilute 1:100 of culture into BHIv2 or modified 2xYT
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 4.  Grow at 37ËšC
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 5.  T7 RNA polymerase expression is induced at OD600 = 0.6-0.8
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 6.  Pellet cells once early stationary phase is reached (OD600 \>= 7.5) and wash three times in cold S30 Buffer
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 7.  Resuspend pellets in 0.8 ml S30 per gram of wet cell mass and sonicate (20 kHz, 50% amplitude, 3x(45s ON/ 59s OFF), \~270 J/cycle, in ice-water bath)
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 8.  Clear lystate at 12,000 g, 10 min, 4 C
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 9.  Use supernatant for CFPS
 
 ### STANDARD CFPS REACTION ASSEMBLY
@@ -261,7 +250,6 @@ plates depending on the scale of the reaction.
 #### Equipment
 
 - 1.5mL eppendorfs **OR**
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 - 96 well plate
 
 If using 1.5 mL eppendorfs, the total volume per reaction is 30 uL\
@@ -276,11 +264,8 @@ For 1.5 mL eppendorf tubes
 #### Procedure for 96 well plate
 
 1.  Mix 1.5 mL of 2x Standard Buffer (-PB) with 800 ul of cleared VN cell extract.
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 2.  Aliquot 23 ul of mixture to each of 96 wells.
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 3.  Add designated additives to each well, then 400 ng of plasmid, then dH2O if necessary to final volume of 30 ul.
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 4.  Foam the reaction
 
 ## Safety