Dephosphorylation of DNA ends with Calf Intestinal Alkaline Phosphatase (CIP)

Mix the following:

*CIP will likely need to be diluted before it is added to the reaction. The dilution buffer is typically provided with the enzyme (25 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.6), 1 mM MgCl2, 0.1 mM ZnCl2, 50% (v/v) glycerol).

**The 10 x CIP buffer is identical to NEB Buffer 3, and CIP is also reasonably compatible with buffers 1, 2, and 4. Properly diluted CIP can be added straight into restriction digests, although results may vary appreciably.

Run the reaction using the appropriate conditions

CIP MUST be removed from the reaction if further cloning is to work. The simplest (and most effective) method is agarose gel extraction. Phenol chloroform extraction and ethonal/acetate precipitation can also be used, but residual phenol is hard to remove completely, and can inhibit ligations.