Simple, inexpensive and RNase-free purification of plasmid DNA by fractional precipitation with isopropanol
Autor: | Viiu Paalme, Mart Speek |
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Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Zdroj: | BioTechniques, Vol 71, Iss 3, Pp 490-494 (2021) |
Druh dokumentu: | article |
ISSN: | 1940-9818 0736-6205 |
DOI: | 10.2144/btn-2021-0018 |
Popis: | We present a modified alkaline lysis method for purification of plasmid DNA (pDNA) from bacterial extract using fractional precipitation with isopropanol (FPI). This method includes two successive precipitations with 0.33 and 0.36 volumes of isopropanol and separates pDNA from total RNA and most of the lipopolysaccharides. Using different quality control tests, we demonstrate that plasmids purified with FPI show superior quality compared to plasmids prepared with commercial kits based on spin-column chromatography. |
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