Plasmids 101: How to Verify Your Plasmid Using a Restriction Digest Analysis
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Congratulations, you have a plasmid expressing your gene of interest (YGOI) and are ready to dive into...confirm the presence of an insert in a particular vector by excising the insert from the backbone. To do...will need to know both the approximate size of the vector backbone as well as the predicted size of the insert...time-intensive, so we recommend a variety of ways to screen and verify your plasmids. Here, we'll cover restriction...500bp to 10kb, with the 3.0kb fragment having increased intensity to serve as a reference band. The uncut...