Plasmid Preps: Different Purity, Different Quantities, Different Uses
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...Cloning grade DNA
Transfection grade DNA
Figure 1: Transformation introduces transformation grade plasmids...that have been used during the purification procedure. Good indicators of DNA purity are the absorbance...nm should fall ~1.8 - 2 and give scientists an indication of purity versus protein contaminants. The 260...nm ratios should fall ~2 - 2.2, and provide an indication of purity versus chaotropic agents as guanidine...