Selecting Your Plasmid Purification Kit
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...require large amounts of high quality DNA. Figure 1 illustrates the three grades of DNA you may need based...their relative quality and quantity.
Figure 1: Plasmid preps fall into different categories based...specific volume ranges of culture as their input (Table 1). When you feel like you need just a bit higher DNA...kit for example. These kits are designed to handle ~1–5 mL of liquid culture. Using a higher volume can ...beads and a suitable magnet as you scale up.
Table 1: Standard Prep Kit Capacities*
Prep size
Amount...Amount of culture
Approximate DNA yield**
Miniprep
1–5 mL
5–50 µg
Midiprep
25–100 mL
20–200 µg
Maxiprep...bacteria, a few manufacturers (such as Zymo and TakaraBio) offer yeast-plasmid specific kits.
Medium/High-throughput...