DNA Purification Without a Kit
Type
Blog Post
Published
Feb. 11, 2020, 2:15 p.m.
... placing the dipstick into a wash solution removes contaminants while nucleic acids stick around. Finally...requirement for lab equipment. Plus they create plastic waste. Kits can also have the annoying tendency... bonds with water molecules and coaxes it into sticking to the hydrophobic glass filter. Each glass filter...commercial kits, but in less time. The authors estimate that a gravity-based column plasmid maxiprep kit...slurry that has a milk-like appearance. To make DNA stick to the glass particles in glass milk, gel slices...solubilizes both DNA and agarose, and 2) it helps DNA stick to the glass. After binding DNA, the glass particles...detergent, and ball bearings. Then a cellulose dipstick is dipped into this mixture to absorb the nucleic...