Protocol - How to Perform a Diagnostic Digest
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Protocol
...insert, but significantly off center (ideally around 1/3 of the way from one end), and also cuts in the backbone... . The pattern of the fragments on the gel can indicate if the plasmid contains the expected size insert...before use of more expensive forms of plasmid verification, such as DNA sequencing . In the example above...side of the insert, you can get a very obvious verification of the orientation so long as the expected products...