Problems with Promega silver sequencing kit

[Stuart Brown]

In article <741464187snz at tamarin.demon.co.uk> claus at tamarin.demon.co.uk writes:
>In article <1993Jun23.200801.6172 at news.yale.edu> YU at biomed.med.yale.edu writes:
>
>>We tried the Promega silver sequencing kit. We have problems with it
>>The biggest being partof the gel stuck to the siliconized plate instead
>>of the "bind silane"-treated plate and thus splitting the gel. Anybody
>>has any ideas/similar expierences?
>>Thanks for your time.

	I had this problem a couple of years ago. I soved it by two 
changes in my proceedure.  First, I substiuted "RAIN-X" for the
"repel" silane (read this in a _Biotechniques_ article).  You can 
get RAIN-X at any auto parts store!
	Second, I make sure the bind silane plate is dry and well
washed with ETOH.  Too much bind silane seems to migrate through
the gel or something to get onto the other glass plate??

	-Stu

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