Mouse liver DNA?

[Daniel L. Burgess]

In article <lremington-2112940900460001 at clinical-mac-90.ucsd.edu>,
lremington at popmail.ucsd.edu (Lee H. Remington) wrote:
> 
> 
> I am trying to make genomic DNA from mouse liver.[deleted text]
> Any idea what this precipitate is? lipoprotein? what can be
> done to get rid of it?  Maybe there is a better part of the mouse to make
> DNA from? I need lots for multiple southerns (15 g/ southern).
>  
> Any input would be greatly appreciated!
> Thanks,
> Lee Remington


It's probably glycogen and the easiest way to avoid it is to withhold
food from the animal for 24 hours before prepping the DNA.  We prefer 
to use spleen as the source tissue...it gives a nice, clean prep and 
allows minimizes stress if animal regs are an issue.
 
Daniel.L.Burgess at um.cc.umich.edu
PhD-2-B (T - 10 months, and counting)
Dept. of Human Genetics
 
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