Insta Preps Reference

[Allison Hanly]

On 1 Mar 1994 13:05:50 -0700, 
dkim at unm.edu  <dkim at unm.edu> wrote:

>I got the citation for using silicone grease in phenol extractions:
>
>Mukhopadhyay, T. and J.A. Roth "Silicone lubricant enhances recovery of
>nucleic acids after phenol-chloroform extraction" Nucleic Acids Research.
>21(3):781-182. 1993. 
>
>
>The silicone grease I use is Beckman cat. no.  335148
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Daniel Kim


Dear Netters,

Has anyone used material produced this way for Northerns or Southerns?
(or material from "insta-preps")
I'm just wondering if there would be any problems with the grease on the
membranes.

Thanks

Allison