Leo Schalkwyk asks:
>Did the host strain have any plasmids?
>Leo Schalkwyk
No. Unfortunately, I have already thought of that. Thanks for asking,
though.
Marc Knepper
mknepper at nmu.edu
>In article <13OCT95.12834296.0015.MUSIC at NMU.EDU> you write:
>>Dear Netters:
>>
>>Here's a puzzle for you: I purified some lambda DNA + insert using a
>>QIAGEN column, then ran 1 ug on a gel. Instead of seeing one intense
>>band near the top, there were four distinct bands! I loaded some more of
>>the DNA on the gel in another slot just to make sure this is what I was
>>seeing. Then I did a digest with three different enzymes. All of the
>>expected bands for each enzyme showed up on the gel, and it appears that
>>the bands I'm seeing in the uncut DNA do not interfere with digestion.
>>
>>Has anybody else ever seen anything like this? Contamination with
>>restriction enzymes could be ruled out since the DNA was placed at -4C
>>immediately after purification, was taken out to use on the gel and
>>returned immediately to the freezer. Any comments or ideas as to what
>>this might be? Is it possible that it could be the left and right arms +
>>insert showing up, or supercoiling? This has really baffled me? I would
>>appreciate any help you can give. Thank you in advance.
>>
>>Marc Knepper
>>mknepper at nmu.edu
>>
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