Qiagen: This is ridiculous

[Frank Murphy]

In article <32241234.24B5 at nott.ac.uk>, Nigel.Kenward at nott.ac.uk wrote:

> Hi,
> Yep, me too.
> We went back to the old GeneClean kit and then started to make our own
version (from the 
> original  PNAS reference. We can't call it by the original name, but it
is the same I reckon. 
> Yields are CONSISTENTLY good, honest.
> Full reference at:
> http://www.ccc.nottingham.ac.uk/~mbzspd/methods/Gene-Kleen_protocol.html
> 
> courtesy of Dr Simon Dawson who has trouble shooted this. P.S. Use TBE
in the gel for best 
> results.
> Good Luck,
> Nigel
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I've had similar problems, especially with the midi and maxi preps. 
Luckily I have managed to avoid needing large amounts of DNA, but I have
run accross an alternate protocol for midi preps using Qiagen columns,
supposedly more reliably.  The address is
http://research.nwfsc.noaa.gov/protocols/

-- 
Frank Murphy
f-murphy at uiuc.edu