northerns - sharp bands

[Tom Vasicek]

In article <tvasicek-2201961140200001, I wrote about fuzzy bands resulting
from the bands running tilted in the gel.  I received an email request for
more information:
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>A couple of questions:
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>How large are the gels?
>At what voltage are you running them at?
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Thank you for your interest.  
I use a 14 cm gel, 0.8 % agarose, 0.4 cm thick.  The inter-electrode
distance is 23 cm.  I have tried three to four V/cm (70 V to 95 V) with
the same tilted bands resulting each time.  I have also tried various
buffer levels in the box, ranging from 2 mm to 4 mm above the gel
surface.  My gel box is not stingy with buffer -- it holds a liter when
the buffer level is two mm above the surface of the gel.
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