wizard prep'ed DNA

[Richard J. Dudley]

Jennifer Broderick wrote:

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> I recommend that you do a CsCl gradient on your
> qiagen prep DNA if you plan to save it longer than a week. I have had
> preps that degrade after a few weeks, so I always run a bit on a gel to
> make sure it has not degraded before I transfect.


If you're going to do a CsCl gradient after the Qiagen preps, why not
just skip the preps and do a CsCl period?  You'll see an incredible
increase in yield.

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Richard J. Dudley (rdudley at nrc.uab.edu)                            
Department of Neurobiology                    
University of Alabama School of Medicine       
http://www.nrc.uab.edu/