T4 Pol killed the DNA

[Zophonias O. Jonsson]

In article <5m3msa$svj at mserv1.dl.ac.uk>, Claus Rodemer
<c.rodemer at dkfz-heidelberg.de> wrote:

> Hi Netters
> I used T4 Pol to make blunt ends (protocol like Maniatis), but as result  I
> got a smear all over the lane. It seems that the DNA was randomly cut. What
> happened ?  I used new T4 Pol ,it shouldnt be contaminated.
> 
Hi Claus

   Did you forget the dNTP's ???

Zophonias

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