Help! Problem in dissolving DNA
Haitao Zhang
hz at acsu.buffalo.edu
Mon Sep 15 14:20:43 EST 1997
Hi, there,
I have a problem in dissolving DNA recently. I prepared genomic
DNA from cells based on a phenol/chloroform extraction and ethanol
precipitation method. The DNA dissolved well this time. Then I digested
with a restriction enzyme and RNase A overnight. I extracted with
phenol/chloroform afterward and precipitated with ethanol. After I washed
DNA pellet (bigger than I expected) and briefly airdried the pellet, I
used water or TE to dissolve the pellet. The pellets dissolved poorly and
a 65C incubation didn't help. I repeated this twice and the same thing
occurred. I couldn't figure out what caused this problem. If anybody have
any idea, please let me know. Any suggestions would be highly
appreciated.
Thank you for your time.
Haitao
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