Plasmid concentration

[Paul N Hengen]

Hiranya Roychowdhury (hroychow at NMSU.EDU) wrote:

>> Every plasmid mini-prep ever made has a concentration of 1 ug/ul! ;-)
> 
>  Irrespective of the volume in which the plasmid is resuspended?!

Ummm....yeah, it was a joke. We always look at a plasmid band on
a gel and say "It looks like about 1 ug/ul to me" and move on to
do the experiment ;-) I'm sure other people do this too.

-Paul.

P.S. *note the winkie* ... & I didn't realize you posted this Hiranya :-)

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