plasmid kits opinions

[David Micklem]

In article <bykd6.14753$KP3.4639348 at news3.rdc1.on.home.com>, EO
<eooe at hotmail.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>
>I asked this before but didn't get enough people to respond.
>It would be nice if all readers simply comment please.
>
>Here is the question again simlified:
>
>Please rate (your opinion) what kits are the 3 best
>for plasmid mini preps?
>

FWIW, (not much without further elaboration on 'best')


>1. ?

Quick'n'dirty boiling miniprep with RNAse and PEG precipitation cleanup
(2-tube protocol, no phenol/chloroform, fast, cheap, effective).

>2. ?

Quick'n'dirty boiling miniprep without RNAse or PEG precipitation
cleanup (1-tube protocol, no phenol/chloroform, very fast, cheap,
effective, easy to do lots)

>3. ?

Quick'n'dirty alkaline lysis
>

My experience of the kits is that they are neither quicker nor simpler
than the routine old-fashioned methods. One of their major claimed
advantages is that they don't use phenol/chloroform but non-kit
minipreps without these reagents have been around for ages. The degree
of purity they provide is massive overkill for many purposes

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