Thanks to Mr.Stephen Dibley

[Jose I. de las Heras]

=?gb2312?q?shude=20yang?= wrote:
> 
> Dear Mr.Stephen Dibley:
> 
> Thank you for your kind reply.But I still puzzled why
> the linear plasmid(be digested) can move slower than
> the relaxed plasmid.
> 
> With best wishes
> sdyang

It doesn't, as Stephen said. It may move slower than the *supercoiled*
plasmid. Try to view it as it were "air resistance" of the different
shapes of the plasmid. The supercoiled is more compact and can pass
through the agarose pores more easily.

Jose

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