DNA in buffer

[Jose de las Heras]

"Blunt Tool" <someone from somewhere.com> wrote in message 
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> Hi
>
> How long can you store plasmid DNA (~6kb) in TE buffer at -20C without no 
> mutations?
>
> ST

Mutations?

You may get some degradation, perhaps, if there's some contaminant 
nuclease... but I don't think you'll get mutations.

It's better to store plasmids frozen in TE than as a bacterial stock in 
glycerol, where you *may* get mutations.

Jose