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Why is NaOH used in DNA extraction?
NaOH helps to break down the cell wall, but more importantly, it disrupts the hydrogen bonding between the DNA bases, converting the double-stranded DNA (dsDNA) in the cell, including the genomic DNA (gDNA) and your plasmid, to single-stranded DNA (ssDNA).
Which of these solutions is used to desalt plasmid prep pellets?
Desalting and concentration by centrifugation After centrifugation, the DNA pellet is washed with 70% ethanol to remove residual salt and to replace the isopropanol with ethanol, which is more volatile and easily removed.
What is the purpose of the 70% v/v ethanol solution used in the alkaline lysis method?
Washing with 70% alcohol is to remove the excess of salts (that might have come along with the extraction buffers) i.e. the excess of salts dissolve in the 30% of water.
Why is sodium acetate used for plasmid isolation?
The acidic acetate buffer neutralizes the solution and allows the plasmids to renature. The precipitate can easily be separated from the plasmid DNA solution by centrifugation.
What is the significance of neutralization step in plasmid isolation?
In addition, the neutralization of the solution allows the renaturation of DNA. The large chromosomal DNA is captured in the precipitate, where as the small plasmid DNA remains in solution.
Why is alkaline SDS used for plasmid DNA isolation but not for genomic DNA isolation?
Alkaline Lysis The lysis buffer contains sodium hydroxide and SDS, which completely denature plasmid and gDNA (i.e. separating the DNA into single strands). Genomic DNA, however, is too long to reanneal fully, and instead it tends to tangle so that complimentary strands remain separated.
What does neutralization buffer do?
Neutralization buffer (3.0 M potassium acetate, pH 5.0) neutralizes the resulting lysate and creates appropriate conditions for binding of plasmid DNA to the silica membrane column. Precipitated protein, genomic DNA, and cell debris are then pelleted by a centrifugation step and the supernatant is loaded onto a column.
What is miniprep protocol?
The QIAprep Miniprep procedure is based on alkaline lysis of bacterial cells followed by adsorption of DNA onto silica in the presence of high salt (1). The unique silica membrane used in the QIAprep Miniprep Kit completely replaces glass or silica slurries for plasmid DNA minipreps.
Why is 70 ethanol used in DNA isolation?
DNA is washed with 70% ethanol to remove some (or ideally all) of the salt from the pellet. because precipitation in 100% ethanol cause removal of all water molecule from DNA and Complete Dehydration,which make them not soluble, So we give 70% wash to let it retain some water molecule when make it soluble.