Plasmid DNA Purification
MACHEREY-NAGEL – 01/2008/ Rev. 04
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Table of contents
1 Components
5
1.1
Kit contents
5
1.2
Reagents and equipment to be supplied by user
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2 Kit specifications
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3 About this User Manual
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4 NucleoBond
®
Xtra plasmid purification system
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4.1
Basic principle
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4.2
NucleoBond
®
Xtra anion-exchange columns
10
4.3
Growth of bacterial cultures
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4.4
Culture volume for high-copy plasmids
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4.5
Culture volume for low-copy plasmids
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4.6
Cell lysis
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4.7
Difficult-to-lyse strains
15
4.8
Setup of NucleoBond
®
Xtra columns
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4.9
Filtration and loading of the lysate
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4.10 Washing of the column
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4.11 Elution and concentration of plasmid DNA
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4.12 Determination of DNA yield and quality
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4.13 Convenient stopping points
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5 Storage conditions and preparation of working solutions
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6 Safety instructions - risk and safety phrases
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7 NucleoBond
®
Xtra plasmid purification
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7.1
High-copy plasmid purification (Midi, Maxi) -
English
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7.2
Low-copy plasmid purification (Midi, Maxi) -
English
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7.3
Concentration of NucleoBond
®
Xtra eluates with the
NucleoBond
®
Finalizers -
English
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7.4
High-copy plasmid purification (Midi, Maxi) -
German
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7.5
Low-copy plasmid purification (Midi, Maxi) -
German
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7.6
Concentration of NucleoBond
®
Xtra eluates with the
NucleoBond
®
Finalizers –
German
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