NucleoBond
®
Xtra Midi/Maxi -
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MACHEREY-NAGEL – 01/2008/ Rev. 04
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Midi - NucleoBond
®
Finalizer
Maxi - NucleoBond
®
Finalizer Large
4
Dry filter membrane
Remove the NucleoBond
®
Finalizer from the syringe, pull out the plunger and
reattach the NucleoBond
®
Finalizer. Press air through the NucleoBond
®
Final-
izer with appropriate force while touching a tissue with the tip of the Nucleo-
Bond
®
Finalizer to soak up ethanol.
Repeat this step at least as often as indicated below until no more ethanol
leaks from the NucleoBond
®
Finalizer.
Note: A new dry syringe can be used to speed up the procedure (not provided).
3 times
6 times
Optional: You can incubate the NucleoBond
®
Finalizer for 10 minutes at 80°C to mini-
mize ethanol carry-over. However, the final recovery may be reduced by over-drying
the DNA.
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Elute DNA
Remove the NucleoBond
®
Finalizer from the syringe, pull out the plunger of a
1 ml Syringe
and attach the NucleoBond
®
Finalizer to the syringe outlet.
Note: Refer to section 4.11, Table 4 (Midi) or 5 (Maxi) to choose the appropriate vol-
ume of elution buffer.
Pipette an appropriate volume of
Redissolving
Buffer TRIS
(5 mM Tris/HCl,
pH 8.5) or TE buffer into the syringe (see section 4.11). Place the NucleoBond
®
Finalizer outlet over a fresh collecting tube and
elute plasmid DNA
carefully by
inserting the plunger.
200-800 µl
400-1000 µl
Remove the NucleoBond
®
Finalizer from the syringe, pull out the plunger and
reattach the NucleoBond
®
Finalizer to the syringe outlet.
Transfer the first eluate back into the syringe and elute into the same
collecting tube a second time.
load first eluate
completely
load first eluate
completely
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Determination of yield
Determine plasmid yield by UV spectroscopy and confirm plasmid integrity by
agarose gel electrophoresis (see section 4.12).