E-Gel
™
Power Snap Electrophoresis System User Guide
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E-Gel
™
CloneWell
™
II gels
E-Gel
™
CloneWell
™
II pre-cast agarose gels are designed for use with the E-Gel
™
Power Snap Electrophoresis Device,
and provide a fast, safe, and effective DNA fragment isolation method for DNA cloning workflows.
Advantages
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Target fragments are collected directly from a recovery well. No gel-purification is required.
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Contains SYBR
™
Safe DNA stain, eliminating the risk of DNA damage, and improving cloning
efficiency by avoiding UV transillumination.
General
guidelines
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Load gel within 15 minutes of opening the pouch; run the gel immediately after loading.
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Monitor the band of interest carefully as it migrates near the recovery wells. It may be difficult
to see low amounts of DNA in the well.
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Important!
Always wear Safe Imager
™
Viewing Glasses when viewing the gel with the filter
lid opened.
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For guidance on disposal of used gels, see SYBR
™
Safe DNA Gel Stain (page 48).
Prepare samples
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Prepare up to 25 μL of sample in 1X Sample Loading Buffer (e.g., use 2.5 μL of 10X Sample
Loading Buffer with 22.5 μL total sample).
10X Sample Loading Buffer is provided with E-Gel
™
Clonewell
™
II Agarose Gels.
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Use the indicated amount of DNA per well
for single or multiple bands.
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Divide samples with higher amounts of DNA across multiple wells.
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Use up to 25 μL total sample volume per well.
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Dilute high salt samples (certain restriction enzyme and PCR buffers) 2- to 5-fold.
Gel type
Amount of DNA per well
Total loading
volume
Sample with single band
Sample with multiple bands
E-Gel
™
CloneWell II
200-800 ng
800 ng
25 μL
Prepare gel
1.
Remove
the gel from the package.
2.
Gently
remove
the combs. Do not allow the
combs to bend or create suction in the
wells during removal.
3.
Insert
gel cassette into the E-Gel
™
Power
Snap Electrophoresis Device, starting from
the right edge.
4.
Press down on the left side of the cassette
to secure it into the device.