TUDelft/18 August 2008

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This would imply that heating might not have a beneficial effect on DNA extracting. All the 260/280 values imply low purity of the DNA, as it approaches more closely the value of protein instead of DNA.
This would imply that heating might not have a beneficial effect on DNA extracting. All the 260/280 values imply low purity of the DNA, as it approaches more closely the value of protein instead of DNA.

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Today a gel was run with DNA soaked from the spots. To test the soaking-protocol, various steps of the protocol were performed on the DNA. Either just soaking at Tr or 20' at 42 C, and one also spinned. To test DNA concentrations before running the gel, to predict whether something should be visible, nanodrops were performed.

Nanodrop of extracted DNA
Sample ng/ul A260/A280
H2O 0.42 -0.24
TE 1.12 -1.19
TE + Punch, 23 C 42.24 0.67
TE + Punch, 42 C 36.51 0.62
TE + Punch, 42 C + Spinned 44.15 0.61

This would imply that heating might not have a beneficial effect on DNA extracting. All the 260/280 values imply low purity of the DNA, as it approaches more closely the value of protein instead of DNA.

The gel run of the extracted DNA did not show any bands at all, possibly due to low quantity as nanodropped DNA was usually half of the remaining fluid. Another cause might be low quality DNA.