Molecular Cloning Fourth Edition, A Laboratory Manual, by Michael R. Green and Joseph Sambrook

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Recovery of DNA from Low-Melting-Temperature Agarose Gels: Organic Extraction

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Agarose melts and sets at lower temperatures after modification by hydoxyethylation, which reduces the number of hydrogen bonds between the polysaccharide strands. The degree of substitution within the polysaccharide chain determines the exact melting and gelling temperature. These properties form the basis of techniques to recover and manipulate DNA fragments in gels (Wieslander 1979; Parker and Seed 1980). Many brands of low-melting-temperature agarose can be held as liquids in the 30C35C range, so that enzymatic reactions (restriction endonuclease digestion/ligation) can be performed at a reasonable temperature without the agarose solidifying. In addition to enzymatic reactions, low-melting/gelling-temperature agaroses may be used for rapid recovery of DNA from gels and for bacterial transformation with nucleic acids in the remelted gel.


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