AGAROSE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS Gel electrophoresis is a widely used technique for the analysis of nucleic acids and proteins. Most every molecular biology research laboratory routinely uses agarose gel electrophoresis for the preparation and analysis of DNA. We will be using agarose gel electrophoresis to determine the presence and size of PCR products. Background: Electrophoresis is a method of separating substances based on the rate of movement while under the influence of an electric field
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materials may be stored at room temperature (approximately 25°C). Use and Lab Safety: The materials supplied are for use with the method described in this kit only. Use of this kit presumes and requires prior knowledge of basic methods of gel electrophoresis and staining of DNA. Individuals should use this kit only in accordance with prudent laboratory safety precautions and under the supervision of a person familiar with such precautions. Use of this kit by unsupervised or improperly supervised
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LISMA RUHILA BT ALIAS Group: AS201 5A Experiment: GEL ELECTROPHORESIS OF EXTRACTED DNA 0.5% AGAROSE GEL Group partners: 1) HALIMATUN SAADIAH BT MOHD BUSTAMAM 2) NUR FARHANA BT AHMAD SOPIAN 3) FATIN NUR ASYIQIN BT ABD TALIB 4) UMMU AFIQAH BT HASSAN 5) NABIHAH BT MD NAWAWI Date of experiment: 8th October 2012 Date of submission: 15th October 2012 TITLE: GEL ELECTROPHORESIS OF EXTRACTED DNA 0.5% AGAROSE GEL DATE: 8th OCTOBER 2012 OBJECTIVE * To study measure
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bacteria plasmid DNA. 2) To measure the concentration and purity of extracted DNA by using spectrometric method and agarose gel electrophoresis method. 3) Determine the size of extracted DNA by using agarose gel electrophoresis method. Materials and Methods: (Refer to UDEE2124 lab manual from page 7 to page 10) Results: (I) Spectrophotometric Determination of DNA A260 = 3.923 A280 = 3.923 Conversion factor = 50 Dilution
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forensic anthropologists ran a gel electrophoresis with DNA from Skeleton 3 and two missing persons‚ Julia Ly and Teresa Chen to help in DNA identification. This process would allow restriction enzymes to cut by a specific restriction site and run through the gel‚ where the DNA fragments would move from the negative side to the positive side of the gel due to the negative charge of the phosphate group in DNA. The smaller the DNA fragments‚ the further they move down the gel. As mentioned above‚ the DNA
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Enzymes and Electrophoresis Bhumik Patel Phillips 1/16/11 Restriction enzymes are tools in DNA research that can cut DNA into exactly needed pieces. Certain cuts can be rough‚ while others can be clean. Certain cuts can have an organized pattern to have a staggered cut. Other cuts will leave complementary bases with them. Electrophoresis allows the manipulation of DNA to separate and organize those parts. Electrophoresis is the substrate electric movement of the separation of DNA. Gel Electrophoresis
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Agarose gel electrophoresis is a technique used in the laboratory to separate macromolecules such as nucleic acids and proteins. Electrophoresis can take a mixture of macromolecules of different molecular weights‚ shapes‚ and various electrical charges to determine all the various compounds in the mixture and allowing for further purification that can aid in details of individual elements of the mixture being studied. Agarose gel electrophoresis is a very important technique used in the field of
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The two techniques that were used to create a DNA profile in this experiment were PCR and gel electrophoresis. The PCR is used to amplify the several DNA samples and gel electrophoresis is performed to separate the DNA fragments according to their size. [6] In the first part of the experiment‚ PCR amplification of the DNA templates was performed and the products obtained were used to perform gel electrophoresis. The process of PCR allows for the amplification of the DNA samples and the components needed
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agarose gel electrophoresis in an emulation of DNA fingerprinting. The task‚ which was successfully carried out was to determine whether DNA from suspects A‚ B or C matches the sample of blood found at the murder scene (X). The process of PCR acts in the same way as DNA replication but is restricted to specific DNA samples of interest. By amplifying the necessary DNA sequence‚ this procedure is able to produce a usable DNA sample for agarose gel electrophoresis. Agarose gel electrophoresis is a method
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1. The central purpose of this paper is to describe all of the methods of how PCR was developed and the results of the experiments involving extraction and amplification of DNA (Mullis et. al. 1986). 2. PCR has the ability to isolate specific DNA sequences with the use of primers. This is done by denaturing the DNA (at 95o C) so it is able to anneal to the primers that specify a fragment to be amplified (Mullis et. at. 1986). These primes anneal to a specific sequence of DNA in order to amplify
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