Plasmid DNA Preparation - SuperQuickie
Reagents
  • STET buffer
    18% Sucrose
    5% Triton X-100
    50 mM EDTA
    50 mM TrisHCL pH 8.0

  • Lysozyme 10 mg/ml (can be kept as frozen stock)
  • Isopropanol

Method
  1. Pick a colony into 2 ml L-Broth containing the appropriate antibiotics and incubate at 37°C with shaking overnight.
  2. Spin down 1 ml culture in Eppendorf tube for 5 minutes (at room temperature).
  3. Resuspend pellet in 45 µl of STET buffer add 5  µl   lysozyme (10 mg/ml).
  4. Put in boiling water for 2 minutes.
  5. Spin down for 10 minutes (at room temperature) in Eppendorf centrifuge.
  6. Transfer supernatant to a fresh tube, add equal volume of isopropanol and mix.
  7. Spin down at 12000 RPM, 4°C for 30 minutes. Pour off supernatant.
  8. Air dry the tube and resuspend in the appropriate buffer for digestion with restriction enzymes.

 


Contact Person: Dr. Katherine Knight
Last Reviewed: Sept. 27, 2011
Created: Sept 8, 1999

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