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<li>Add 1:1 volume of binding buffer to gel slice. (Eg. 100μL of binding buffer for every 100mg of agarose gel.) </li>
<li>Add 1:1 volume of binding buffer to gel slice. (Eg. 100μL of binding buffer for every 100mg of agarose gel.) </li>
<li>Incubate gel solution at 50°C-60°C for 10 minutes.  Inverting tube helps melting process. </li>
<li>Incubate gel solution at 50°C-60°C for 10 minutes.  Inverting tube helps melting process. </li>
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<li>Transfer solution to spin column. </li>
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<li>(Optional: only use if DNA fragment is <500bp or >10kb long) If DNA fragment is <500bp, add a 1:2 volume of 100% isopropanol to the solubilized gel solution. Mix thoroughly.  If DNA fragment is >10kb, add a 1:2 volume of water to the solubilized gel solution.  Mix thoroughly. </li>
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<li>Transfer (up to 800μL) gel solution to spin column. </li>
<li>Centrifuge for 30-60 seconds. Discard flow-through and place spin column back into same collection tube. </li>
<li>Centrifuge for 30-60 seconds. Discard flow-through and place spin column back into same collection tube. </li>
<li>Add 700μL of wash buffer and centrifuge for 1 minute. </li>
<li>Add 700μL of wash buffer and centrifuge for 1 minute. </li>

Revision as of 21:09, 9 September 2010

Gel Extraction

Materials

You will need:

  • Fermentas GeneJET Gel Extraction Kit
  • Microcentrifuge tubes
  • Microtiter pipette & tips

Extra Notes

  • All steps should be carried out at room temperature.
  • All centrifugations should be carried out in a microcentrifuge at > 12,000xg (10,000-14,000 rpm, depending on the rotor type)

Procedure

  • Cut out gel slice with the desired DNA fragment and weigh gel.
  • Add 1:1 volume of binding buffer to gel slice. (Eg. 100μL of binding buffer for every 100mg of agarose gel.)
  • Incubate gel solution at 50°C-60°C for 10 minutes. Inverting tube helps melting process.
  • (Optional: only use if DNA fragment is <500bp or >10kb long) If DNA fragment is <500bp, add a 1:2 volume of 100% isopropanol to the solubilized gel solution. Mix thoroughly. If DNA fragment is >10kb, add a 1:2 volume of water to the solubilized gel solution. Mix thoroughly.
  • Transfer (up to 800μL) gel solution to spin column.
  • Centrifuge for 30-60 seconds. Discard flow-through and place spin column back into same collection tube.
  • Add 700μL of wash buffer and centrifuge for 1 minute.
  • Discard flow-through and the centrifuge empty column for 1 minute.
  • Place the column into a fresh 1.5mL microcentrifuge tube.
  • Add 50μL of elution buffer to the column.
  • Centrifuge for 1 minute. Keep the flow-through.

Purpose

To purify the DNA from the gel.

References

We would like to take a moment to thank all of our sponsors for their very generous donations, as we could not have done this without your help!

We would also like to thank and acknowledge:
Our Advisors
Marc Facciotti
Ilias Tagkopoulos
Technical Guidance
David Larsen
Andrew Yao
Visiting iGEMer
Jia Li of Zhejiang University (TEAM ZJU-China)
cI Promoter Screen
Drew Endy - Stanford
Thomas Schneider - NIH
Want to sponsor us? Send an email to mtfacciotti@ucdavis.edu to discuss various ways you can help! :)

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