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Protocols

DNA Isolation from Mouse Tail  

1)      Chop up 1 cm long piece of mouse tail with two new razor blades on new Petri dish. Transfer all to an Eppendorf tube.

2)      Add 700 ml of lysis buffer. Place on rocker platform. Incubate 55°C over night.

3)      Add 700 ml of phenol. Shake tube to mix at room temperature (RT) for 3 minutes.

4)      Spin at max speed for 3 minutes in microfuge.

5)      Transfer all of supernatant and interface into a new tube containing 700 ml phenol. Shake tube to mix at RT for 3 minutes.

6)      Spin at max speed for 3 minutes in microfuge.

7)      Transfer all of supernatant and interface into a new tube containing 700 ml phenol:CHCl3(1:1 ratio). Shake tube to mix at RT for 3 minutes.

8)      Spin at max speed for 3 minutes in microfuge.

9)      Transfer all of supernatant and interface into a new tube containing 700 ml CHCl3:Isoamyl alcohol (24:1 ratio). Shake tube to mix at RT for 3 minutes.

10)  Spin at max speed for 3 minutes in microfuge.

11)  Transfer supernatant (Interface should now be clear) to a Sarsteadt 15ml tube. Add 1/10 volume of 3M NaOAc (pH 5.5) and 2 volume of 100% ethanol. Shake tube. DNA should form large fluffy white precipitate immediately. If so, spin for 10 minutes in microcentrifuge, otherwise incubate in dry ice for 30 minutes. Then spin.

12)  Take out solution and wash DNA in 1 ml of 70% ethanol. Spin at max speed for 5 minutes at RT.

13)  Take out solution and rewash DNA in 1 ml of 70% ethanol. Spin at max speed for 5 minutes at RT.

14)  Air dry for few minutes. Do not over dry.

15)  Resuspend in 200-300ml of TE (pH 8.0). Place on rocker platform at 55°C to resolve over night.

16)  Quant 1 ml with standards.

              

Lysis buffer

    50 mM   Tris-HCl, pH 8.0  --   1M Tris                   35 ml  

    100 mM  EDTA                   --   0.5M EDTA         140 ml 

    0.5 %     SDS                       --   10% SDS                35 ml  

    500 mg/ml proteinase K      --   10mg/ml proteinaseK

                                                                                       35 ml  

                                                       H2O                      455 ml 

       

TE (pH 8.0)  

 

     10mM Tris (pH8.0)

     1mM   EDTA (pH8.0)

                                                                            

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