A new and fast method for preparing high quality lambda DNA suitable for sequencing.

A method is described for the rapid purification of high quality lambda DNA. The method can be used from either liquid or plate lysates and on a small scale or a large scale. It relies on the preadsobtion of all polyanions present in the lysate to an "insoluble" anion-exchange matrix (DEAE or TEAE). Phage particles are then disrupted by combined treatment with EDTA/proteinase K and the resulting DNA is precipitated by the addition of the cationic detergent cetyl (or hexadecyl)-trimethyl ammonium bromide-CTAB ("soluble" anion-exchange matrix). The precipitated CTAB-DNA complex is then exchanged to Na-DNA and ethanol precipitated. The resultant purified DNA is suitable for enzymatic reactions and provides a high quality template for dideoxy-sequence analysis.     

A one-step miniprep for the isolation of plasmid DNA and lambda phage particles

Plasmid DNA minipreps are fundamental techniques in molecular biology. Current plasmid DNA minipreps use alkali and the anionic detergent SDS in a three-solution format. In addition, alkali minipreps usually require additional column-based purification steps and cannot isolate other extra-chromosomal elements, such as bacteriophages. Non-ionic detergents (NIDs) have been used occasionally as components of multiple-solution plasmid DNA minipreps, but a one-step approach has not been developed. Here, we have established a one-tube, one-solution NID plasmid DNA miniprep, and we show that this approach also isolates bacteriophage lambda particles. NID minipreps are more time-efficient than alkali minipreps, and NID plasmid DNA performs better than alkali DNA in many downstream applications. In fact, NID crude lysate DNA is sufficiently pure to be used in digestion and sequencing reactions. Microscopic analysis showed that the NID procedure fragments E. coli cells into small protoplast-like components, which may, at least in part, explain the effectiveness of this approach. This work demonstrates that one-step NID minipreps are a robust method to generate high quality plasmid DNA, and NID approaches can also isolate bacteriophage lambda particles, outperforming current standard alkali-based minipreps.     

Rapid isolation of phage lambda DNA

A modified procedure in two versions (micro, for 10 ml of phage lysate, and macro, for 200-500 ml) is described for preparing lambda phage DNA. The main advantage of the modified method is that it gives a possibility to isolate high-quality DNA from lambda phage lysates in 2-3 hrs. Only standard solutions (TE, NaCl, SDS, MgCl2, EDTA, RNAse A) were used throughout the whole protocol. Incubation with DNAse I and proteinase K was omitted and in microvariant concentration of the phage by PEG 6000 was excluded. Digestion by RNAse A was performed in solution with EDTA and SDS and leads to RNA degradation. The yields of DNA (0.5-2 micrograms per ml of L-broth) are similar to those obtained by other methods. DNA quality is better than in the samples of DNA prepared by other express-methods and practically the same as after CsCl centrifugation. DNA can be used for splitting by restriction enzymes, cloning and gene library construction.     

Autoclave method for rapid preparation of bacterial PCR-template DNA

An autoclave method for preparing bacterial DNA for PCR template is presented, it eliminates the use of detergents, organic solvents, and mechanical cellular disruption approaches, thereby significantly reducing processing time and costs while increasing reproducibility. Bacteria are lysed by rapid heating and depressurization in an autoclave. The lysate, cleared by microcentrifugation, was either used directly in the PCR reaction, or concentrated by ultrafiltration. This approach was compared with seven established methods of DNA template preparation from four bacterial sources which included boiling Triton X-100 and SDS, bead beating, lysozyme/proteinase K, and CTAB lysis method components. Bacteria examined were Enterococcus and Escherichia coli, a natural marine bacterial community and an Antarctic cyanobacterial-mat. DNAs were tested for their suitability as PCR templates by repetitive element random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) and denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) analysis. The autoclave method produced PCR amplifiable template comparable or superior to the other methods, with greater reproducibility, much shorter processing time, and at a significantly lower cost.     

An efficient method for preparing high quality DNA from plant DNA libraries in lambda phage

An efficient method has been developed to improve preparation of phage particles by ammonium sulfate precipitation and to yield high quality DNA. The method, that has been used to screen plant DNA libraries constructed in vectors, is inexpensive, does not require purification of phage particles, and can be used from either plate stocks or liquid lysates. Up to 1100 g DNA was produced from 5 ml lysate obtained from agar plates.     

玉米蛋白粉DNA提取方法比较研究

饲料样本本身的复杂性给进出口产品转基因（genetically modified,GM）成分的检测工作带来了巨大的压力和挑战。玉米蛋白粉主要包含蛋白质、淀粉和脂类等成分,从中提取高品质的DNA比较困难,而高品质的DNA是转基因检测研究的关键,能够大大降低进出口检验中的“假阴性”结果。采用市售主流品牌常用的7种试剂盒（Promega公司、Biotecon公司、天根生化科技有限公司、Invitrogen公司、Qiagen公司、TaKaRa公司）、CTAB法以及改良SDS?CTAB法提取玉米蛋白粉中的DNA。通过对玉米内源基因进行实时荧光PCR检测,发现改良SDS?CTAB法提取的玉米蛋白粉DNA质量明显优于其他方法,改良SDS?CTAB法内源基因zSSIIb的C_t值为28.14,较CTAB法提高了27%。研究建立的改良SDS?CTAB法在国内外尚属首次应用于饲料转基因产品中,并对7批次实验室送检样品进行转基因成分检测,成功检出2批次阳性样品。     

银杏DNA提取及RAPD分析

采用SDS裂解液和苯酚/氯仿/异戊醇提取液从银杏叶中提取银杏总DNA,并进行DNA样品分光光度测定和琼脂糖凝胶电泳分析。通过引物筛选和反应参数优化,选用3个随机引物对DNA样品进行RAPD扩增,获得较为清晰并有一定多态性差异的扩增谱带,初步摸索出适合于以银杏叶为材料的DNA提取方法和RAPD扩增程序,为研究银杏遗传多态性及种质资源研究提供一种实用的分析方法。     

A rapid DNA extraction method for PCR amplification from wetland soils

Aims: We tested a method of rapid DNA extraction from wetland soil samples for use in the polymerase chain reaction. Methods and Results: The glass bead/calcium chloride/SDS method obtained in the present study was compared with the calcium chloride/SDS/enzymatic extraction method and the UltraClean? Soil DNA Isolation Kit. Rapid DNA extraction could be completed within about two hours without purification steps. Conclusions: This study succeeded in establishing a fast soil DNA extraction protocol that can be applied to various environmental sources that are rich in humic acid content. Significance and Impact of the Study: The method provides a technology with high‐quality DNA extraction from soils for testing the diversity of AOB and AOA.     

Role of DNase in recovery of plasmid DNA from Clostridium perfringens

Recovery of plasmid DNA from Clostridium perfringens 10543A and 3626B cleared lysates was significantly improved by the addition of 0.2% (vol/vol) diethylpyrocarbonate (DEP) before protoplast disruption in the cleared lysate protocol. Three previously undetected, large-molecular-mass plasmids (45.2, 51.9, and 68.2 megadaltons) were isolated from modified DEP-treated cleared lysates of C. perfringens 3626B. Two plasmids (9.4 and 30 megadaltons) were recovered from C. perfringens 10543A modified DEP-treated cleared lysates which previously required dye-buoyant density gradient centrifugation for visualization on agarose gels. Unsuccessful attempts to isolate plasmid DNA from Brij 58 cleared lysates of extracellular DNase-negative mutants of C. perfringens suggested the deleterious DNase activity was not extracellular. Cellular localization studies indicated that the cell wall-compartmentalized cell fraction contained 72.2% of the total DNase activity, whereas the extracellular and intracellular fractions demonstrated much less (26.8 and 1.0%, respectively). Cleared lysates prepared with DEP demonstrated much less DNase activity than cleared lysates prepared without DEP. The variable and irreproducible recovery of plasmid DNA from C. perfringens cleared lysates was attributed to cell wall-compartmentalized DNase.     

Role of DNase in recovery of plasmid DNA from Clostridium perfringens.

Recovery of plasmid DNA from Clostridium perfringens 10543A and 3626B cleared lysates was significantly improved by the addition of 0.2% (vol/vol) diethylpyrocarbonate (DEP) before protoplast disruption in the cleared lysate protocol. Three previously undetected, large-molecular-mass plasmids (45.2, 51.9, and 68.2 megadaltons) were isolated from modified DEP-treated cleared lysates of C. perfringens 3626B. Two plasmids (9.4 and 30 megadaltons) were recovered from C. perfringens 10543A modified DEP-treated cleared lysates which previously required dye-buoyant density gradient centrifugation for visualization on agarose gels. Unsuccessful attempts to isolate plasmid DNA from Brij 58 cleared lysates of extracellular DNase-negative mutants of C. perfringens suggested the deleterious DNase activity was not extracellular. Cellular localization studies indicated that the cell wall-compartmentalized cell fraction contained 72.2% of the total DNase activity, whereas the extracellular and intracellular fractions demonstrated much less (26.8 and 1.0%, respectively). Cleared lysates prepared with DEP demonstrated much less DNase activity than cleared lysates prepared without DEP. The variable and irreproducible recovery of plasmid DNA from C. perfringens cleared lysates was attributed to cell wall-compartmentalized DNase.     

One-stop genomic DNA extraction by salicylic acid-coated magnetic nanoparticles

Salicylic acid-coated magnetic nanoparticles were prepared via a modified one-step synthesis and used for a one-stop extraction of genomic DNA from mammalian cells. The synthesized magnetic particles were used for magnetic separation of cells from the media by nonspecific binding of the particles as well as extraction of genomic DNA from the lysate. The quantity and quality were confirmed by agarose gel electrophoresis and polymerase chain reaction. The entire process of extraction and isolation can be completed within 30 min. Compared with traditional methods based on centrifugation and filtration, the established method is fast, simple, reliable, and environmentally friendly.     

适于涡虫基因组DNA快速制备的改良的CTAB法

提取得到高质量的DNA样品是进行分子生物学研究的必要前提。为了找到一种适用于提取涡虫基因组DNA的常规方法,我们以东亚三角头涡虫为材料,分别用改良的CTAB法、SDS法、SDS-蛋白酶K法对涡虫的基因组DNA进行了制备,并对3种方法制备的涡虫基因组DNA进行了检测与比较。根据比较结果,我们认为改良的CTAB法最适合于涡虫基因组DNA的快速制备,为涡虫的分子生物学研究打下了基础。     

Real-time quantitative PCR assay on bacterial DNA: In a model soil system and environmental samples

Real-time quantitative PCR (RTQ-PCR) was used to quantify the bacterial target DNA extracted by three commonly used DNA extraction protocols (bead mill homogenization, grinding in presence of liquid nitrogen and hot detergent SDS based enzymatic lysis). For the purpose of our study, pure culture of Bacillus cereus (model organism), sterilized soil seeded with a known amount of B. cereus (model soil system) and samples from woodland and grassland (environmental samples) were chosen to extract DNA by three different protocols. The extracted DNA was then quantified by RTQ-PCR using 16S rDNA specific universal bacterial primers. The standard curve used for the quantification by RTQ-PCR was linear and revealed a strong linear relationship (r(2)=0.9968) with a higher amplification efficiency, e5=1.02. High resolution gel electrophoresis was also carried out to observe the effect of these extraction methods on diversity analysis. For the model soil system, the liquid nitrogen method showed the highest target DNA copy number (1.3 x 10(9) copies/microl). However, for both the environmental samples, the bead beating method was found to be suitable on the basis of the high target DNA copy numbers (5.38 x 10(9) and 4.01 x 10(8) copies/ml for woodland and grassland respectively), high yield (6.4 microg/g and 1.76 microg/g of soil for woodland and grassland respectively) and different band patterns on high resolution gel electrophoresis suggesting an overall high extraction efficiency. This difference in the extraction efficiency between the model soil system and environmental samples may be attributed to different affinity of seeded and native DNA to soil particles.     

陈旧家禽血液基因组DNA的快速提取

目的:建立一种从陈旧家禽血液中快速提取基因组DNA的方法。方法:以传统蛋白酶K法为基础进行优化。以陈旧鸡血为实验材料,新鲜抗凝鸡血为对照,经过生理盐水预处理、高浓度SDS裂解液和蛋白酶K消化、酚氯仿抽提后,对产物进行凝胶电泳检测、紫外分光光度检测和PCR扩增。结果:提取时间缩短为5～6h,所得基因组DNA纯度高、产量大,可用于后续分子生物学实验。结论:快速从陈旧家禽血液中提取DNA的方法被成功建立。     

Isolation OP DNA Prom Yeast by Chromatography on Hydroxyapatite

A simple procedure is described for isolation of purified non degraded total DNA from yeast cells. The procedure involves conversion of the cells into sphero-plasts by enzymatic treatment, lysis of the sphero-plasts in 8 M urea - 0.24 M sodium phosphate buffer -0.01 M EDTA (ethylendiamintetraacetic acid, sodium salt) - 1% SDS (sodium dodecyl sulphate), deproteiniza-tion of the lysate with chloroform-phenol and separation of the DNA from proteins, RNA and other contaminants by hydroxyapatite chromatography. The yield is about 90% of the DNA in the starting material (sphero-plasts).     

Glass bead purification of plasmid template DNA for high throughput sequencing of mammalian genomes

To meet the new challenge of generating the draft sequences of mammalian genomes, we describe the development of a novel high throughput 96-well method for the purification of plasmid DNA template using size-fractionated, acid-washed glass beads. Unlike most previously described approaches, the current method has been designed and optimized to facilitate the direct binding of alcohol-precipitated plasmid DNA to glass beads from alkaline lysed bacterial cells containing the insoluble cellular aggregate material. Eliminating the tedious step of separating the cleared lysate significantly simplifies the method and improves throughput and reliability. During a 4 month period of 96-capillary DNA sequencing of the Rattus norvegicus genome at the Baylor College of Medicine Human Genome Sequencing Center, the average success rate and read length derived from >1 800 000 plasmid DNA templates prepared by the direct lysis/glass bead method were 82.2% and 516 bases, respectively. The cost of this direct lysis/glass bead method in September 2001 was ~10 cents per clone, which is a significant cost saving in high throughput genomic sequencing efforts.     

红豆杉属植物三种不同总DNA提取方法的分析比较

红豆杉属植物均为濒危物种,也是国家一级保护植物.以红豆杉属植物叶片为材料,利用三种不同的DNA提取方法提取总DNA,用分光光度计和琼脂糖凝胶电泳方法检测所得总DNA的得率和纯度,用PCR扩增的方法检测所得总DNA的质量,并对三种不同提取方法的结果进行了比较分析.结果表明:CTAB法提取的DNA纯度和得率均较高,可直接用...     

几种中药DNA提取方法的比较研究

以丹参、绞股蓝、三七为材料,分别采取CTAB法和SDS法提取基因组DNA,并通过紫外分光光度法和琼脂糖凝胶电泳对所提取的DNA样品进行检测,将它们在DNA产量、质量等方面的优缺点进行总结。结果表明,CTAB法能从丹参、绞股蓝中提取高质量的DNA,而三七的DNA更适合用SDS法提取。     

Quantitation of adenovirus DNA and virus particles with the PicoGreen fluorescent Dye.

A microplate assay for the rapid quantitation of adenovirus DNA has been developed using the fluorescent dye PicoGreen, which selectively binds double-stranded DNA. The method was first applied to extracted adenoviral DNA and then extended to samples of intact, purified adenovirus after lysis of the viral capsid with the ionic detergent SDS. Utilizing the stoichiometric relationship between adenovirus DNA and intact particles, a physical particle count of intact virus is then derived for the sample. This PicoGreen-based assay has excellent reproducibility, linearity, and sensitivity. In its present form, this assay has a limit of quantitation of 10.3 ng/ml viral DNA, predicted to correspond to 2.6 x 10(8) virus particles/ml. This procedure was compared to a widely utilized spectroscopic method, in which samples are lysed with SDS and absorbance is read at 260 nm, and found to be 10- to 20-fold more sensitive. The dye binding assay also uses considerably less sample volume (<20%) than that needed for the spectroscopic method. Particle count values generated by the PicoGreen procedure are consistently lower (typically 1.5- to 2-fold) than this spectroscopic method. The applications and limitations of this method in the analysis of adenovirus samples are discussed.     

IMPROVED METHODS FOR THE ISOLATION OF CYANOBACTERIAL DNA FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SAMPLES1

DNA isolated from environmental samples often contains enzyme inhibitors disruptive to downstream molecular applications. Most of the existing methods of cyanobacterial DNA isolation do not effectively eliminate these inhibitors from sediment samples or cells collected from freshwater ecosystems. We describe improved methods based on the xanthogenate‐SDS nucleic acid isolation (XS) method of Tillett and Neilan (2000) . Our improved methods provided high‐quality cyanobacterial DNA that could be amplified in PCR and digested with a restriction enzyme. Results were superior to several commercial kits. The DNA yield was also similar to that obtained via the standard XS method. These methods should provide valuable new tools for the expanded application of molecular genetics to limnological and oceanographic research.