Isolation of deoxyribonucleic acid from mammalian tissues |
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| Authors: | K S Kirby and E A Cook |
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| Institution: | Chester Beatty Research Institute, Institute of Cancer Research: Royal Cancer Hospital, London, S.W. 3 |
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| Abstract: | 1. DNA has been isolated from different mammalian tissues. The DNA preparations were free from RNA, protein and polysaccharides and have a similar range of sedimentation coefficients (approx. 24s). 2. Protein was removed by a two-stage extraction with a phenol-cresol mixture by using a detergent with 4-aminosalicylate in the first stage and sodium chloride in the second. 3. Polysaccharides remained in solution when DNA was precipitated with 2-butoxyethanol in the presence of 0.5m-sodium chloride and 1.5m-sodium benzoate. 4. Ribosomal RNA was removed by precipitation in the presence of 3m-sodium chloride at 0 degrees , when DNA remained soluble. |
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