PCR Directly from Cells

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Company:

Thermo Scientific

Product Name:

Phusion Human Specimen Direct PCR Kit

Catalog Number:

# F-150

This is a kit that enables the user to perform direct PCR from cells or tissues without having to go through a tedious step of DNA purification. It's just perfect for screenings!

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Direct PCR from cells

Starting Material

Cells or tissue

Protocol Overview

Pellet your cells of interestAdd 20 µl Dilution Buffer and 0.5 µl DNARelease Additive (Makesure the sample is covered with the solution)Mix by vortexing and spindownIncubate for 4 minutes at room temperature, followed by 2 minutes at 98°CMake sure to put your samples back on iceSpin down again, and use 1 µl of the supernatant as a template in a 20 µl PCR reaction

Tips

I used 1 ul of the lysate and worked perfect! Use the Phusion enzyme that comes with the kit to perform the PCR, I could not make it work with a different one (or you will have to troubleshoot it...)

Results Summary

After performing the PCR reaction, I got really sharp and nice bands from all of the samples!! I was so happy not to have to purify the DNA!

Additional Notes

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Summary

The Good

Fast, accurate, easy!

The Bad

You can only use their Phusion Human Specimen DNA Polymerase

The Bottom Line

It's is very useful!

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