Great Taq Kit For Conventional PCR

Johns Hopkins University
Wilmer
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Company:

Invitrogen

Product Name:

Taq DNA Polymerase, recombinant

Catalog Number:

10342020

Our lab has many genetically modified mouse lines and we need to use conventional PCR to genotype each liter of these animals. This kit makes it easy and gives us clean results.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

PCR amplification for genotyping

Starting Material

DNA extracted from small mouse tail snips

Protocol Overview

DNA is extracted from small mouse tail snips (after digestion with Proteinase K) using a chloroform / ethanol protocol. Once DNA is isolated and in water, a master mix (containing PCR buffer, sterile water, MgCl2, primer mix, and Taq according to kit's protocol) is made and 19uL are added to 1uL of DNA. The samples are added to the thermocycler and the resulting samples are run on a 1.5% agarose gel and stained with ethidium bromide.

Tips

It's better to titrate the correct amount of MgCl2 needed.

Results Summary

We are able to amplify and clearly visualize our genes of interest using this PCR kit.

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Summary

The Good

Efficient kit

The Bad

Be careful of contamination and freeze/thaw cycles

The Bottom Line

This is a good kit for running a standard PCR reaction using isolated genomic DNA.

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