Miniprep Kit for High Purity DNA

Harvard Medical School
Cell Biology
Postdoctoral Fellow

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Company:

Thermo Fisher Scientific

Product Name:

PureLink™ HiPure Plasmid Miniprep Kit

Catalog Number:

K210002

We use this kit specifically to purify bacmid which is much larger than typical plasmid and used for making baculovirus in insect cells.

Experimental Design and Results Summary

Application

Bacmid purification

Starting Material

Bacteria culture

Tips

I use at least 12 mL bacteria culture to get enough bacmid

Results Summary

It worked fine, the bacmid yield is usually not very high, but the transfection into insect cells and virus production usually worked well.

DOI or PMID #

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Summary

The Good

Reliable

The Bad

More time consuming than a typical miniprep

The Bottom Line

This kit is the recommended one based on the protocol to make baculovirus so we always stick to it.

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