What is the significance of running an uncut plasmid on electrophoresis gel?
In this case we are talking about inserting a gene into plasmid, which then goes under PCR and then electrophoresis.
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Sign up to join this communityWhat is the significance of running an uncut plasmid on electrophoresis gel?
In this case we are talking about inserting a gene into plasmid, which then goes under PCR and then electrophoresis.
It is used to determine whether the unused/excess amount of plasmid has contaminated the final solution of the desired recombinant DNA or not. Electrophoresis is performed on the "Blank"(uncut) plasmid to define its bands.If the electrophoresis result contains the bands of both "blank" and recombinant DNA , it shows that your solution is not 100% pure.