Department of Medical Sciences, Behbahan School of Medical Sciences, Behbahan, Iran
Research Article
Homemade 100 Pair Base DNA Ladder Based on Bacterial Plasmid pMAL-C2X
Author(s): Firuzeh Badreh, Khodakaram Jahanbin, Ali Khorasani Zadeh, Moosa Sharifat, Milad Khayati and Mohammad Rashno*
Background: Most molecular biology research findings require markers such as DNA ladders to detect and quantify nucleic acid fragments length by electrophoresis in routine task.
Methods: In this study, we report a method to prepare a 100 pair base DNA ladder based on PCR technique. The bacterial plasmid pMAL-C2X was used as the template DNA in PCR. PCR products were extracted by phenol/chloroform, precipitated with ethanol and mixed proportionally.
Results: Finally, a set of 7 primers (5 revers and 2 forward) successfully designed. The amplified PCR fragments were quantified by nanodrop and the bands size were estimated by gel electrophoresis along with a co-migrating commercial 100 bp ladder in 1.5% agarose gel. The results indicated that the clear and sharp bands of 100 bp-1000 bp were successfully generated by o.. View more»