Symbolises decision between boiling lysis (time) and alkaline lysis (efficiency)

Alkaline Lysis vs. Boiling Lysis: Selecting the Ideal Plasmid Isolation Method

Alkaline lysis is ideal when you need high-purity plasmid DNA for applications like cloning. Boiling lysis is a low-cost alternative suitable for routine screening tasks. However, it generally yields lower-purity DNA and is limited to smaller plasmids. This article breaks down the applications of the two approaches.

Tips and Tricks to Get Around Low Plasmid Yields in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

Tips and Tricks to Get Around Low Plasmid Yields in Agrobacterium tumefaciens

A while back, one of our readers asked for a quick and easy and quick way to extract plasmids from transformed Agrobacterium tumefaciens cells. They pointed out that plasmid copy number is often low in Agrobacterium and that yield can be poor in alkaline base miniprep protocols. The short answer is that there is no…