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You’ll get a relatively clean genomic DNA
from a sample with phenolic compounds or polysaccharides using this method.
1. Materials
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2x
CTAB buffer
2% (w/v) CTAB (cetyltrimethylammonium
bromide) (Spectrum Chemical Mfg. Corp., Sigma)
100 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0
20 mM EDTA, pH 8.0
1.4 M NaCl
1% polyvinylpyrrolidine (mw 40,000)
(Sigma)
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CTAB
precipitation buffer
1% (w/v) CTAB
50 mM Tris-HCl, pH 8.0
10 mM EDTA, pH 8.0
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1x
CTAB
Dilute 2x CTAB
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TE
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CsCl
solution
10 g CsCl/10 mL TE
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10
mg/mL EtBr solution
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20x
SSC saturated 2-propanol
Using a upper part when you mix 100 mL
of 2-propanol and 50 mL of 20x SSC
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Chloroform
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70%,
100% EtOH
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20x
SSC
2. Procedure
a.
Preheat
2x CTAB and 1x CTAB in 65ºC
water bath. Wash a plant sample with ddw and remove an excessive water using a
paper towl.
b. Freeze 10 g of fresh tissue with
liquid N2 and grind with pestle and mortar.
c.
Transfer
the powder into centrifuge tube.
d. Add 1 mL of preheated 2x CTAB buffer
per gram of powder and mix them.
e.
Add
4 mL of preheated 1x CTAB buffer per gram of powder and mix them. And keep it
in 65ºC water bath for 5 min.
f.
Add
10 mL of chloroform and mix them well.
g. Centrifuge it for 5 min at 12,000
rpm, 4ºC.
h. Transfer the supernatant to new tube.
i.
Add
2 volume of CTAB precipitation buffer and mix them briefly.
j.
Keep
it for 30 min at RT.
k. Centrifuge it for 5 min at 12,000
rpm, RT
l.
Discard
the supernatant and dry the precipitant briefly.
m. Add 4 mL of CsCl solution per 5 g of
sample and dissolve it (it may take more than 1hr).
n. Add 0.1 mL of EtBr and mix them
briefly.
o. Transfer the solution into
ultracentrifuge tube and seal it.
p. Ultracentrifuge it for 6hrs at 65,000
rpm or overnight at 55,000 rpm at 15ºC.
q. Pick up the DNA band using a syringe
and transfer it to E-tube.
r.
Add
0.5 mL of 20x SSC saturated 2-propanol and mix them. Transfer the clear bottom
part.
s.
If
the DNA band is strong, add 2x volume of ddw and 8x volume of cold 95% EtOH
into (p) and mix them.
t.
After
the ultracentrifuge, wash the precipitant with cold 70% EtOH.
u. Discard supernatant and dry the
precipitant (DNA).
v. Add 0.5 mL of TE buffer and dissolve
it.
w. You can dialyze twice times against 1
liters TE buffer per hour to remove remained CsCl instead of EtOH
precipitation.
x. Collect DNA into E-tube using a
membrane bag.