PUBLICATION

A simple and affordable method for high-throughput DNA extraction from animal tissues for polymerase chain reaction

Authors
Yue, G.H., and Orban, L.
ID
ZDB-PUB-050803-3
Date
2005
Source
Electrophoresis   26(16): 3081-3083 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Orban, Laszlo, Yue, Gen Hua
Keywords
DNA isolation, Large-scale screen, Polymerase chain reaction, Zebrafish
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Carps
  • Chemical Fractionation/methods*
  • DNA/isolation & purification*
  • Fishes
  • Microsatellite Repeats
  • Muscles/chemistry
  • Polymerase Chain Reaction/methods*
  • Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique
  • Swine
  • Zebrafish/embryology
PubMed
16047311 Full text @ Electrophoresis
Abstract
We have developed a very simple and inexpensive method for high-throughput DNA extraction from animal tissues. The procedure contains three steps (digestion, heating, and centrifugation) and it is compatible with the 96-well plate format commonly used in polymerase chain reaction (PCR) amplifications. The duration for processing a plate is about 1.5 h; therefore, one researcher can isolate DNA from up to 1000 samples during a single workday. A small piece of tissue (ca. 10-20 mg) yields enough template for at least 50-70 PCR amplifications, as demonstrated by using the processed samples as templates successfully for long distance PCR, multiplex PCR, and randomly amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD) assay. The application of our method is expected to facilitate studies that require high-throughput DNA isolation for PCR amplification, such as genotyping by microsatellites for mapping and genetic diversity studies, as well as mutant screening in zebrafish.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping