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Iran J Microbiol
; 7(1): 45-9, 2015 Feb.
Artículo
en Inglés
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-26644873
RESUMEN
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: DNA molecular weight marker is widely used in molecular biology experiments incurring considerable costs on low-budget settings. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Here a PCR-supported procedure is described that uses 10 primer pairs targeting chromosomal DNA from the harmless vaccinal Bacillus anthracis Sterne 34F2 strain as template. A single PCR protocol is used to reproduce all the 10 fragments of a 100 bp DNA size marker. RESULTS AND CONCLUSION: The unpurified amalgam of 10 PCR products can be directly loaded to agarose gels. This work was intended to develop a reasonably cost-effective DNA ladder that is useful for researchers in laboratories with limited funding.