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ArticleAMB Express2022

Homemade plasmid Miniprep solutions for affordable research in low-fund laboratories.

Mohamed A Elnagar, Mohamed F Ibrahim, Magdy Albert, Maya M Talal, Mahmoud M Abdelfattah, Ehab El-Dabaa, Reham Helwa

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Article in AMB Express, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors.

Mohamed A Elnagar *Biotechnology program, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mohamed F Ibrahim *Biotechnology program, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Magdy AlbertBiotechnology program, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Maya M TalalBiotechnology program, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Mahmoud M AbdelfattahMolecular Cancer Biology Group, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt.
Ehab El-DabaaCenter of Excellence in Recombinant Pharmaceutical Proteins, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Department, Theodore Bilharze Research Institute, Cairo, Egypt.
Reham HelwaMolecular Cancer Biology Group, Zoology Department, Faculty of Science, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt. Reham.helwa@sci.asu.edu.eg.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1009-0786

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

As a consequence of Covid-19 pandemic, the basic lab consumables are in shortage, especially in the low-income countries. Thus, the main objective of the present study is to develop and evaluate homemade solution to isolate plasmid. To pursue this objective, RNase A was overexpressed in Bl21 DE3 cells (E. coli strain) and prepared as crude refolding reaction with proper activity. Also, lysis buffers, neutralization buffer, and washing buffers were prepared. The homemade miniprep kit showed successful isolation of the px48SpCas9 plasmid. The prepared plasmid purity was enough to be used successfully in PCR amplification. In addition, to get extra benefits from this study, seven primers were designed to match the plasmid backbone to produce DNA ladder (100-1500 bp). In conclusion, we were able to have attainable working solutions for plasmid miniprep and DNA ladder.

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DNA ladderMiniprepPlasmidRNase A

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PMID36319914
PMCPMC9626700

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