Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology – Process of utilizing an enzyme or micro-organism to destroy... – Treating animal or plant material or micro-organism
Patent
1993-11-30
1995-10-10
Wityshyn, Michael G.
Chemistry: molecular biology and microbiology
Process of utilizing an enzyme or micro-organism to destroy...
Treating animal or plant material or micro-organism
935 85, 425 89, 249141, 249160, 249168, C12J 320, B28B 1500, B29C 3346, B41B 1154
Patent
active
054570506
ABSTRACT:
An apparatus and method for the preparation of large DNA molecules from cells which have been cast in agarose. Specifically, the invention provides for a processing chamber that allows agarose plugs to be molded and processed within the same apparatus. This greatly reduces the amount of manipulation required of such DNA samples and reduces the loss of material due to agarose plug breakage. The mold has a filling port for agarose and a slot for at least one retainer for preventing the molten agarose from exiting through openings in the mold through which DNA processing solutions later access the molded agarose plugs.
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Board of Regents , The University of Texas System
Reardon T. J.
Wityshyn Michael G.
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