In what circumstances might it be important to use gel electrophoresis to separate and identify plasmids and short linear pieces

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Alenkasestr [34]

2 years ago

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In what circumstances might it be important to use gel electrophoresis to separate and identify plasmids and short linear pieces

of dna?

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nadya68 [22] · Answer 1 · 2022-08-28T09:52:01+03:00

I believe using gel electrophoresis to separate and identify plasmids and short linear pieces of DNA would be important if one is making a recombinant plasmid and has to verify that he/she has been successful. Gel electrophoresis is a technique that is used to separate mixtures of DNA, RNA, or proteins according to molecular size. The molecules being separated are pushed by an electrical field through a gel that contains small pores.