Description:
Duplex DNA is isolated from bacteriophage lambda (cI857ind 1 Sam 7). The bacteriophage is grown in an E. coli host which is deficient in adenine methylase (dam-). Therefore, those deoxyadenosine positions which are methylated in a wild type E. coli host are not methylated in the dam- host. This DNA gives complete digests with restriction endonucleases that are sensitive to dam methylation. Lambda DNA (N6-methyladenine-free) is 48,502 base pairs in length.
Source:
The phage is isolated from a heat-inducible E. coli (dam-) lambda lysogen. The DNA is isolated from purified phage by phenol extraction and dialyzed against 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 8.0) and 1 mM EDTA.
Concentration:
500 μg/ml
Storage Conditions:
10 mM Tris-HCl
1 mM EDTA
pH 8.0 @ 25°C