Why is potassium acetate used in dna extraction?
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Potassium ions help precipitate the detergent from solution.
Potassium acetate is generallyused in laboratory routines. It can be used as a salt for ethanol precipitation of DNA and in molecular biology applications,potassium acetate precipitates sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and SDS-bound proteins to allow their removal from DNA.
Potassium acetate is generallyused in laboratory routines. It can be used as a salt for ethanol precipitation of DNA and in molecular biology applications,potassium acetate precipitates sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) and SDS-bound proteins to allow their removal from DNA.
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