A simple procedure for the preparation of pure kinetoplast DNA network free of nuclear DNA from the kinetoplast hemoflagellate Leishmania donovani

Dasgupta, S. ; Adhya, S. ; Majumder, H. K. (1986) A simple procedure for the preparation of pure kinetoplast DNA network free of nuclear DNA from the kinetoplast hemoflagellate Leishmania donovani Analytical Biochemistry, 158 (1). pp. 189-194. ISSN 0003-2697

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Abstract

A simple, inexpensive procedure for preparing pure kinetoplast DNA network from Leishmania donovani is described. L. donovani promastigotes were lysed by incubating with pronase in presence of sodium dodecylsulfate. Crude kinetoplast DNA networks were obtained by centrifugation of the lysate through a 20% sucrose solution. The pellet containing kinetoplast DNA was deproteinized by phenol extraction. Contaminating nuclear DNAs were removed by denaturation with alkali, neutralization, and addition of polyethylene glycol-8000 to a concentration of 10% to facilitate precipitation of kinetoplast DNA. kDNA isolated after centrifugation was deproteinized several times with phenol and finally precipitated with ethanol. The average yield by this procedure is 30-50 µg of kDNA per gram of wet cells. By slot-blot hybridization with a nuclear DNA probe, no nuclear DNA contamination of the kDNA networks could be detected.

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