0.5 M EDTA, pH 8.0 (disodium ethylenediamine tetraacetate):
186.1 g Na2EDTA
Dissolve in approx. 400 ml ddH2O, adjust pH to 8.0 with 10 N NaOH, and adjust to 1 liter final volume with distilled water
100 mM EDTA:
- 20 ml 0.5 M EDTA
- 80 ml ddH2O
- 100 ml
- 80 ml ddH2O
95% ethanol/0.12 M NaOAc (ethanol/acetate):
- 95 ml 100% ethanol
- 4 ml 3 M NaOAc pH 4.5
- 1 ml ddH2O
- 100 ml
- 4 ml 3 M NaOAc pH 4.5
5 mg/ml ethidium bromide (EtBr):
- 500 mg EtBr (Sigma E-8751)
- ddH2O to 100 ml
FE (formamide/EDTA): 5:1 (v/v) formamide:50 mM EDTA
- 10 ul ddH2O
- 10 ul 100 mM EDTA
- 100 ul deionized formamide
- 10 ul 100 mM EDTA
make fresh
10X Fill-in/Kinase buffer:
(500 mM Tris-HCl, pH 7.6, 100 mM MgCl2, 10 mM DTT, and 50 ug/ml BSA in double distilled water)
- 5 ml 1 M Tris-HCl, pH 7.6
- 1 ml 1 M MgCl2
- 100 ul 1 M DTT
- 500 ul 1 mg/ml BSA
- 3.4 ml ddH2O
- 10 ml
- 1 ml 1 M MgCl2
Fill-in Deoxynucleotide Preparation:
To make 4 ml of the fill-in nucleotides at a concentration of 0.25 mM of each nucleotide, combine the following:
- 500 ul PCR dNTPs (2 mM)
- 3500 ul ddH2O
Aliquot this into 0.5 ml eppendorf tubes with 10 ul in each tube.

