<div dir="auto"><div>John,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">To answer your first question, CsCl is not needed to determine the MW of your DNA. Just make sure have the appropriate ionic strength in solution. You will be spinning this slowly, e.g. 10000 rpm or lower. One sample at a time and scan as fast as possible.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Equilibrium on such a large particle is going to take literally forever. I would not do an equilibrium experiment on a 10 MDa particle.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The SV experiment should suffice to get a pretty good molecular weight.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lake</div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jun 6, 2019, 5:51 PM John Sumida <<a href="mailto:jpsumida@uw.edu">jpsumida@uw.edu</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="m_5486711630317455733WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear RASMB,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">First I have to thank all those who curate this list server as over the last 10 years as a manager of the lab I run, it has and continues to prove a hugely valuable resource for me and the people I serve.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">My question today has to do with the analysis of DNA and it stems from a user interest in performing an AUC equilibrium experiment in the presence of CsCl. My experience to date has been with nanomaterials and proteins so DNA is a new material for me, however I am under the impression that running AUC samples in presence of CsCl is problematical because of the gradient CsCl itself will generate. <u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The estimated mass of the species of interest is in the range of 10 mega Daltons; this is also a size regime that is new to me.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">The objective of the experiment is to characterize nucleic acids extracted from cells which will have a label increasing the mass of the nucleic acid depending on the number of times it has been replicated.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Two questions:<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Is CsCl necessary to determine the size distribution of molecular species >10MDa?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Can a CsCl experiment be performed using equilibrium measurements?<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for considering my question.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Best regards,<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">John Sumida<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Molecular Analysis Facility<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">University of Washington<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">In many spheres of human endeavor, from science to business to education to economic policy, good decisions depend on good measurement.<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333;background:white">Ben Bernanke</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica",sans-serif;color:#333333"><br><br></span><u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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