DNA is soluble in chloroform more than water. So we use it.
phenol is used in order to remove protein impurities from the DNA to yield pure dna while chloroform prevents shearing of DNA during isolation.
It solubilizes lipids and a lot of proteins to remove them from the DNA.
phenol,chloroform,isoamyl alcohol,ethanol,CTAB reagent,Na acetate etc.. but nowadays, they use kits for any kind of DNA isolation, which makes their job easier.
Agarose is not used in DNA isolation. Agarose is used to prepare a gel in which DNA fragments can be separated based on size
DNA isolation is a based on the principle of purification. DNA samples are isolated through the use of physical and chemical methods. Friedrich Miescher conducted the first isolation of DNA in 1869.
it solubilize the lipids and protein and remove them.
helps in DNA ppt
Several DNA isolation protocols recommend the use of either ethyl or isoamyl alcohol for the precipitation step
It solubalize lipids and protiens to remove them from DNA
Phenol chloroform extraction is the oldest and still widely followed method for the isolation and extraction of DNA from plant and animal cells. The phenol, chloroform (and also isoamyl alchohol) are added in a specific ratio of 25: 24:1.Phenol: Phenol dissolves the organic impurities, like proteins etc.chloroform: Provides density to phenol so that it settles below water during phase separation.Isoamylalchohol: Used to prevent phosgene from reaction of chloroform with air.The Phenol:Chloroform:Isoamylalchohol (PCI) solution is added to the cell extract after removal removal of debris. After proper mixing, cetrifugation is done to separate the phases. Two phases are formed: The upper, the aqueous phase that contains DNA, the lower phase, that phenol phase, that contains organic impurities. Thus two phases are separated by a very clearly defined boundary of coagulated proteins.The aqueous phase is precipitated and then the DNA could be pelleted after rounds of purifications.
The actual role of phenol chloroform isoamyl alcohol in a plasmid DNA extraction is to purify the DNA. The alcohol will act in part as a detergent.
it is SDS like detergent added at to lyse cells