Chinese Hamster Hybloc™ DNA

Chinese Hamster Hybloc™ DNA is the repetitive sequence fraction of genomic DNA obtained from male Chinese hamster tissues by extracting, shearing, denaturing, and reannealing DNA under conditions that enrich for repetitive sequences. Chinese Hamster Hybloc™ DNA may be effectively substituted for any other competitor DNA (e.g., Cot-1 DNA^®, salmon sperm DNA, genomic DNA, etc.) to suppress cross-hybridization to Chinese hamster repetitive sequences for fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), Southern blots, array comparative genomic hybridization (array CGH), hybrid capture and any other protocol requiring competition to block repetitive DNA from binding to the target. Hybridization with Hybloc™ DNA shows a marked increase in signal intensity and a significant decrease in the amount of background noise associated with repetitive DNA.

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Chinese Hamster Hybloc™ DNAs are supplied in 500 µg quantities at 1 mg/mL in 10 mM Tris-HCl (pH 7.4), 1 mM EDTA. Ships on wet ice. Store at -20°C. Avoid repeated freeze/thaw cycles.

Determination of concentration from the A260 and determination of the A260/A280 ratio (1.8 to 2.0); determination of molecular size via gel electrophoresis: ≥80% of Chinese Hamster Hybloc™ DNA will run as a broad band within the 50 bp-600 bp size range.