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When should I use 1kb DNA ladder?

Posted May 2, 2023


Answer

1kb DNA ladder consists of 13 double-stranded, blunt-end fragments. 1 kb DNA ladder is recommended for determining the size of double-stranded DNA in the range of 250 bp (base points) to 10,000 bp on agarose gels.

Additional resources

Assembly of Long Adapter Single Strands Oligonucleotide (LASSO) probes for massive parallel capture of kilobase size DNA targets

DNA & RNA Markers and Ladders

ReadiUse™ 1 Kb Plus DNA Ladder