Gel Electrophoresis of DNA

Gel Electrophoresis lecture - explains about the gel electrophoresis process and the role of electrophoresis in separating DNA and proteins using agarose gel and sds page. Gel electrophoresis is a process for separation and analysis of macromolecules (DNA, RNA and proteins) and their fragments, founded on their size and charge. It's utilized in medical chemistry to separate proteins with the aid of cost and/or dimension (IEF agarose, practically dimension impartial) and in biochemistry and molecular biology to separate a mixed populace of DNA and RNA fragments with the aid of size, to estimate the dimensions of DNA and RNA fragments or to separate proteins through charge. Nucleic acid molecules are separated with the aid of applying an electric discipline to move the negatively charged molecules by way of a matrix of agarose or other materials. Shorter molecules move turbo and migrate farther than longer ones due to the fact that shorter molecules migrate more without problems by way of the pores of the gel. This phenomenon is known as sieving. Proteins are separated by way of cost in agarose due to the fact the pores of the gel are too big to sieve proteins. Gel electrophoresis can also be used for separation of nanoparticles. Gel electrophoresis uses a gel as an anticonvective medium and/or sieving medium throughout electrophoresis, the action of a charged particle in an electrical discipline. Gels suppress the thermal convection prompted with the aid of utility of the electric area, and may additionally act as a sieving medium, retarding the passage of molecules; gels may additionally conveniently serve to preserve the completed separation, so that a post electrophoresis stain can be applied. DNA Gel electrophoresis is as a rule carried out for analytical functions, by and large after amplification of DNA by way of PCR, but may be used as a preparative method prior to make use of of alternative ways akin to mass spectrometry, RFLP, PCR, cloning, DNA sequencing, or Southern blotting for additional characterization. For more information, log on to- http://www.shomusbiology.com/ Get Shomu's Biology DVD set here- http://www.shomusbiology.com/dvd-store/ Download the study materials here- http://shomusbiology.com/bio-material... Remember Shomu’s Biology is created to spread the knowledge of life science and biology by sharing all this free biology lectures video and animation presented by Suman Bhattacharjee in YouTube. All these tutorials are brought to you for free. Please subscribe to our channel so that we can grow together. You can check for any of the following services from Shomu’s Biology- Buy Shomu’s Biology lecture DVD set- www.shomusbiology.com/dvd-store Shomu’s Biology assignment services – www.shomusbiology.com/assignment -help Join Online coaching for CSIR NET exam – www.shomusbiology.com/net-coaching We are social. Find us on different sites here- Our Website – www.shomusbiology.com Facebook page-   / shomusbiology   Twitter -   / shomusbiology   SlideShare- www.slideshare.net/shomusbiology Google plus- https://plus.google.com/1136485849827... LinkedIn -   / suman-bhattacharjee-2a051661   Youtube-    / thefunsuman   Thank you for watching